Census Reporter

Fort Collins, CO

166,069 Population
57.2 square miles 2,902.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

29.9 ±0.5 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Fort Collins, CO Metro Area: 36.2 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Colorado: 36.9 ±0.1

Economics

$35,489 ±$996 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Fort Collins, CO Metro Area: $38,142 ±$689
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Colorado: $39,545 ±$212
$70,528 ±$2,197 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Fort Collins, CO Metro Area: $76,366 ±$1,539
  • a little less than the amount in Colorado: $75,231 ±$379

15.9% ±1% (25,078  ±1,609) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Fort Collins, CO Metro Area: 11.1% 37,805 (±0.7% / ±2,392)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Colorado: 9.8% 544,232 (±0.2% / ±9,500)

20.7 minutes ±0.7 (1,670,165  ±66,443) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Fort Collins, CO Metro Area: 23.6 3,810,850 (±0.5 / ±101,998)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Colorado: 25.8 67,224,980 (±0.1 / ±374,536)

Families

61,526 ±933 Number of households
  • the Fort Collins, CO Metro Area: 134,185 ±789
  • Colorado: 2,137,402 ±4,703
2.6 ±0 (157,772  ±822) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Fort Collins, CO Metro Area: 2.5 340,911 (±0 / ±834)
  • about the same as the figure in Colorado: 2.6 5,565,331 (±0)

3.3% ±0.7% (1,588  ±353) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Fort Collins, CO Metro Area: 4.1% † 3,610 (±0.5% / ±467)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Colorado: 4.9% 67,925 (±0.2% / ±2,020)

Housing

64,262 ±861 Number of housing units
  • the Fort Collins, CO Metro Area: 144,583 ±342
  • Colorado: 2,361,372 ±816

$398,800 ±$5,344 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Fort Collins, CO Metro Area: $390,600 ±$3,923
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Colorado: $369,900 ±$1,187

26.5% ±1.5% (43,685  ±2,405.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Fort Collins, CO Metro Area: 19.5% 67,826 (±0.9% / ±3,031.4)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Colorado: 17.6% 989,926 (±0.2% / ±12,483.5)

Social

96.7% ±1.8% (96,615  ±2,167.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Fort Collins, CO Metro Area: 96.2% 223,372 (±1.5% / ±3,439.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Colorado: 92.1% 3,591,969 (±0.4% / ±14,618.8)
55.6% ±1.4% (55,563  ±1,529.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Fort Collins, CO Metro Area: 47.7% 110,756 (±1% / ±2,261.7)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Colorado: 41.6% 1,622,853 (±0.3% / ±9,730.8)

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

6.9% ±0.7% (11,390  ±1,153) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Fort Collins, CO Metro Area: 5.7% 19,976 (±0.4% / ±1,482)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Colorado: 9.5% 539,514 (±0.1% / ±6,492)

5.6% ±0.6% (7,643  ±797) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Fort Collins, CO Metro Area: 7.1% 20,008 (±0.4% / ±1,125)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Colorado: 8.4% 370,677 (±0.1% / ±4,887)
7,643 Total veterans ±797 6,668 Male ±642 975 Female ±274

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