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Fort Collins

Fort Collins rent is down 2.2% over six months while home prices are up 0.4%, creating a divergence from metro peers.

Population
189,708
Fort Collins covered by 47 underlying areas.
Violent crime
2.6 / 1k
Violent crime has declined 13% since 2021.
Property crime
22.0 / 1k
Property crime has increased 5% since 2021.
Market rent
$2,015
Market rent has increased 42% since 2019. Rent here is ZIP-derived market context.
Signals

What Fort Collins is signaling right now

City-level signals summarize safety, market pressure, quality, and upside without loading the application bundle.

Safety

100/100

Scores in the 100th percentile for lower violent crime relative to its peer set. Higher scores indicate safer conditions based on the current violent-crime rate.

Momentum

50/100

Development activity lands around the 50th percentile once permit intensity is normalized by household base — a forward-looking signal for neighborhood improvement trajectory.

Quality

53/100

Retail discovery mix places this area around the 53rd percentile — curated premium-versus-value retail tagging, openings, and category mix are used to summarize commercial quality.

Investor Upside

51/100

Forward-looking composite places this area in the 51st percentile — a weighted blend of development momentum and retail quality signaling medium-term investment potential.

Benchmarks

Fort Collins compared with Colorado

Fort Collins city pages are rolled up from tract-level metrics, then linked into neighborhood and tract pages so you can move from the citywide pattern into the blocks and districts driving it.

Violent Crime

2.6 / 1k

5.2 / 1k state · 4.0 / 1k national

Property Crime

22.0 / 1k

31.3 / 1k state · 19.6 / 1k national

Market Rent (ZIP-derived)

$2,015

$1,996 state

Permits 12M

0

6,350 state