City safety & data profile

Fort MorganCO

Fort Morgan, CO is a 11K-resident city in Morgan County with a median household income of $64,158.

Morgan County, Colorado. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Fort Morgan, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Fort Morgan has a population larger than 9% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $313,400, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-04

11K
Population (place)
Bottom 10%
By size
$64,158
Median income (place)
$313,400
Median home (place)
16%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Fort Morgan

Fort Morgan posts a median household income higher than 28% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Fort Morgan area.

Bottom 29%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Fort Morgan

Where Fort Morgan income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$64,158 Bottom 28% higher than 28% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Fort Morgan $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in CO

Population among 59 CO places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Denver is the largest CO city on this list; The Pinery leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in CO

Median household income among the same 59-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows The Pinery posts the highest place-level median income in CO; Denver is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Fort Morgan, CO beyond the headline numbers

Fort Morgan sits inside Morgan County, Colorado, at roughly 40.25°N, -103.80°W. Population 11,319, $64,158 median household income. Median home value $313,400, median rent $1,067. Poverty rate 16%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Fort Morgan, 4/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

Poverty in Fort Morgan, CO stands at 16%, above the midpoint of reporting cities. A median income can look comfortable while a share this size sits well beneath it, which is why the two figures belong together.

A median home in Fort Morgan runs about 4.9 times median household income, above the midpoint. Multiples in this range usually mean buyers are arriving from outside the local wage base.

Only 7.8% of Fort Morgan workers report working from home, the lowest quarter of reporting cities -- an economy still built around showing up somewhere.

Among the CDC measures on this page, lack of health insurance departs furthest from its peer median: 20.7% in Fort Morgan, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Public transit carries 0% of Fort Morgan workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Fort Morgan's median age is 33.5 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Fort Morgan from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
11,319
Fort Morgan · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$64,158
-28% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$313,400
-24% vs avg
Median Age (place)
33.5
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Morgan County): Fort Morgan's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
30K+4%
Median Income
$73,278+67%
Median Home Value
$338,600+147%
Poverty Rate
14.3%+8%
Unemployment
5.3%-17%

Economics

Economics indicators for Fort Morgan, CO
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,067/mo
Poverty Rate
16% +29% vs avg
Unemployment 6.4%
Bachelor's Degree+ 18.2%
Work From Home 7.8%
Public Transit 0%

Population

White 48.4%
African American 3.2%
Asian 1.3%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
33.7%
Obesity
32.4%
High Blood Pressure
30.3%
Physical Inactivity
24.7%
Lack of Health Insurance
20.7%
Frequent Mental Distress
17.9%
Binge Drinking
16.1%
Frequent Physical Distress
14.8%
Current Smoking
13.7%
Current Asthma
11.1%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 51.7%
Annual Checkup 69.3%

Other Measures

Diabetes
10.9%
Coronary Heart Disease
6.1%
Stroke
3.4%

Hospitals 1 total

Rating Distribution
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1
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0
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0
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0
Average Rating
4/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
1
ST ELIZABETH HOSPITAL
FORT MORGAN · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★★☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Fort Morgan?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Fort Morgan right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet CO-FORT-MORGAN · Fort Morgan

Fort Morgan: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Fort Morgan; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Colorado state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Fort Morgan, CO? ▼
Fort Morgan, CO has a population of 11,319 people, located in Morgan County, Colorado.
What is the median household income in Fort Morgan? ▼
The median household income in Fort Morgan, CO is $64,158 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 16%.
What is the median home value in Fort Morgan? ▼
The median home value in Fort Morgan, CO is $313,400. Median rent is $1,067/month.
What are the top health concerns in Fort Morgan? ▼
The top health indicators in Fort Morgan include Short Sleep Duration (33.7%), Obesity (32.4%), High Blood Pressure (30.3%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Fort Morgan? ▼
Fort Morgan has 1 hospital with an average rating of 4/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Fort Morgan? ▼
The median age in Fort Morgan, CO is 33.5 years. 18.2% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Fort Morgan, both outside Colorado so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside CO (16% here).

Minneapolis, MN 16% Fort Wayne, IN 16% Kansas City, KS 16% Wilmington, NC 16%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside CO ($64,158 here).

Provo, UT $64,171 Lakeland, FL $64,185 Superior, WI $64,216 Altamonte Springs, FL $64,070

Compare Fort Morgan with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Sterling, CO 14K Evans, CO 21K Greeley, CO 109K Brighton, CO 38K Johnstown, CO 15K Windsor, CO 22K Firestone, CO 12K Frederick, CO 11K
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Using Fort Morgan's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Fort Morgan area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
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Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Morgan County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.