Fort Collins is home to 170,229 people in Colorado. This is an unusually credentialed place: 61% of adults have a four-year degree. This skews young, with a median age of 30.9. Growth has run 43% since 2000, or 51,577 more people. 52% of homes are owner-occupied. 76% were living in the same home a year earlier.
At a glance
Average income
median household income $85,070, near the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 30.9
US median: 38.9
More educated
61% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 93%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Fort Collins
What changed most since 1990
Median home value (2024 dollars)$204,966 → $577,900(+182%)US over the same years: +67%
Population87,758 → 170,229(+94%)US over the same years: +35%
White share89.1% → 77.3%(−11.8 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Fort Collins's population equals 46% of Larimer County's. Its number of residents living in poverty equals 66% of the county's. Its number of residents 65 and older equals 34% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)39.7%(2,798)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)19.5%(1,374)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era27.8%(1,957)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War4.8%(335)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II1%(67)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 7,042 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Fort Collins, decade by decade
Fort Collins population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
87,758
$64,384
$204,966
42.7%
25.1
2000
118,652
$80,989
$298,751
48.4%
32.6
2010
143,986
$71,337
$347,559
50.1%
37.1
2020
169,810
$85,483
$483,361
55.6%
48.7
2024
170,229
$85,070
$577,900
60.7%
47.7
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
