Fort Lupton is a somewhat small city located in the state of Colorado. With a population of 8,829 people and six associated neighborhoods, Fort Lupton is the 64th largest community in Colorado.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Fort Lupton is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 37.51% of the Fort Lupton workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Fort Lupton is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Fort Lupton who work in food service (11.63%), office and administrative support (11.33%), and sales jobs (7.26%). One downside of living in Fort Lupton, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 32.90 minutes every day commuting to work. The rate of college-level education in Fort Lupton is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 11.12% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree. The per capita income in Fort Lupton in 2022 was $29,624, which is lower middle income relative to Colorado, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $118,496 for a family of four. However, Fort Lupton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Fort Lupton is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Fort Lupton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Fort Lupton, accounting for 57.59% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Fort Lupton residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Fort Lupton include German, English, Italian, Irish, and Norwegian. In addition, Fort Lupton has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (15.49%). The most common language spoken in Fort Lupton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
