Fort Collins

Population & Demographics

Fort Collins, CO

Fort Collins is home to 170,229 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 75,265 resident workers commute each day.

ColoradoCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
170,229
people
Population

170,229 residents

Median age 30.9 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Fort Collins population & demographics

Who lives in Fort Collins — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
170,229
Median age
30.9yrs
Median household income
$85,070
Median home value
$577,900
Median gross rent
$1,690/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
60.7%
Poverty rate
15.8%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Fort Collins

How Fort Collins breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

White77.3%
Hispanic or Latino12.8%
Two or more races4.3%
Asian3.3%
Black1.3%
Some other race0.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.1%

Race across Fort Collins

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Fort Collins.

Fort Collins at a glance
Employed Residents
75,265
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
26.8mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
47.2%
Share working within the area
Work from home
22.0%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Loveland
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Fort Collins proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Fort Collins commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

75
Commute Score

75 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Fort Collins

75,265 commutes, one dot at a time

Fort Collins

Where 75,265 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Fort Collins, by worker count.

1Fort Collins0.0 mi35,530
2Loveland10.1 mi6,100
3Denver57.4 mi4,854
4Greeley20.3 mi1,942
5Aurora61.9 mi1,494
6Boulder38.5 mi1,462
7Windsor9.8 mi1,372
8Colorado Springs117.2 mi1,316

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Fort Collins.

1Fort Collins0.0 mi35,530
2Loveland10.1 mi6,923
3Windsor9.8 mi3,787
4Greeley20.3 mi3,127
5Denver57.4 mi2,396
6Wellington10.4 mi1,969
7Severance10.9 mi1,274
8Timnath6.0 mi1,211

Top industries

The sectors that employ Fort Collins’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance18.8%
EDEducational Services13.9%
AFAccommodation and Food Services10.8%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services10.1%
RTRetail Trade9.8%
MFManufacturing7.4%
PAPublic Administration6.9%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services3.5%
OSOther Services (except Public Administration)3.3%
Connectivity

Internet options for Fort Collins

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

12 providers · 3 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps99%
5 Gbps99%
8 Gbps99%
See all internet providers in Fort Collins

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