Fountain is a medium-sized city located in the state of Colorado. With a population of 29,457 people and seven associated neighborhoods, Fountain is the 28th largest community in Colorado. Fountain has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Fountain, where the median household income is $86,242.00.

Fountain is a military town: the armed forces employs 8.27% of the workforce, making the military a major focus of life in the city. In the civilian sector, Retail and Healthcare are important in the local economy and are the city’s largest civilian employers, employing 13.04% and 11.54% of the civilian workforce respectively.

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.

A relatively large number of people in Fountain telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 10.70% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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 citizens of Fountain are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 34.83% of adults in Fountain have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Fountain in 2022 was $35,199, 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 $140,796 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 25.28% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Fountain include German, Irish, English, Italian, and French.

The most common language spoken in Fountain is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.