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Fort Collins, CO

168,535 Population
57.2 square miles 2,945.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.4 ±0.9 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Fort Collins, CO Metro Area: 36.4 ±0.4
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Colorado: 37.6 ±0.2

Economics

$41,119 ±$2,158 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Fort Collins, CO Metro Area: $44,178 ±$2,185
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Colorado: $44,617 ±$467
$73,945 ±$3,772 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Fort Collins, CO Metro Area: $78,109 ±$4,002
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Colorado: $82,254 ±$791

13.9% ±2.3% (22,372  ±3,676) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Fort Collins, CO Metro Area: 11.8% † 41,749 (±1.5% / ±5,401)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Colorado: 9.7% 553,272 (±0.4% / ±20,121)

20.1 minutes ±0.9 (1,468,190  ±107,772) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Fort Collins, CO Metro Area: 23.6 3,409,550 (±0.9 / ±189,780)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Colorado: 25 56,953,656 (±0.2 / ±643,480)

Families

70,686 ±2,607 Number of households
  • the Fort Collins, CO Metro Area: 152,123 ±2,052
  • Colorado: 2,313,042 ±8,099
2.3 ±0.1 (161,070  ±2,427) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Fort Collins, CO Metro Area: 2.3 353,906 (±0 / ±2,440)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Colorado: 2.5 5,699,351 (±0)

4.1% ±1.3% (1,998  ±628) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Fort Collins, CO Metro Area: 4.6% † 4,186 (±1.2% / ±1,107)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Colorado: 4.4% 62,000 (±0.3% / ±4,537)

Housing

73,397 ±2,572 Number of housing units
  • the Fort Collins, CO Metro Area: 162,058 ±1,051
  • Colorado: 2,540,783 ±353

$485,500 ±$12,409 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Fort Collins, CO Metro Area: $487,700 ±$12,687
  • a little higher than the amount in Colorado: $466,200 ±$2,390

27.9% ±3.2% (46,615  ±5,407.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Fort Collins, CO Metro Area: 21.3% † 76,564 (±2.3% / ±8,183.9)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Colorado: 16.7% 963,147 (±0.5% / ±27,895.6)

Social

96.1% ±3.6% (100,058  ±4,715.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Fort Collins, CO Metro Area: 96.1% 234,937 (±3.5% / ±8,535.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Colorado: 92.4% 3,738,208 (±0.8% / ±30,604.4)
58.5% ±2.7% (60,932  ±3,316.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Fort Collins, CO Metro Area: 51.7% 126,533 (±2.3% / ±5,569)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Colorado: 44.4% 1,796,240 (±0.5% / ±19,067.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2020 5-year data

7.3% ±1.3% (12,353  ±2,234) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Fort Collins, CO Metro Area: 6% † 21,694 (±0.8% / ±2,855)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Colorado: 9.8% 570,273 (±0.2% / ±13,679)

5.1% ±0.9% (7,058  ±1,307) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Fort Collins, CO Metro Area: 6.8% † 19,995 (±0.9% / ±2,501)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Colorado: 7.7% 348,485 (±0.2% / ±9,719)
7,058 Total veterans ±1,307 6,390 Male ±1,171 668 Female ±416

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