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% | ||||
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Housing | |||||
Median home price | $212,000 | ||||
Home
price gain (2004-2005) |
2.70% | ||||
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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 | ||||
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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% | ||||
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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 | ||||
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Weather | |||||
Annual
precipitation (inches) |
15.84 | ||||
Clear days | 106 | ||||
High temp in July ° F | 85.5° | ||||
Low temp in Jan ° F | 15.3° | ||||
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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 | ||||
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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 | ||||
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Surrounding cities and towns | |||||
Loveland, CO | |||||
Greeley, CO | |||||
Longmont, CO | |||||
Boulder, CO | |||||
Cheyenne, WY | |||||
Thornton, CO | |||||
Westminster, CO | |||||
Arvada, CO | |||||
Denver, CO | |||||
Lakewood, CO | |||||
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Colorado companies | |||||
FORTUNE: Best to work for | |||||
Company | Best Companies Rank | ||||
PCL Construction | 65 | ||||
CH2M Hill | 80 | ||||
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FORTUNE 500 | |||||
Company | F500 rank | ||||
Qwest Communications | 160 | ||||
First Data | 224 | ||||
TransMontaigne | 269 | ||||
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Biggest employers | |||||
Company | Employees | ||||
Alpine Access, Inc. | 4,000 | ||||
Poudre School District | 3,185 | ||||
J D Edwards & Company | 3,000 | ||||
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