Moving to Fountain: Pros, Cons & What to Know
Moving to Fountain means moving into El Paso County's most affordable, most Fort Carson-adjacent city -- a genuinely distinct, smaller, working-class counterpart to Colorado Springs, not a satellite suburb sharing its identity.
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Learn moreThe closest off-post city to Fort Carson's main gate
Fountain is cited as the closest off-post city to Fort Carson's main gate, roughly 9.8 miles and a 10-15 minute commute by car. For comparison, downtown Colorado Springs itself is roughly 10 miles / 17 minutes from that same gate -- Fountain's proximity advantage is real but modest, not dramatic (coloradospringschoicehomes.com, PCS/military-relocation guide synthesis, retrieved 2026-08-24).
A real, sourced affordability gap versus the wider Colorado Springs metro
One source independently describes Fountain as "the most affordable option in the area, a smaller, working-class military town with solid rental availability and rock-bottom prices compared to the rest of Colorado Springs." Fountain's median home sale price ($400K-$415K, 2026) and median household income ($86,242-$88,849) both come in below levels documented for the wider Colorado Springs metro elsewhere in this dataset.
A genuinely young, working-age population
Fountain's median age is 30 years (30.3 male, 29.8 female), notably younger than El Paso County's own 35.1-year median -- consistent with its identity as a military-and-working-family town rather than a retirement destination.
A flat-to-declining population, unlike some of this dataset's faster-growing Colorado markets
Fountain's population is estimated at 29,336 for 2026, declining -0.39% annually and down -1.83% since the 2020 Census -- a real, disclosed trend worth knowing, and the deliberate opposite of the growth story documented for Windsor, CO elsewhere in this same build.
Key takeaways
- Fountain is the closest off-post city to Fort Carson's main gate (~9.8 miles, 10-15 minutes) -- a real but modest proximity advantage over downtown Colorado Springs itself (~10 miles/17 minutes).
- A genuine, sourced affordability gap versus the wider Colorado Springs metro on both housing ($400K-$415K median) and household income.
- Fountain's median age (30) runs notably younger than El Paso County's own median (35.1) -- a working-age, military-family profile.
- Population is flat to modestly declining (-0.39% annually) -- the opposite trend from some faster-growing Colorado markets elsewhere in this dataset.
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