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Fort Carson, CO

18,447 Population
28 square miles 659.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

22.1 ±0.4 Median age
  • about three-fifths of the figure in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: 35.4 ±0.1
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Colorado: 37.5 ±0.1

Economics

$26,564 ±$1,626 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: $44,315 ±$567
  • about half the amount in Colorado: $50,489 ±$291
$61,783 ±$9,165 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: $87,180 ±$1,170
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Colorado: $92,470 ±$483

11.3% ±4.6% (1,272  ±537) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: 8.5% 62,848 (±0.5% / ±3,363)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Colorado: 9.4% 534,188 (±0.2% / ±8,960)

10.6 minutes ±0.8 (122,010  ±11,973) Mean travel time to work
  • about half the figure in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: 23.8 7,760,385 (±0.3 / ±117,434)
  • about two-fifths of the figure in Colorado: 25.5 62,864,504 (±0.1 / ±390,290)

Families

3,327 ±332 Number of households
  • the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: 294,427 ±1,044
  • Colorado: 2,325,576 ±4,759
3.4 ±0.5 (11,319  ±1,112) Persons per household
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: 2.5 739,108 (±0 / ±135)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Colorado: 2.5 5,687,919

15.5% ±5.4% (610  ±224) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: 5.5% 10,051 (±0.5% / ±885)
  • more than double the rate in Colorado: 4.8% 67,887 (±0.2% / ±2,375)

Housing

3,646 ±352 Number of housing units
  • the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: 310,269 ±146
  • Colorado: 2,545,124 ±462

N/A Median value of owner-occupied housing units

38.7% ±3.9% (6,950  ±828.5) Moved since previous year
  • about double the rate in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: 19% 142,650 (±0.7% / ±4,949.4)
  • more than double the rate in Colorado: 16.6% 956,271 (±0.2% / ±12,925.7)

Social

99.5% ±1.3% (6,201  ±668.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: 95.2% 481,666 (±1% / ±5,251.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Colorado: 92.8% 3,746,088 (±0.4% / ±14,617.6)
27.2% ±3.8% (1,694  ±299.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: 41% 207,530 (±0.7% / ±3,319)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Colorado: 44.7% 1,806,355 (±0.2% / ±9,538.5)

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

4.1% ±1.2% (755  ±223) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: 6.7% 50,607
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Colorado: 9.6% 556,591

19.4% ±7.4% (777  ±309) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: 15.9% 87,149 (±0.4% / ±2,304)
  • more than double the rate in Colorado: 7.7% 348,913 (±0.1% / ±3,930)
777 Total veterans ±309 528 Male ±253 249 Female ±146

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