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Fort Carson, Colorado: commercial real estate data.
Fort Carson is a Census CDP of 18,019 people across 27.97 square miles of land, in El Paso County. Median household income is $66,237, 0.0 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 1 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $278,500 since FY2020.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Fort Carson
What Fort Carson is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area27.97 sq mi
- Water area0.03 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land644
- County holding the largest share of its areaEl Paso County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fort Carson
How many people live in Fort Carson
- Population18,019
- Median age22.3
- Population under 184,799
- Share under 1826.6 percent
- Population 65 and over4 plus or minus 22
- Share 65 and over0.0 percent
- Households3,380
- Family households3,124
- Share of households that are families92.4 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Fort Carson
- Median household income$66,237
- Per capita income$27,674
- Civilian labor force2,299
- Employed2,215 plus or minus 444
- Unemployed84 plus or minus 60
- Unemployment rate3.7 percent plus or minus 2.5
- Adults 25 and over6,066
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher99.4 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher25.6 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree8.6 percent plus or minus 2.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Fort Carson
- Housing units3,745
- Occupied units3,380
- Vacant units365 plus or minus 185
- Vacancy rate9.7 percent plus or minus 4.8
- Owner occupied0
- Renter occupied3,380
- Ownership rate0.0 percent
- Median gross rent, monthly$2,180
- Annual rent as a share of median income39.5 percent
- Single family units3,033
- Share single family81.0 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more712 plus or minus 185
- Share in buildings of two or more19.0 percent plus or minus 4.6
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built2002
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Fort Carson gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute11,287
- Commuting under 15 minutes8,005
- Share commuting under 15 minutes70.9 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more684 plus or minus 231
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more6.1 percent plus or minus 2.0
- Drove alone53.7 percent
- Carpooled17.8 percent
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked25.7 percent
- Worked from home1.6 percent plus or minus 1.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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SBA loans in Fort Carson (7(a))
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$278,500
- Average approval$278,500
- Median approval$278,500
- Largest approval$278,500
- Jobs supported7
- Jobs per approval7.0
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders1
- Distinct industries by NAICS1
Counted by borrower city: approvals to borrowers whose address is in Fort Carson, in any county, FY2020 to FY2026. Only 0 loans have reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
El Paso County, not Fort Carson
El Paso County context, not Fort Carson figures
- Establishments in El Paso County18,852
- Covered employment, El Paso County309,483
- Average annual pay, El Paso County$67,491
- Housing units permitted, El Paso County3,849
Every figure in this section is published for El Paso County as a whole and is not a measurement of Fort Carson.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual.
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What this page does not hold.
Parcel detail, zoning and the flood zone at an address are not on this page; they resolve at the address in the platform. How this page was built →
Common questions
Fort Carson questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Fort Carson, Colorado?
18,019, in 3,380 households. Fort Carson CDP covers 27.97 square miles of land, which is 644 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Fort Carson in?
El Paso County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Fort Carson?
$66,237. Median gross rent is $2,180 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Fort Carson businesses?
1 7(a) approvals totaling $278,500 since FY2020, across 1 lenders, median approval $278,500. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Fort Carson, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Fort Carson borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Fort Carson. Only 0 loans have reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Fort Carson figures?
No, and they are labeled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for El Paso County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Fort Carson.
Is zoning published for Fort Carson?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.