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Fort Collins, CO

170,927 Population
57.2 square miles 2,986.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.8 ±0.9 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Fort Collins-Loveland, CO Metro Area: 37.5 ±0.4
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Colorado: 38 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$48,392 ±$2,492 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Fort Collins-Loveland, CO Metro Area: $54,178 ±$1,967
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Colorado: $54,531 ±$713
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$81,199 ±$5,120 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Fort Collins-Loveland, CO Metro Area: $93,276 ±$4,275
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Colorado: $97,113 ±$1,081
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

15% ±2.3% (24,284  ±3,692) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Fort Collins-Loveland, CO Metro Area: 10.7% † 38,806 (±1.3% / ±4,636)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Colorado: 9.6% 560,040 (±0.4% / ±25,707)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

18.7 minutes ±0.8 (1,467,180  ±106,354) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Fort Collins-Loveland, CO Metro Area: 23.9 3,735,480 (±1.1 / ±224,212)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Colorado: 25.7 65,264,340 (±0.3 / ±872,544)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

74,814 ±1,990 Number of households
  • the Fort Collins-Loveland, CO Metro Area: 161,464 ±1,833
  • Colorado: 2,479,892 ±8,293
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.2 ±0.1 (161,496  ±112) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Fort Collins-Loveland, CO Metro Area: 2.3 363,334 (±0 / ±136)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Colorado: 2.4 5,828,363
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

1.7% ±1.2% (887  ±659) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Fort Collins-Loveland, CO Metro Area: 2.7% † 2,638 (±1.1% / ±1,029)
  • about one-third of the rate in Colorado: 5.2% 75,577 (±0.4% / ±5,202)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

77,858 ±2,106 Number of housing units
  • the Fort Collins-Loveland, CO Metro Area: 170,169 ±81
  • Colorado: 2,662,111 ±3,196
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$612,600 ±$13,336 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Fort Collins-Loveland, CO Metro Area: $610,000 ±$10,587
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Colorado: $574,600 ±$3,773
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

20.8% ±2.5% (35,424  ±4,235.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Fort Collins-Loveland, CO Metro Area: 13.8% 51,366 (±1.3% / ±4,945.1)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Colorado: 14.2% 836,283 (±0.4% / ±25,616.6)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

97.7% ±3.8% (104,030  ±4,929.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Fort Collins-Loveland, CO Metro Area: 96.2% 245,083 (±3% / ±7,749)
  • a little higher than the rate in Colorado: 93.2% 3,917,493 (±0.8% / ±32,413.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
62.3% ±3.1% (66,377  ±3,773.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Fort Collins-Loveland, CO Metro Area: 55.5% 141,458 (±2.2% / ±5,697.3)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Colorado: 47.8% 2,008,558 (±0.5% / ±22,920.4)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

7% ±1.4% (11,988  ±2,352) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Fort Collins-Loveland, CO Metro Area: 5.5% 20,514
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Colorado: 10.6% 628,683
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

4.2% ±1% (6,076  ±1,408) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Fort Collins-Loveland, CO Metro Area: 5.4% † 16,719 (±0.7% / ±2,277)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Colorado: 7% 328,370 (±0.2% / ±9,257)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
6,076 Total veterans ±1,408 5,460 Male ±1,315 616 Female ±430

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