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Larimer County / Fort Collins, CO

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Larimer County runs from Fort Collins and Loveland west into Rocky Mountain National Park. Loveland has re-mailed valentines since 1946, and volunteers hand-stamp each one with a pictorial postmark before it goes on to the address on it. The county gets more snow than 98% of counties, and its best public high school is rated ahead of the top school in 96% of them. A house costs about six and a half times what a household here typically earns.

Snow: 105": 105 inches of snow a year, and only 44 counties in the country get more. Trail Ridge Road through Rocky Mountain National Park shuts to through traffic from mid-October to late May. >98% of 3,143 counties
Fishing: 76: 76 fishing spots within 30 miles of Fort Collins, more than in 94% of counties. Horsetooth Reservoir, west of the city, holds snowmelt carried under the Continental Divide. >94% of 3,143 counties
Top School Rating: 97.8⁶: The best public high school here is rated 97.8, ahead of the top school in 96% of counties. A child in Poudre School District is not tied to the school their address assigns. >96% of 3,028 counties
Farmers Markets: 9: Nine farmers markets, more than in 94% of counties. The Larimer County Farmers' Market has run since 1976, managed by Colorado State University Extension and Colorado Master Gardeners. >94% of 3,143 counties
The trade-off — Median Home Price: $581K⁴: A $581K median home against a typical household income of $88K, and only 96 counties in the country are more expensive. The county waives the building permit fees on a rental flat added behind a house. >96% of 3,143 counties

Larimer County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 census, the population was 359,066. The county seat and most populous city is Fort Collins. The county was named for William Larimer, Jr., the founder of Denver. Larimer County comprises the Fort Collins, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Demographics and county data

Each comparison is against the US counties that publish the same measurement. Measurements where too many counties share a single value to be ranked show no comparison at all.

