Fort Collins is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Colorado. With a population of 118,440 people and 25 constituent neighborhoods, Fort Collins is the fifth largest community in Colorado.

Fort Collins is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Fort Collins is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Fort Collins who work in office and administrative support jobs (12.74%), sales jobs (11.56%), and management occupations (10.09%).

Also of interest is that Fort Collins has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Fort Collins is a nice balance between life in a moderately big city and the interesting diversions and culture that come from having a big college student population. The thousands of students who arrive on campus every fall will find that Fort Collins has plenty of amenities and opportunities for them, while residents of Fort Collins enjoy the lectures, music, art, and economic trickle-down that colleges typically provide. "Town and Gown" complement each other in Fort Collins!

Not only is Fort Collins a city with many college students, but it also retains many recent graduates who are looking to start new careers, creating a decent-sized population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile. This makes it a good choice for other relocating single professionals. Here, these young singles will find many others like themselves, with opportunities for friendships, socializing, romance, and fun.

In addition to being popular with young singles, Fort Collins is also home to many people who can be described as "urban sophisticates," which are people who are not only wealthy and employed in professional occupations, but highly educated to boot. Urban sophisticates have urbane tastes - whether they reside in a big or small city, a suburb, or a little town. Urban sophisticates support bookstores, quality clothing stores, enjoy luxury travel, and in big cities, they are truly the patrons of the arts, attending and supporting institutions such as opera, symphony, ballet, and theatre.

Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Fort Collins spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 18.51 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.

Fort Collins Information and Demographics

Do you have a 4-year college degree or graduate degree? If so, you may feel right at home in Fort Collins. 48.35% of adults here have a 4-year degree or graduate degree, whereas the national average for all cities and towns is just 14.96%.

The per capita income in Fort Collins in 2000 was $22,133, which is upper middle income relative to Colorado and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $88,532 for a family of four.

The people who call Fort Collins home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Fort Collins is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Fort Collins include German, English, Irish, Italian, Norwegian, Swedish, Scottish, and French.

The most common language spoken in Fort Collins is English. Some people also speak Spanish.