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. Much of the housing stock in Fountain was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Fountain economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Fountain, where the median household income is $86,242.00.8.27% of the workforce is employed in the armed forces, making the military a huge focus of life in Fountain. Even though it is a military town, the civilian sector still plays an important role in the local economy. The Retail and Healthcare industries respectively employ 13.04% and 11.54% of the civilian workforce. 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. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 10.70% 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. 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.
