Fountain is a medium-sized city located in the state of Colorado. With a population of 28,907 people and seven associated 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 $80,311.00.
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.
In terms of college education, Fountain is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 31.07% of adults in Fountain have a college degree.
The per capita income in Fountain in 2022 was $32,600, 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 $130,400 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 27.43% 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.