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Arvada vs Wheat Ridge

Arvada and Wheat Ridge are both in Jefferson County. There are 533 homes for sale in Arvada and 101 in Wheat Ridge as this page loaded. Arvada is the more expensive of the two: a median asking price of $615,000 against $549,000 in Wheat Ridge, about 12% higher. Homes are moving faster in Wheat Ridge — a median of 47 days on market against 53 in Arvada. Arvada is a balanced market right now and Wheat Ridge is a seller's market.

Side by side

MeasureArvadaWheat Ridge
Homes for sale533101
New in last 30 days14425
Median asking price$615,000$549,000
Median price per sq ft$301$331
Median size (sq ft)2,0581,516
Median bedrooms43
Median days on market5347
Months of supply3.02.9
Sold, last 12 months2,127418
Median sold price$624,990$640,000
Median days to sell5249
Sold vs asking price100.0%100.0%

The darker figure in each row is the lower price, the shorter wait or the larger number — which of those is the good news depends entirely on whether you are buying or selling.

What each market is doing

Arvada is a balanced marketBetween three and six months of supply is the range where neither side has the upper hand - well-priced homes sell and buyers still have room to negotiate.
Wheat Ridge is a seller's marketUnder three months of supply means the homes for sale would run out in under three months at the current pace of sales. Sellers tend to hold their price and good homes go quickly.

Arvada

533
Homes for sale
$615,000
Median asking price
$301
Median per sq ft
53
Median days on market

Wheat Ridge

101
Homes for sale
$549,000
Median asking price
$331
Median per sq ft
47
Median days on market

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Questions people ask

Is Arvada or Wheat Ridge more expensive?

Arvada is more expensive. The median asking price is $615,000 in Arvada against $549,000 in Wheat Ridge. By price per square foot, Arvada runs $301 and Wheat Ridge $331.

Which moves faster, Arvada or Wheat Ridge?

Homes for sale in Wheat Ridge have been on the market a median of 47 days, against 53 days in Arvada. Of the homes that actually closed in the last twelve months, Arvada took a median of 52 days and Wheat Ridge 49.

Is Arvada or Wheat Ridge the better market for a buyer?

Arvada is a balanced market and Wheat Ridge is a seller's market, measured on months of supply — 3.0 months in Arvada and 2.9 in Wheat Ridge. More months of supply means more choice and more room to negotiate, so on that measure Arvada is the easier of the two to buy in today. That is the arithmetic, not advice — the right town is the one you want to live in.

How many homes are for sale in Arvada and Wheat Ridge?

There are 533 homes for sale in Arvada and 101 in Wheat Ridge as this page loaded, 144 and 25 of them new in the last 30 days.

How current are these figures?

They are not published on a schedule and they are not a monthly snapshot. Both towns are read from the live MLS feed at the same instant, when you open this page, so the two sides are always measured against each other rather than against different weeks.

Both sides of this comparison are recalculated from the live MLS feed at the moment the page loads - neither is a monthly snapshot, and the two are read at the same instant so they are always comparable. Figures cover residential homes for sale; rentals, land and commercial are excluded, as are fractional co-ownership shares, which are priced per share and would distort the medians. Sold figures cover the last twelve complete calendar months. Market data is deemed reliable but not guaranteed - talk to us before making a decision on it.

The listings these figures are drawn from were last changed at the MLS on October 27, 2026 at 10:55 AM Mountain time. The figures themselves are worked out again from scratch every time this page is opened.

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