Demographics

Fort Collins, Colorado

Demographic Information

Population: 128,000

Financial
 
Median family income
(per year)
$64,623
Family purchasing power
(annual, cost-of-living adjusted)
$59,781
Sales tax 6.70%
State income tax rate
(highest bracket)
4.63%
State income tax rate
(lowest bracket)
4.63%
Auto insurance premiums
(Average for the state)
$2,194
Job growth %
(2000-2005)
6.13%
 

 

Housing
 
Median home price $212,000
Home price gain
(2004-2005)
2.70%
 

 

Education
 
Colleges, universities and
professional schools
2
Junior colleges and
technical institutes
2
Test scores reading
(% +/- state average)
18.6%
Test scores math
(% +/- state average)
21.7%
% students attending
public/private schools
94.1/5.90
 

 

Quality of life
 
Air quality index
(% of days AQI ranked as good)
90.4%
Personal crime risk
(100 is nat'l average; lower is better)
77
Property crime risk
(100 is nat'l average; lower is better)
91
Personal crime incidents
(per 100,000)
282
Property crime incidents
(per 100,000)
3,684
Median commute time
(in minutes)
15.0
% population with commute
45 mins. or longer
7.6%
 

 

Leisure and culture
 
Movie theaters
(within 15 miles)
6
Restaurants
(within 15 miles)
652
Bars
(within 15 miles)
30
Public golf courses
(within 30 miles)
19
Libraries
(within 15 miles)
13
Museums (accredited by AAM
within 30 miles)
1
Ski resorts (within 100 miles) 13
 

 

Weather
Annual precipitation
(inches)
15.84
Clear days 106
High temp in July ° F 85.5°
Low temp in Jan ° F 15.3°
 

 

Health
Has health plan
(% of residents)
82.3%
Body mass index
(avg. for residents)
25
Cancer mortality
(per 100,000, age-adjusted)
137.6
Cardiac mortality
(per 100,000)
148.3
 

 

People
Median age 28.8
Completed at least some college
(% of residents)
77.6%
Married 43.6%
Divorced 9.3%
Amount spent on vacations
(domestic and foreign, household avg. per year)
$7,209
 

 

Surrounding cities and towns
Loveland, CO
Greeley, CO
Longmont, CO
Boulder, CO
Cheyenne, WY
Thornton, CO
Westminster, CO
Arvada, CO
Denver, CO
Lakewood, CO
 

 

Colorado companies
FORTUNE: Best to work for
Company Best Companies Rank
PCL Construction 65
CH2M Hill 80
 

 

FORTUNE 500
Company F500 rank
Qwest Communications 160
First Data 224
TransMontaigne 269
 

 

Biggest employers
Company Employees
Alpine Access, Inc. 4,000
Poudre School District 3,185
J D Edwards & Company 3,000

 

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