Fountain is a medium-sized city located in the state of Colorado. With a population of 28,489 people and seven associated neighborhoods, Fountain is the 28th largest community in Colorado. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Fountain, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Fountain, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Fountain’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Fountain does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $85,246.00.6.45% of the workforce is employed in the armed forces, making the military a huge focus of life in Fountain. Even though it is a military town, the civilian sector still plays an important role in the local economy. The Retail and Healthcare industries respectively employ 13.79% and 11.51% of the civilian workforce. 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. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.54% 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. The education level of Fountain citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 32.55% of adults in Fountain have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Fountain in 2022 was $35,115, 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 $140,460 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 25.22% 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.
