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Fort Collins city, Colorado: commercial real estate data.
Fort Collins city is a Census city of 170,229 people across 57.24 square miles of land, in Larimer County. Median household income is $85,070, 51.6 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 281 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $160.6 m.
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Fort Collins
What Fort Collins is
- Census place typecity
- Land area57.24 sq mi
- Water area1.26 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land2,974
- County holding the largest share of its areaLarimer 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 Collins
How many people live in Fort Collins
- Population170,229
- Median age30.9
- Population under 1828,064
- Share under 1816.5 percent
- Population 65 and over21,744
- Share 65 and over12.8 percent
- Households71,768
- Family households36,445
- Share of households that are families50.8 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fort Collins
Income and work in Fort Collins
- Median household income$85,070
- Per capita income$47,458
- Civilian labor force102,788
- Employed97,225
- Unemployed5,563
- Unemployment rate5.4 percent
- Adults 25 and over105,671
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher97.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher60.7 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree26.1 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fort Collins
Housing in Fort Collins
- Housing units74,558
- Occupied units71,768
- Vacant units2,790
- Vacancy rate3.7 percent
- Owner occupied37,041
- Renter occupied34,727
- Ownership rate51.6 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$577,900
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,690
- Annual rent as a share of median income23.8 percent
- Single family units45,054
- Share single family60.4 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more27,941
- Share in buildings of two or more37.5 percent
- Mobile homes1,536
- Median year structure built1992
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fort Collins
How Fort Collins gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute74,788
- Commuting under 15 minutes28,911
- Share commuting under 15 minutes38.7 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more13,759
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more18.4 percent
- Drove alone62.2 percent
- Carpooled5.5 percent
- Public transport1.3 percent plus or minus 0.5
- Walked4.1 percent
- Worked from home22.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fort Collins
SBA loans in Fort Collins (7(a))
- Approvals281
- Gross approval$160,598,900
- Average approval$571,526
- Median approval$231,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,489,100
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported2,943
- Jobs per approval10.5
- Loans with a final outcome68
- Paid in full61
- Charged off7
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans10.3 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more12.1 percent
- Share to franchises18.5 percent
- Distinct lenders64
- Distinct industries by NAICS121
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Fort Collins
SBA loans in Fort Collins (504)
- Approvals182
- Gross approval$110,190,000
- Average approval$605,440
- Median approval$419,000
- Largest approval$5,500,000
- Jobs supported1,119
- Loans with a final outcome81
- Charged off0
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans0.0 percent
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs5
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Larimer County, not Fort Collins
Larimer County context, not Fort Collins figures
These are Larimer County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Fort Collins measurements.
- Establishments in Larimer County11,764
- Employment at those establishments, Larimer County139,517
- Covered employment, Larimer County175,265
- Average annual pay, Larimer County$69,912
- Average weekly wage, Larimer County$1,344
- Housing units permitted, Larimer County1,786
- Of those, single family, Larimer County1,370
- County product, 2024, Larimer County$28,483,380,000
- County product change over the prior year, Larimer County3.9 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Larimer County$82,449
Every figure in this section is published for Larimer County as a whole and is not a measurement of Fort Collins. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
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. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Fort Collins questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Fort Collins, Colorado?
170,229, in 71,768 households. Fort Collins city covers 57.24 square miles of land, which is 2,974 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Fort Collins in?
Larimer 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 Collins?
$85,070. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $577,900. Median gross rent is $1,690 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 Collins businesses?
281 7(a) approvals totalling $160.6 m, across 64 lenders, median approval $231,000, plus 182 504 approvals worth $110.2 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Fort Collins, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Fort Collins borrowers get paid back?
Of the 68 loans that have reached a final outcome, 61 were paid in full and 7 charged off, a charge off rate of 10.3 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Are the county figures on this page Fort Collins figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Larimer 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 Collins.
Is zoning published for Fort Collins?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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