Cost of Living in Fountain
Fountain's defining cost-of-living trait is real, sourced affordability relative to the wider Colorado Springs metro -- on housing, on income context, though rent estimates carry a genuinely wide spread across sources.
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Learn moreBelow-metro median household income, with a real, disclosed spread
Median household income is cited at $86,242 by one source and $88,849 by another (Data USA, incomebyzipcode.com, retrieved 2026-08-24) -- a modest, disclosed disagreement, with a cited poverty rate of 10.33%. Both figures run below levels documented for the wider Colorado Springs metro elsewhere in this dataset.
A combined sales tax rate with real source disagreement
Sources disagreed on Fountain's exact combined sales tax rate: 7.53% (one minimum-combined figure), 8.5% (a second), and 8.53% (a third, most-detailed breakdown: 2.9% CO state + 1.23% El Paso County + 3.4% Fountain city + 1% special district). The itemized 8.53% figure is most likely accurate given its breakdown, but the disagreement itself is real and worth confirming for a specific address.
Rent estimates carry a genuinely wide range
One aggregator cites an overall average rent of $1,985 (up 6% YoY); per-bedroom figures ranged even more widely across sources -- 1BR between $1,353 and $1,795, 2BR between $1,200 and $2,438 (Rent.com, RentCafe, Zumper, Rentometer synthesis, retrieved 2026-08-24). Pull current listings for a specific building rather than anchoring on one citywide average.
Colorado's flat income tax applies here as it does statewide
Colorado's flat 4.40% individual income tax rate (2026) applies in Fountain as it does everywhere else in the state -- not a distinguishing local factor, and not the no-income-tax or Arizona-2.5%-style framing used in other parts of this project.
Key takeaways
- Median household income runs $86,242-$88,849 depending on source, below the wider Colorado Springs metro; poverty rate cited at 10.33%.
- Combined sales tax carries real source disagreement (7.53%-8.53%) -- the itemized 8.53% figure (2.9% state + 1.23% county + 3.4% city + 1% special district) is most likely accurate.
- Rent estimates ranged very widely by unit size and source: 1BR $1,353-$1,795, 2BR $1,200-$2,438.
- Colorado's flat 4.40% state income tax applies statewide, including Fountain -- not a no-income-tax market.
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