Fountain, Colorado demographics

Fountain, CO demographics: median age 30.0; 34.8% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree. Age, race, households, languages and education, ACS 2020–2024 with margins of error.

ACS 2020–2024 · Fountain city, Colorado · Incorporated city · GEOID 0827865. The survey estimates a population of 29,300 for its five-year window. This is separate from the annual July 2025 population estimate on the city overview.

Median age in Fountain is 30.0 years, with a 90% margin of error of 1.4 years. There are 10,454 households (±475). Age and household distributions show how these totals are composed; they do not establish which neighborhood suits a particular person.

Every count and share is an estimate. “±” is a 90% margin of error (MOE); pp means percentage points. Derived shares use the category count divided by the named universe. Aggregated category MOEs and percentage MOEs are approximate. A margin larger than half its estimate is flagged as low precision. Blank source uncertainty is shown as unavailable, never zero.

Age distribution and sex

City, state and U.S. estimates · ACS 2020–2024
Measure / survey universe	City estimate ± MOE	State estimate ± MOE	U.S. estimate ± MOE
Median age Total population · years	30.0 ±1.4	37.7 ±0.1	38.9 ±0.1

Age groups · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 29,300
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Colorado	U.S.
Under 18	8,259 ±845	28.2% ±2.9 pp	21.0%	22.0%
18–34	8,954 ±782	30.6% ±2.7 pp	24.8%	22.8%
35–64	10,078 ±840	34.4% ±2.9 pp	38.6%	38.0%
65 and older	2,009 ±309	6.9% ±1.1 pp	15.6%	17.2%

Sex categories as published by ACS · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 29,300
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Colorado	U.S.
Male	14,774 ±565	50.4% ±1.9 pp	50.7%	49.5%
Female	14,526 ±573	49.6% ±2.0 pp	49.3%	50.5%

The age groups are mutually exclusive and cover the entire population. The sex categories follow this ACS table’s published classification; they are not a survey of gender identity.

Race and Hispanic origin

Race · B02001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 29,300
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Colorado	U.S.
White alone	19,332 ±1,134	66.0% ±3.9 pp	70.5%	61.0%
Black or African American alone	2,537 ±574	8.7% ±2.0 pp	4.0%	12.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	199 ±142 · low precision	0.7% ±0.5 pp · low precision	1.1%	0.9%
Asian alone	793 ±364	2.7% ±1.2 pp	3.3%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	152 ±141 · low precision	0.5% ±0.5 pp · low precision	0.2%	0.2%
Some other race alone	1,514 ±525	5.2% ±1.8 pp	6.0%	7.1%
Two or more races	4,773 ±931	16.3% ±3.2 pp	14.9%	12.6%

Hispanic or Latino origin · B03003 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 29,300
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Colorado	U.S.
Not Hispanic or Latino	21,892 ±923	74.7% ±3.1 pp	77.5%	80.7%
Hispanic or Latino	7,408 ±928	25.3% ±3.2 pp	22.5%	19.3%

Hispanic origin and race are separate questions. People of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race and appear in both tables. Do not add the Hispanic share to race shares. Race alone and two-or-more-race groups are the mutually exclusive categories of the race table.

Household types, children and living alone

Household types · B11001 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 10,454
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Colorado	U.S.
Married-couple family	5,753 ±426	55.0% ±3.2 pp	48.3%	46.9%
Other family: male householder, no spouse present	587 ±233	5.6% ±2.2 pp	4.5%	5.1%
Other family: female householder, no spouse present	1,165 ±245	11.1% ±2.3 pp	8.9%	12.2%
Nonfamily: householder living alone	1,898 ±323	18.2% ±3.0 pp	28.6%	28.7%
Nonfamily: householder not living alone	1,051 ±304	10.1% ±2.9 pp	9.7%	7.0%

Households with children · B11005 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 10,454
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Colorado	U.S.
Households with people under 18	4,342 ±305	41.5% ±2.2 pp	28.4%	29.5%
Households without people under 18	6,112 ±638	58.5% ±5.5 pp	71.6%	70.5%

Household size · B11016 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 10,454
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Colorado	U.S.
One-person nonfamily households	1,898 ±323	18.2% ±3.0 pp	28.6%	28.7%
Two-person households	3,412 ±555	32.6% ±5.1 pp	36.0%	33.8%
Three-person households	1,981 ±337	18.9% ±3.1 pp	14.8%	15.3%
Four-person households	1,666 ±308	15.9% ±2.9 pp	12.3%	12.6%
Five-person households	951 ±247	9.1% ±2.3 pp	5.1%	5.9%
Six-person households	408 ±180	3.9% ±1.7 pp	2.0%	2.2%
Seven or more people	138 ±80 · low precision	1.3% ±0.8 pp · low precision	1.1%	1.4%

A family household contains related people under the Census definition. A nonfamily household can contain one person or unrelated people sharing a home. Households with children can also appear in the household-type and size tables, so those tables must not be added together. Household estimates exclude people living in group quarters from the household universe.

