Fort Lupton is a somewhat small city located in the state of Colorado. With a population of 9,447 people and six associated neighborhoods, Fort Lupton is the 64th largest community in Colorado.
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 7.49% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
In Fort Lupton, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 33.26 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
Fort Lupton is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The percentage of people in Fort Lupton with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 12.90% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Fort Lupton in 2022 was $28,586, which is low income relative to Colorado, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $114,344 for a family of four. However, Fort Lupton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Fort Lupton is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Fort Lupton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Fort Lupton, accounting for 60.22% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Fort Lupton residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Fort Lupton include German, English, Irish, Italian, and Norwegian.
Fort Lupton also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 16.68%.
The most common language spoken in Fort Lupton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.