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Fort Carson, Colorado.

A community in El Paso County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see El Paso County’s.

Living in Fort Carson, El Paso County, Colorado

Fort Carson, in El Paso County, had 17,693 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $66,237 a year and half less, against $90,363 across El Paso County; 15% of its people live below the poverty line. 0% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 100% are rented. Unemployment in El Paso County was 4.7% in August 2026, and the county had 0.5% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then shops.

People 17,693 in the 2020 census; median age 22.3
Household income $66,237 the median, give or take $8,406 · El Paso County: $90,363
Unemployment 4.7% El Paso County, August 2026; 3.9% a year before
Homes 0% lived in by their owners; 100% rented
  • 3,380households
  • 26%of adults have a degree
  • 15%below the poverty line
  • 11 mintypical commute
  • 2%work from home

What residents work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care33%
  • Shops (retail)19%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment12%
  • Banks, insurance and property8%
  • Government8%
  • Other services8%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. El Paso County had 307,977 jobs in 2025, 0.5% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in December, 45° and 19°; warmest in July, 86° and 58° 20° 40° 60° 80° J F M A M J J 86° 58° A S O N D 45° 19°
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in December, 45° and 19°; warmest in July, 86° and 58° 20° 40° 60° 80° J F M A M J J 86° 58° A S O N D 45° 19°

Coldest in December, with highs near 45° and lows near 19°; warmest in July, with highs near 86° and lows near 58°. About 32 inches of snow and 16 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Colorado Springs Municipal Airport weather station, 9 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Fort Carson

  1. Professional Contract ServicesBuilding cleaning services, janitorial69
  2. LifeView GroupCustomer service call centers63
  3. Phoenix LogisticsEngineering services34

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 3 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 166 people in all. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. Winter weatherRelatively high
  2. LightningRelatively high
  3. Hailrelatively high in parts of Fort CarsonRelatively moderate
  4. WildfireRelatively moderate
  5. TornadoesRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Fort Carson’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on El Paso County.