Fort Lupton is a somewhat small city located in the state of Colorado. With a population of 9,447 people and six associated neighborhoods, Fort Lupton is the 64th largest community in Colorado.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Fort Lupton is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 38.01% of the Fort Lupton workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Fort Lupton is a city of service providers, transportation and shipping workers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Fort Lupton who work in office and administrative support (11.56%), food service (10.03%), and management occupations (5.91%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 7.49% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. One downside of living in Fort Lupton is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Fort Lupton, the average commute to work is 33.26 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. As is often the case in a small city, Fort Lupton doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.In Fort Lupton, just 12.90% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%. The per capita income in Fort Lupton in 2022 was $28,586, which is low income relative to Colorado, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $114,344 for a family of four. However, Fort Lupton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Fort Lupton is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Fort Lupton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Fort Lupton, accounting for 60.22% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Fort Lupton residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Fort Lupton include German, English, Irish, Italian, and Norwegian. Foreign born people are also an important part of Fort Lupton's cultural character, accounting for 16.68% of the city’s population. The most common language spoken in Fort Lupton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.