Fountain vs Security-Widefield

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

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

Security-Widefield has the higher population (38,659 vs 29,327 in Fountain). Fountain has the higher median household income ($85,246 vs $83,916 in Security-Widefield). Fountain has the higher median home value ($374,600 vs $358,600 in Security-Widefield).

Population, income & housing

	Fountain	Security-Widefield
Population	29,327	38,659
Median age	31.1 yrs	35.1 yrs
Median household income	$85,246	$83,916
Median home value	$374,600	$358,600
Median gross rent	$1,778	$1,703
Housing units	10,899	13,770
Homeownership rate	72.3%	83.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.6%	25.2%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fountain	Security-Widefield
Population	29,784 → 29,327 (-1.5%)	39,612 → 38,659 (-2.4%)
Median household income	$64,582 → $85,246 (+32.0%)	$69,352 → $83,916 (+21.0%)
Median home value	$229,200 → $374,600 (+63.4%)	$211,300 → $358,600 (+69.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,424 → $1,778 (+24.9%)	$1,313 → $1,703 (+29.7%)

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

Security-Widefield

Population

39,61238,659

Median household income

$69,352$83,916

Median home value

$211,300$358,600

Median gross rent

$1,313$1,703

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fountain	Security-Widefield
Under 5	7.1%	7.8%
5 to 17	21.8%	19.9%
18 to 24	9.4%	6.8%
25 to 34	18.2%	15.2%
35 to 44	17.6%	13.6%
45 to 54	10.3%	10.7%
55 to 64	8.5%	12.5%
65 to 74	4.9%	9.2%
75 and over	2.2%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fountain	Security-Widefield
White (non-Hispanic)	56.1%	57.3%
Black or African American	9.1%	8.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.1%
Asian	3.5%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.6%	0.3%
Some other race	0.1%	0.4%
Two or more races	5.1%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	25.2%	25.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fountain	Security-Widefield
No high school diploma	4.8%	5.9%
High school graduate	24.8%	27.4%
Some college or associate's	37.9%	41.5%
Bachelor's degree	23.7%	16.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fountain	Security-Widefield
Drove alone	81.5%	76.1%
Carpooled	7.3%	10.3%
Public transit	0.3%	0.1%
Walked	0.7%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.2%
Worked from home	8.5%	11.0%
Other means	1.3%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fountain	Security-Widefield
1-unit, detached	80.4%	93.9%
1-unit, attached	5.7%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	1.7%
20 or more units	3.8%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Fountain	Security-Widefield
Poverty rate	8.7%	8.8%
Average household size	2.83	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	26	24
Median year structure built	1998	1982