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Wheat Ridge, CO vs Edgewater, CO

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- Household income in Edgewater, is 10% less than it is in Wheat Ridge and is 5% below the National Average.
- Wheat Ridge unemployment rate is 7.6%.
- Edgewater unemployment rate is 6.3%.
 Wheat Ridge, COEdgewater, COUnited States
 Unemployment Rate  Unlock6.3%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock2.8%1.6%
 Future Job Growth42.4%  Unlock33.5%
 Sales Taxes8.0%  Unlock6.2%
 Income Taxes  Unlock4.6%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$44,748  Unlock$37,638
 Household Income  Unlock$65,794$69,021
 Family Median Income$101,661  Unlock$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Wheat Ridge, COEdgewater, COUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K  Unlock10.2%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K4.5%  Unlock3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K  Unlock2.2%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K7.3%  Unlock8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K  Unlock14.3%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K6.4%  Unlock7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K  Unlock11.6%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K11.9%  Unlock12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K  Unlock16.0%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K10.5%  Unlock7.8%
 Income greater than 200K  Unlock7.5%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Wheat Ridge, COEdgewater, COUnited States
 Management, business, finance19.5%  Unlock16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science  Unlock8.7%6.5%
 Community, social services1.3%  Unlock1.8%
 Legal  Unlock0.2%1.2%
 Education, library5.8%  Unlock6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment  Unlock2.5%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology4.0%  Unlock6.2%
 Healthcare support  Unlock5.2%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement1.1%  Unlock2.1%
 Food preparation, serving  Unlock10.1%5.4%
 Building maintenance3.7%  Unlock3.6%
 Personal care  Unlock2.7%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support22.0%  Unlock20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry  Unlock0.0%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair6.1%  Unlock8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving  Unlock12.6%13.1%
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Reviews for Edgewater    16 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

I read some of the comments on this site referring to Edgewater as "Mayberry" and as someone who grew up there, it was in the 70's. My uncle was the town barber (Bert)  More

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Edgewater is an "urban city"?....... What?.... Edgewater is a small little bedroom community that no one has ever heard of because its a only a few blocks and confused  More

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Over 15 years ago

I'll give you one thing Joey, you are trying hard. Also you are right about one thing, I do live in white suburbia, I live in Edgewater. Interesting, but desperate  More

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