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Park Center, Colorado.

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

Living in Park Center, Fremont County, Colorado

Park Center, in Fremont County, had 2,953 people in the 2020 census. 84% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 16% are rented. Unemployment in Fremont County was 5.9% in August 2026, and the county had about as many jobs in 2025 as the year before. The most people in Fremont County work in schools and health care, then government.

People 2,953 in the 2020 census; median age 43.2
Household income Too few homes in Park Center for the Census survey to measure.
Unemployment 5.9% Fremont County, August 2026; 4.9% a year before
Homes 84% lived in by their owners; 16% rented
  • 948households
  • 20%of adults have a degree
  • 12%below the poverty line

What people in Fremont County work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care22%
  • Government13%
  • Building trades11%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment9%
  • Professional and business services9%
  • Shops (retail)9%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Fremont County had 14,577 jobs in 2025, about as many as the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in December, 49° and 19°; warmest in July, 89° and 59° 20° 40° 60° 80° J F M A M J J 89° 59° A S O N D 49° 19°
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in December, 49° and 19°; warmest in July, 89° and 59° 20° 40° 60° 80° J F M A M J J 89° 59° A S O N D 49° 19°

Coldest in December, with highs near 49° and lows near 19°; warmest in July, with highs near 89° and lows near 59°. About 38 inches of snow and 14 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Canon City weather station, 2 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Fremont County

  1. Fremont Re-1 SchoolsSchool district499FTE
  2. Bureau of Prisons/federal Prison SystemFederal government · Department of Justice351
  3. WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters302
  4. St. Thomas More HospitalCritical access hospital244FTE
  5. Golden Nugget Cripple CreekHotels, casino238
  6. Fremont Re-2 SchoolsSchool district216FTE
  7. Oldcastle SW GroupPavement, highway, road, street, bridge or airport runway, construction169
  8. King SoopersSupermarkets and other grocery except convenience stores117

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 21 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 2,036 people in all across the county; Park Center has none of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24), federal offices from OPM's federal workforce data (2026) and hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. 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. LightningVery high
  2. Winter weatherVery high
  3. HailRelatively high
  4. Inland floodingRelatively high
  5. WildfireRelatively moderate
  6. Strong windRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Park Center’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. 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 Fremont County.