Electricity rates in Fort Collins, Colorado

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Who lives in Fort Collins: income, cars, homes

In Fort Collins, CO, 18,610 of 32,348 renter households pay 30% or more of income in rent; 35,734 households moved in since 2018 and 7,699 before 2000, so electric accounts turn over quickly. 25,699 residents of Fort Collins, CO live below the poverty line, and the median age is 30.6. In Fort Collins, CO, 14,693 of 70,782 households earn under $35,000, 17,599 $35,000-$75,000, 21,888 $75,000-$150,000 and 16,602 $150,000 or more. Fort Collins, CO homes: 44,508 have 3+ bedrooms, 9,194 none or one, median 5.7 rooms. In Fort Collins, CO, 3,001 households own no vehicle and 45,351 own two or more; home EV charging depends on that. Of 95,688 workers in Fort Collins, CO, 19,340 work from home, 60,532 drive alone, 1,400 ride transit and 4,042 walk.

Who supplies Fort Collins

Larimer County lists 6 utilities for Fort Collins, CO (169,705 residents): homes pay 12.21 to 15.98 cents per kWh, about $82 to $108 a month at 674 kWh, 1.2% to 1.5% of the $83,598 Fort Collins median income. Larimer County page.

Facts about Fort Collins

Residents of Fort Collins, CO, ACS 2023

169,7054 of 32 Colorado cities with 30,000+

Median household income in Fort Collins, CO

$83,59825 of 32 of those cities

Households in Fort Collins, CO

70,7822.40 people each

Owner-occupied homes in Fort Collins, CO

52.1%36,885 owners and 33,897 renter households

Housing units in Fort Collins, CO

73,3322,550 vacant or seasonal

Homes heated by electricity in Fort Collins, CO

29.1%20,626 of 70,782 homes

Land area of Fort Collins, CO

57.2 sq mi2,965.1 people per sq mi

Bill as share of income in Fort Collins, CO

1.2% to 1.5%at 674 kWh a month over the $83,598 median household income

Wind and tornado reports within 15 miles of Fort Collins, CO

8NWS point reports 2015 to 2025, 4.7 per 100,000 residents

Median year homes were built in Fort Collins, CO

199222,772 of 73,332 homes (31.1%) before 1980

Median home value and rent in Fort Collins, CO

$548,400$1,661 gross rent a month, 3.63% of value a year

Electricity price since 2015 around Fort Collins

Public Service Co of Colorado charged Fort Collins homes 11.60 ¢/kWh in 2015. Fort Collins: 15.05 ¢ in 2024, 30% up. Fort Collins: against 23% up for the Colorado average.

Fort Collins: a 674 kWh month at that price. Fort Collins: $78 in 2015, $101 in 2024. Fort Collins: $1,217 a year, 1.5% of the $83,598 median income.

Housing and heating in Fort Collins

Fort Collins, CO: 22,772 of 73,332 homes were built before 1980 and 25,969 in 2000 or later. Fort Collins, CO has 38,814 detached houses, 20,500 homes in 5+ unit buildings and 1,496 mobile homes.

Outage risk around Fort Collins

Fort Collins, CO, NWS reports within 15 miles of the center, 2015 to 2025: 8 wind and 0 tornado, 4.7 per 100,000 residents of 169,705. Top gust near Fort Collins, CO: 70 knots, 81 mph. Damage near Fort Collins, CO: $1K.

Cost of living with electricity in Fort Collins

Fort Collins, CO: 70,782 households at $956 a year per home for electricity (Larimer County average, DOE LEAD) come to about $67.7 million, an estimate; all home energy is $1,731 a year per household.

Climate and electric heating around Fort Collins

Fort Collins is in Larimer County, CO. Fort Collins: degree days are county values.

Fort Collins: 8,168 heating degree days a year. Fort Collins: 87 cooling degree days a year.

Fort Collins: NOAA nClimDiv 7 Oct 2026; ACS B25040.

Bill and heat pump calculator, Fort Collins

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ZIP codes in Fort Collins

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