Quality of life in Fort Collins
Fort Collins, Colorado, is characterized by a clean environment. According to our city rankings, this is a good place to live with high ratings in business freedom, safety and healthcare.
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Fort Collins, Colorado, is characterized by a clean environment. According to our city rankings, this is a good place to live with high ratings in business freedom, safety and healthcare.
Large apartment | $1800.00 |
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Medium apartment | $1400.00 |
Small apartment | $1100.00 |
5km taxi ride | $7.50 |
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A Cappuccino | $4.10 |
A beer | $2.30 |
A kilogram of Apples | $4.50 |
Bread | $0.74 |
Lunch | $12.00 |
Monthly fitness club membership | $44.00 |
Monthly public transport | $25.00 |
Movie ticket | $11.00 |
Average monthly increase in number of startups | 3 |
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Average monthly increase in number of startups [score] | 0.32 |
Coworking spaces [score] | 0.99 |
Coworking spaces on WorkFrom.co | 5 |
Meetups [score] | 0.21 |
Meetups groups | 44 |
Meetups members | 12297 |
Number of investors | 9 |
Number of startup events in the last 12 months | 130 |
Number of upcoming meetup events | 21 |
Startup climate scene [score] | 0.37 |
Startup events | 20 |
Startup events [score] | 0.43 |
Startups [score] | 0.48 |
Total number of startups | 67 |
Airport hub | 2 |
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Airport hub [score] | 0.10 |
Intercity train connectivity [score] | 0.12 |
Human city page | http://cities.human.co/details/United_States/Fort_Collins |
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Traffic handling [score] | 0.80 |
Business freedom | 84.70 |
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Business freedom [score] | 0.86 |
Freedom from corruption | 74.00 |
Freedom from corruption [score] | 0.79 |
Lack of labor restrictions | 91.40 |
Lack of labor restrictions [score] | 1.00 |
Time to open a business | 5.60 |
Time to open a business [score] | 0.95 |
Crime rate [score] | 0.95 |
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Gun-related deaths per 100,000 residents per year | 12 |
Guns per 100 residents | 103 |
Lack of gun related deaths [score] | 0.68 |
Lack of guns [score] | 0.43 |
Lack of guns and gun-related deaths [score] | 0.56 |
Healthcare expenditure [score] | 0.99 |
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Healthcare quality [score] | 0.92 |
Life expectancy (years) | 79.28 |
Life expectancy [score] | 0.76 |
Best university in ranking | Colorado State University |
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Best university ranking | 325 |
Country mean scores in PISA math test | 478.04 |
Country mean scores in PISA reading test | 497.58 |
Country mean scores in PISA science test | 497.41 |
PISA math ranking (high school) | 30 |
PISA ranking | 24 |
PISA ranking (high school) [score] | 0.72 |
PISA reading (high school) | 16 |
PISA science (high school) | 19 |
Percent of happy students | 0.77 |
Percent of low performers in PISA math test | 0.26 |
Percent of low performers in PISA reading test | 0.17 |
Percent of low performers in PISA science test | 0.18 |
Percent of top performers in PISA math test | 0.09 |
Percent of top performers in PISA reading test | 0.08 |
Percent of top performers in PISA science test | 0.07 |
University quality [score] | 0.11 |
Air quality [score] | 1.00 |
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Cleanliness [score] | 1.00 |
Drinking water quality [score] | 0.98 |
Urban greenery [score] | 1.00 |
Currency exchange rate per US dollar for urban area | 1.00 |
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Currency for urban area | USD |
GDP growth rate | 0.02 |
GDP growth rate [score] | 0.43 |
GDP per capita | $54596.65 |
GDP per capita [score] | 0.87 |
Effective company profit tax rate on payouts as dividends [score] | 0.54 |
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Income tax level [score] | 0.33 |
Profit tax (% of profit) | 0.44 |
Time overhead to file company taxes | 175 |
VAT (Sales Tax) | 0.07 |
Download speed (Mbps) | 65.71 |
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Internet access (download) [score] | 0.71 |
Internet access (upload) [score] | 0.35 |
Upload speed (Mbps) | 7.46 |
Art galleries | 65 |
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Art galleries [score] | 0.47 |
Cinemas | 20 |
Cinemas [score] | 0.48 |
Comedy clubs | 18 |
Comedy clubs [score] | 0.46 |
Concert venues | 77 |
Concerts [score] | 0.59 |
Historical sites | 13 |
Historical sites [score] | 0.35 |
Museums | 11 |
Museums [score] | 0.20 |
Performing art venues | 52 |
Performing arts [score] | 0.46 |
Sport venues | 9 |
Sports [score] | 0.32 |
Zoos | 1 |
Zoos [score] | 0.22 |
LGBT Equality Index | 93.13 |
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LGBT Equality Index [score] | 0.96 |
LGBT adoption rights | ✔ Legal |
LGBT age of consent | ✔ Equal |
LGBT blood donation regulations | ✖ Banned (indefinite deferral) |
LGBT conversion therapy regulations | Ambiguous |
LGBT discrimination legality | ✔ Illegal |
LGBT employment discrimination legality | ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity |
LGBT gender changing rights | ✔ Legal, surgery not required |
LGBT homosexuality rights | ✔ Legal |
LGBT housing discrimination legality | ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity |
LGBT marriage rights | ✔ Legal |
Tolerance towards minorities [score] | 0.94 |
Elevation (hills or mountains) [score] | 0.63 |
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Median peak in meters | 2113.00 |
Presence of hills in city | 1.00 |
Presence of mountains in city | 1.00 |
Seaside waterbody | 1.00 |
Urban area elevation (meters) | 1531.00 |
Water access [score] | 0.61 |
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Software Engineer salaries in Fort Collins are above average. For this job type, Fort Collins ranks 68th for salaries among 265 cities. Get access to our salary comparison calculator by signing up. Compare salaries city by city with our free salary wizard and convert your own salary to a local salary in Fort Collins.
The overall crime rate puts Fort Collins in position 17 of 266 Teleport Cities in a ranking for the safest cities.
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Fort Collins is a university town in northern Colorado, an hour north of Denver. The population according to the 2010 census was 143,986, so the yearly influx of out-of-town Colorado State University students does noticeably impact the feel of the town. In 2006 Money Magazine ranked Fort Collins the "Best Place to Live" in the western U.S. among small cities.
Old Town is the downtown area of the city, centered around the cross-streets of College Avenue and Mountain Avenue. It is the historical beginnings of the town. It is because of this that the downtown area has a vast variety of older buildings, and historical monuments. Those seeking to visit architecture from the early twentieth century should come to Fort Collins for the prime examples located there.
The Colorado State University campus is right in the middle of the city, extending from Prospect Road on the South to Laurel Street on the north, and from Shields street on the west to College Avenue on the East. The university also has several other smaller campuses throughout the city. The big white "A" on the mountain west of town stands for Aggies, a relic from when CSU was Colorado Agricultural College.
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