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Fort Collins vs Loveland

Fort Collins, CO compared with Loveland, CO · 9 miles apart

Fort Collins has 171,500 residents to Loveland’s 81,387. Fort Collins comes out ahead on median household income, median rent, average commute. Loveland does better on homeownership, poverty rate, price to income.

Fort Collins, CO Loveland, CO
Population 171,500 81,387
Density (per sq mi) 2,996 2,251
Median household income $85,070 $84,604
Median home value $577,900 $479,000
Median rent $1,690 $1,730
Homeownership 51.6% 62.2%
Average commute 19.5 min 26.2 min
Median age 30.9 40.7
Bachelor's degree + 60.7% 39%
Poverty rate 15.8% 8.5%
Unemployment 5.4% 5.4%
Price to income 6.8× 5.7×

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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