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Fort Carson, CO

18,019 Population
28 square miles 644.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

22.3 ±0.4 Median age
  • about three-fifths of the figure in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: 35.5 ±0.2
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Colorado: 37.7 ±0.1

Economics

$27,674 ±$1,911 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: $46,283 ±$668
  • about half the amount in Colorado: $52,636 ±$298
$66,237 ±$8,406 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: $90,144 ±$1,355
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Colorado: $95,470 ±$578

15.3% ±5.5% (1,709  ±638) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: 8.5% 63,378 (±0.5% / ±3,630)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Colorado: 9.4% 542,093 (±0.2% / ±10,771)

11 minutes ±1 (124,360  ±13,726) Mean travel time to work
  • about half the figure in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: 23.7 7,693,220 (±0.3 / ±122,172)
  • about two-fifths of the figure in Colorado: 25.2 61,223,800 (±0.1 / ±368,978)

Families

3,380 ±350 Number of households
  • the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: 302,050 ±1,215
  • Colorado: 2,374,218 ±4,232
3.3 ±0.5 (11,146  ±1,133) Persons per household
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: 2.5 745,684 (±0 / ±157)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Colorado: 2.4 5,737,481

19.6% ±6.2% (758  ±252) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: 6% 11,067 (±0.5% / ±978)
  • more than double the rate in Colorado: 4.9% 69,739 (±0.2% / ±2,225)

Housing

3,745 ±373 Number of housing units
  • the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: 317,156 ±195
  • Colorado: 2,589,053 ±653

$-666,666,700 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: $461,800 ±$2,780
  • Colorado: $539,400 ±$2,069

33.6% ±3.6% (5,874  ±738.7) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: 18.1% 137,572 (±0.7% / ±4,944)
  • more than double the rate in Colorado: 15.9% 920,909 (±0.2% / ±13,111.9)

Social

99.4% ±15.5% (6,031  ±651.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: 95.1% 488,300 (±1% / ±5,318.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Colorado: 92.9% 3,804,007 (±0.4% / ±15,208.2)
25.6% ±3.5% (1,554  ±272.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: 41.7% 214,225 (±0.7% / ±3,529.8)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Colorado: 45.7% 1,871,669 (±0.2% / ±9,771.8)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

4.8% ±1.3% (863  ±240) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: 7% 54,058
  • about half the rate in Colorado: 9.8% 576,653

20.1% ±6.9% (789  ±288) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: 15.6% 86,679 (±0.4% / ±2,174)
  • more than double the rate in Colorado: 7.5% 342,276 (±0.1% / ±3,997)
789 Total veterans ±288 507 Male ±253 282 Female ±138

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