Federal Heights is a medium-sized city located in the state of Colorado. With a population of 13,971 people and four associated neighborhoods, Federal Heights is the 40th largest community in Colorado.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Federal Heights is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 40.01% of the Federal Heights workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Federal Heights is a city of service providers, construction workers and builders, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Federal Heights who work in maintenance occupations (10.48%), sales jobs (9.73%), and office and administrative support (9.29%). Also of interest is that Federal Heights has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 7.87% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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. One downside of living in Federal Heights is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Federal Heights, the average commute to work is 33.72 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. The citizens of Federal Heights are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 14.17% of adults in Federal Heights have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree The per capita income in Federal Heights in 2022 was $26,077, which is low income relative to Colorado and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $104,308 for a family of four. However, Federal Heights contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Federal Heights is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Federal Heights home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Federal Heights, accounting for 64.80% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Federal Heights residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Federal Heights include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Swedish. Foreign born people are also an important part of Federal Heights's cultural character, accounting for 28.59% of the city’s population. The most common language spoken in Federal Heights is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English and Navajo.
