Fountain vs Monument

A side-by-side comparison of Fountain and Monument: population, income, housing, and more.

Fountain and Monument are places in Colorado. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fountain has the higher population (29,327 vs 11,035 in Monument). Monument has the higher median household income ($114,654 vs $85,246 in Fountain). Monument has the higher median home value ($586,400 vs $374,600 in Fountain).

Population, income & housing

	Fountain	Monument
Population	29,327	11,035
Median age	31.1 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$85,246	$114,654
Median home value	$374,600	$586,400
Median gross rent	$1,778	$1,947
Housing units	10,899	4,087
Homeownership rate	72.3%	78.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.6%	57.5%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fountain	Monument
Population	29,784 → 29,327 (-1.5%)	7,398 → 11,035 (+49.2%)
Median household income	$64,582 → $85,246 (+32.0%)	$107,168 → $114,654 (+7.0%)
Median home value	$229,200 → $374,600 (+63.4%)	$381,600 → $586,400 (+53.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,424 → $1,778 (+24.9%)	$1,586 → $1,947 (+22.8%)

Fountain

Population

29,78429,327

Median household income

$64,582$85,246

Median home value

$229,200$374,600

Median gross rent

$1,424$1,778

Monument

Population

7,39811,035

Median household income

$107,168$114,654

Median home value

$381,600$586,400

Median gross rent

$1,586$1,947

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fountain	Monument
Under 5	7.1%	5.5%
5 to 17	21.8%	23.3%
18 to 24	9.4%	8.7%
25 to 34	18.2%	8.6%
35 to 44	17.6%	12.6%
45 to 54	10.3%	17.8%
55 to 64	8.5%	10.1%
65 to 74	4.9%	9.4%
75 and over	2.2%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fountain	Monument
White (non-Hispanic)	56.1%	84.6%
Black or African American	9.1%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	3.5%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.6%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	25.2%	8.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fountain	Monument
No high school diploma	4.8%	1.3%
High school graduate	24.8%	15.8%
Some college or associate's	37.9%	25.4%
Bachelor's degree	23.7%	29.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	28.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fountain	Monument
Drove alone	81.5%	63.0%
Carpooled	7.3%	9.3%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	2.5%
Worked from home	8.5%	23.2%
Other means	1.3%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fountain	Monument
1-unit, detached	80.4%	75.6%
1-unit, attached	5.7%	9.8%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	4.1%
20 or more units	3.8%	6.2%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Fountain	Monument
Poverty rate	8.7%	5.5%
Average household size	2.83	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	26	30
Median year structure built	1998	2006