Denver vs Fort Collins
Denver, CO compared with Fort Collins, CO · 55 miles apart
Denver has 740,613 residents to Fort Collins’s 171,500. Denver comes out ahead on median household income, poverty rate, unemployment. Fort Collins does better on median rent, homeownership, average commute.
| Denver, CO | Fort Collins, CO | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 740,613 | 171,500 |
| Density (per sq mi) | 4,838 | 2,996 |
| Median household income | $94,718 | $85,070 |
| Median home value | $616,000 | $577,900 |
| Median rent | $1,831 | $1,690 |
| Homeownership | 48.8% | 51.6% |
| Average commute | 24.9 min | 19.5 min |
| Median age | 35.3 | 30.9 |
| Bachelor's degree + | 56.5% | 60.7% |
| Poverty rate | 11.2% | 15.8% |
| Unemployment | 4.9% | 5.4% |
| Price to income | 6.5× | 6.8× |
Highlighted where one city is clearly better on that measure. Population, density, home value and median age carry no highlight — a higher number there is good or bad depending on what you want.
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