Nativity and languages spoken at home

Nativity · B05002 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 29,300
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Colorado	U.S.
Native	27,339 ±447	93.3% ±1.5 pp	90.2%	85.9%
Foreign born	1,961 ±442	6.7% ±1.5 pp	9.8%	14.1%

Language spoken at home · C16001 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 5 and older: 27,245
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Colorado	U.S.
English only	23,938 ±795	87.9% ±2.6 pp	83.8%	77.7%
Spanish	2,268 ±564	8.3% ±2.1 pp	11.1%	13.6%
French, Haitian, or Cajun	5 ±9 · low precision	0.0% ±0.0 pp · low precision	0.4%	0.7%
German or other West Germanic	372 ±193 · low precision	1.4% ±0.7 pp · low precision	0.4%	0.5%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic	0 ±25 · low precision	0.0% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.6%	0.7%
Other Indo-European	94 ±78 · low precision	0.3% ±0.3 pp · low precision	1.0%	2.0%
Korean	125 ±101 · low precision	0.5% ±0.4 pp · low precision	0.2%	0.3%
Chinese, including Mandarin and Cantonese	11 ±17 · low precision	0.0% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.5%	1.1%
Vietnamese	35 ±45 · low precision	0.1% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.4%	0.5%
Tagalog, including Filipino	226 ±182 · low precision	0.8% ±0.7 pp · low precision	0.2%	0.6%
Other Asian and Pacific Island	57 ±46 · low precision	0.2% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.6%	1.1%
Arabic	30 ±50 · low precision	0.1% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.2%	0.5%
Other and unspecified	84 ±114 · low precision	0.3% ±0.4 pp · low precision	0.7%	0.8%

Foreign born means not a U.S. citizen at birth; it includes naturalized citizens. Language categories describe speech at home among people age five and older. A language other than English at home does not establish that someone cannot speak English. This city page uses the published C16001 summary categories because the more detailed B16001 table does not provide these city records in this release.

Educational attainment

Highest completed education · B15003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 25 and older: 17,868
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Colorado	U.S.
Less than high school graduate	785 ±241	4.4% ±1.3 pp	7.1%	10.4%
High school graduate or equivalency	4,334 ±492	24.3% ±2.5 pp	19.7%	26.0%
Some college, no degree	4,599 ±550	25.7% ±2.9 pp	19.2%	19.1%
Associate’s degree	1,927 ±334	10.8% ±1.8 pp	8.3%	8.8%
Bachelor’s degree	4,412 ±758	24.7% ±4.1 pp	28.1%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1,811 ±353	10.1% ±1.9 pp	17.6%	14.1%

The denominator excludes residents under 25. Each person is counted in the highest attainment category they completed. This table does not measure the quality of local schools or the education level of every current student.

Residence one year earlier

Geographic mobility · B07003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 1 and older: 28,988
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Colorado	U.S.
Same house	24,717 ±769	85.3% ±2.6 pp	84.1%	87.7%
Moved within same county	2,104 ±575	7.3% ±2.0 pp	6.7%	6.3%
Moved from a different county in the same state	454 ±289 · low precision	1.6% ±1.0 pp · low precision	4.8%	3.1%
Moved from a different state	1,501 ±471	5.2% ±1.6 pp	3.8%	2.3%
Moved from abroad	212 ±146 · low precision	0.7% ±0.5 pp · low precision	0.6%	0.6%

These are respondents’ residence patterns one year before their survey response, pooled across the five-year window. They are not a net migration count for 2025. A person can move to a different house within the same city or county; moves within the same county should not automatically be interpreted as new arrivals to the city.

Health insurance, internet access and veterans

5.0% of Fountain residents (±1.3 percentage points) had no health insurance coverage when surveyed, compared with 7.7% in Colorado and 8.4% nationally. 95.0% of households subscribe to broadband of any type, including cellular data plans. A subscription is not the same as available service: the FCC National Broadband Map shows providers at a specific address.

City, state and U.S. shares · ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Fountain	Colorado	U.S.	Compared with Colorado
People without health insurance Civilian noninstitutionalized population	5.0% ±1.3 pp	7.7%	8.4%	Lower
Households with a broadband subscription Households	95.0% ±1.5 pp	93.5%	91.0%	Not statistically different
Veterans Civilian population age 18 and older	20.9% ±2.8 pp	7.5%	6.2%	Higher

Reading and reusing the estimates

The Census table links above lead to the original detailed tables. Counts, source universes and uncertainty are retained in the source observation download for Fountain . Compare these figures with the same survey window; do not compare one city’s five-year estimate with another city’s annual estimate as though they measured the same period. For methods, see uncertainty and denominator calculations.

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