Fountain is a medium-sized city located in the state of Colorado. With a population of 29,677 people and seven constituent neighborhoods, Fountain is the 28th largest community in Colorado. Much of the housing stock in Fountain was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Fountain economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Fountain, where the median household income is $74,621.00.
Fountain is home to a number of people employed in the armed forces. When you visit or walk around Fountain, some of the people you will bump into will be military people In and out of uniform, jogging, shopping and generally out and about town.
Also of interest is that Fountain has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
The overall education level of Fountain citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 30.70% of adults in Fountain have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%.
The per capita income in Fountain in 2018 was $29,509, which is lower middle income relative to Colorado, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $118,036 for a family of four. However, Fountain contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Fountain is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Fountain home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Fountain residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Fountain also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 27.31% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Fountain include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Fountain is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.