There are 20 retirement homes serving Wheat Ridge, Colorado. This includes 5 in Wheat Ridge and 15 nearby. The daily costs for retirement home care in Colorado range from $32 to $160, with a mean expenditure running around $61. The per month cost averages roughly $1,822 and ranges between $963 and $4,785. On a yearly basis, the average cost is around $21,862, which is less than the nationwide average of $23,100.
The cost of retirement home care in Wheat Ridge, CO ranges from about $1,265 per month to $4,160 per month. The median cost is around $2,338 per month, or about $28,050 yearly.
Wheat Ridge is a small city in Colorado. It is located within Jefferson County and is included in the Denver-Aurora metropolitan area. The encompassing statistical area contains 2,046,141 residents, but there are 23,969 residing within the city itself. The 55-and-over community constitutes 33% of the total population.
The SeniorScore™ for Wheat Ridge is 82. The median housing price in the city is $177,000, which is significantly less than the state average of $318,000. Wheat Ridge also has a high unemployment rate of around 9.4%. The city's median household income is $49,000 ($29,000 per capita), versus the average of $51,000 for the entire state of Colorado.
Wheat Ridge has extreme mean temperatures, with cold winters and mildly warm summers. The area gets ideal levels of rainfall annually. Wheat Ridge has very low air quality ratings and a moderate rate of crime in comparison to other cities in the US.