Abortion Regulation: Legal (Unlimited)
ACT/SAT Scores: #17
Air Quality: 6.9¹
Alcohol Regulation: #37
All Occupations: $80K¹
American Indians/Alaskan Natives: ↓-1.3%
Amish, Mennonites, etc: ↓-1.9%⁷
Any Airport: 0h 23m
Any Natural Disaster: Medium³
Architecture & Engineering: $103K¹⁰
Art Museums: 5
Arts, Design, Sports, Media & Entertainment: $72K¹⁰
Asian Americans: ↑0.7%
Asian Language Speakers: ↑0.6%
Avalanche: Low³
Average School Rating: 72.2⁶
Beergardens & Brewpubs: 10
Bike Score: 78
Blacks/African Americans: ↓-7.9%
Boating: 21
Broadband Internet: 89%
Buddhists: ↑0.4%⁷
Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance: $40K¹⁰
Business & Financial Operations: $88K¹⁰
Cannabis Regulation: Legal
Cat Friendly Rentals: 53%
Catholics: ↓-0.9%⁷
City Population: 170K
Climate Change Risk: 3.2
Coastal Flooding: none³
Cold Wave: High³
Community & Social Service: $57K¹⁰
Commute Time: 24
Computer & Mathematical: $117K¹⁰
Construction & Extraction: $57K¹⁰
County Population: 363K
Cuisine Diversity: 37
Cycling: 18
Dentists: 8.0
Dog Friendly Rentals: 67%
Drought: Low³
Earthquakes: Low³
Education, Training, & Library: $58K¹⁰
Educational Attainment: 37%
Elevation: 7,756'⁸
English Speakers: ↑0.6%
Farmers Markets: 9
Farming, Fishing, & Forestry: $41K¹⁰
Fatal Dog Attacks: 0
Fatal Wildlife Attacks: 1
Financial Relocation Incentives: $8,000
Fire Ants: none
Fishing: 76
Food Preparation & Serving Related: $37K¹⁰
Forests: 53%
Freshwater Access: 97
Gluten-Free Options: 7
Golf: 22
Gun Open Carry Regulation: Legal (Unrestricted)
Hail: High³
Healthcare Practitioners & Technical: $100K¹⁰
Healthcare Support: $40K¹⁰
Heat Wave: none³
High School Graduation Rate: 83%¹
Hiking: 139
Hindus: ↓-0.0%⁷
Hispanics/Latinos: ↑2.1%
History Museums: 3
Home Ownership Rate: 65%
Homelessness: 82
Homicide Rate: 2¹
Hospitals: 5
Hurricanes: none³
Ice Storms: Very Low³
Indo-European Language Speakers: ↑0.5%
Installation, Maintenance, & Repair: $60K¹⁰
Investment Potential: 32 / 100
Jehovah's Witnesses: ↓-0.3%⁷
Jews: ↓-0.1%⁷
Landslide: Low³
LDS / Mormons: ↑0.7%⁷
Legal: $131K¹⁰
Life Expectancy: 82¹
Life, Physical, & Social Science: $88K¹⁰
Lightning: High³
Live Music: 29
Major Airport: 1h 12m
Major City Proximity: 1h 09m
Major League Baseball: 1h 05m
Major League Soccer: 1h 08m
Management: $149K¹⁰
Median Age: 36 years¹¹
Median Home Price: $581K
Median Rental - 1 BR Apartment: $1,554
Median Rental - 2 BR Apartment: $1,826
Median Rental - 3 BR Apartment: $2,559
Median Rental - 4 BR Apartment: $2,721
Median Rental - Room: $981
Median Rental - Single Family Home: $2,444⁴
Median Rental - Studio Apartment: $1,545
Mental Health Providers: 36.6
Meth Labs: 0
Michelin Rated Restaurants: none
Minor League Baseball: 7h 09m
Mountains: 9,170'⁸
Multiracials: ↑0.1%
Muslims: ↓-0.1%⁷
National Parks: 1h 30m
Native Hawaiians/Pacific Islanders: 0.0%
NBA Basketball: 1h 07m
NFL Football: 1h 09m
NHL Hockey: 1h 07m
Not Religious / Atheists / Agnostics: ↑14.0%
Nuclear Strike: Direct Target
Obesity Rate: 21%¹
Office & Administrative Support: $49K¹⁰
Orthodox Christians: ↓-0.1%⁷
Other Language Speakers: ↓-0.1%
Other Relocation Incentives: none
Park Score: 72%⁹
People 0-9 Years Old: ↓-1.4%
People 10-19 Years Old: ↑0.1%
People 20-29 Years Old: ↑6.4%
People 30-39 Years Old: ↑1.4%
People 40-49 Years Old: ↓-0.3%
People 50-59 Years Old: ↓-1.9%
People 60-69 Years Old: ↓-1.3%
People 70-79 Years Old: ↓-1.7%
People 80+ Years Old: ↓-1.4%
Performing Arts: 0
Personal Care & Service: $42K¹⁰
Political Orientation: 82% Dems
Population Density: 138
Population Growth: ↑0.8%
Poverty Rate: 9.9%
Primary Care Physicians: 8.6¹
Private/Home School Regulation: #19
Production: $48K¹⁰
Property Crime Rate: 2,173
Property Tax: 0.53%
Protective Service: $58K¹⁰
Protestants / Non-Denominationals: ↓-10.2%⁷
Rain: 20"
Regional Theatre: 0
River Flooding: High³
Sales & Related: $61K¹⁰
Sales Tax: 8.7%
Same Sex Households: ↑0.2%
Scenic Beauty: #5
Seasons: 44 °F
Shark Attacks: 0
Single Parent Households: ↓-8.0%
Skiing: 1h 41m
Small or Major Airport: 1h 12m
Smokers: 15%¹
Snow: 105"
Spanish Speakers: ↓-1.2%
State Income Tax: 4.6%
Strong Wind: Low³
Summer Heat: 77 °F
Summer Mugginess: none
Sunny Days: 237
Termite Infestation: Light
Tobacco Regulation: #14
Top School Rating: 97.8
Tornadoes: Medium³
Traffic: 448K
Transit Score: 28
Transportation & Material Moving: $49K¹⁰
Tsunami: none³
Typical Expenses: $102K⁵
Typical Expenses: $67K⁵
Typical Expenses: $102K⁵
Typical Expenses: $92K⁵
Typical Expenses: $155K⁵
Typical Expenses: $82K⁵
Typical Expenses: $51K⁵
Typical Expenses: $92K⁵
Typical Expenses: $120K⁵
Typical Expenses: $67K⁵
Typical Expenses: $158K⁵
Typical Expenses: $130K⁵
Unemployment Rate: 6.3%¹
Vegetarian Friendliness: 7
Violent Crime Rate: 201²
Volcanic Activity: none³
Walk Score: 37
Water Quality: 2/4
Whites: ↑6.2%
Wildfires: Medium³
Windiness: 22 mph
Wineries: 9
Winter Cold: 33 °F
Winter Weather: Low³

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