Colorado · Census place 27865
Fountain, CO population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Fountain, Colorado (Fountain, CO — Census place “Fountain city”) is 29,327 residents, ranking #33 of 482 places in Colorado. Median household income is $85,246, the median home is worth $374,600 and median gross rent runs $1,778 a month. Looking for the Fountain Colorado ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Fountain, CO: 80817.
- Population
- 29,327Fountain city residents
- Median household income
- $85,246Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $374,600Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $1,778Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 31.1 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 72.3%Owner-occupied households
Fountain ZIP codes (Colorado)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Fountain.
The Fountain CO ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.
What the numbers mean in Fountain city
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Fountain city median would spend about 25% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 4.4× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 8.7% of residents and 72.3% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Fountain city, CO in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Fountain city is a small city in Colorado, with 29,327 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #33 of 482 ranked by population — larger than 93% of them. The median age here is 31.1 years against 39.1 nationally, a distinctly younger profile, typical of places with students, military posts or a fast-growing family population. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.
Households in Fountain city earn a median of $85,246 a year, 8.5% above the national figure of $78,538 and within a couple of points of the $86,484 median for the 223 Colorado cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 8.7% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Fountain city is valued at $374,600, 23.5% above the national figure and 17% below the $453,600 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,778 a month, 26.5% above the national figure, or roughly $21,336 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 25% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 4.4×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 72.3% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.
Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.
Compare with nearby places
Places of similar size in Colorado.
- Columbine CDP 25,681
- Lafayette city 30,471
- Evans city 22,265
- Erie town 31,927
- Four Square Mile CDP 21,788
- Wheat Ridge city 32,158
- Louisville city 20,788
- Ken Caryl CDP 33,407
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Fountain city?
- Fountain city has 29,327 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #33 of 482 in Colorado.
- What is the median household income in Fountain city?
- Median household income in Fountain city is $85,246 a year, 8.5% above the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Fountain city?
- Median gross rent is $1,778 a month and the median home value is $374,600, so rent absorbs about 25% of median household income.
- Is Fountain city affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 4.4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Fountain city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 25% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Fountain city data?
- All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.