Fort Collins-Loveland migration, mapped
In 2022–23, 21,954 people moved into the Fort Collins metro and 20,914 moved out, a net of +1,040. Yellow arcs are people arriving, blue arcs are people leaving. Hover a dot to see the corridor, or click through to compare.
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† IRS methodology change in this year’s files (see methodology)
What the flows say
- Biggest published corridors: more arrivals come from Denver, CO than anywhere else: 3,446 people in 2022–23. The top destination for leavers is Greeley, CO (4,567). The listed corridors cover about 66–69% of all flows; the totals count everyone.
- Trend: net inflow has cooled over the last three years, from +1,337 in 2020–21 to +1,040 in 2022–23†.
Population · 2025
377,292
▲ 0.8% year over year · growing
Peak population
377,292
highest in the series shown (since 2000)
Why the population is changing
- Growth driver: domestic migration added more people than anything else: +2,050 in 2025, ahead of births minus deaths (+471) and international migration (+564).
- Peak population: the 2025 estimate of 377,292 is the highest on record, in data going back to 2000.
Net income flow · 2022–23
+$125M
▲ $1.1B arrived · $1.0B left
Avg household income · movers
$77k in · $72k out
arrivals out-earn leavers by 7%
Fort Collins wealth migration
- Money moved: households moving into the Fort Collins metro in 2022–23 reported $1.1B in income (AGI). Households leaving took $1.0B with them, a net gain of $125M.
- Income gap: the average household moving in reported $77k of income, vs $72k for leavers. Arrivals out-earn leavers by 7%.
About the data
Corridors are IRS county-to-county migration flows added up into metro areas (2023 Census metro definitions; exemptions ≈ people). "Rest of" entries cover a state's counties outside any featured metro. The IRS hides corridors with fewer than 20 returns, so the lists here cover about 69% of inbound and 66% of outbound movers in 2022–23. The in, out, and net totals count everyone. Income figures are the total income (AGI) movers reported, from the complete county totals. Dollars are not adjusted for inflation, and household averages divide by the number of returns. Population figures are Census Bureau estimates; the peak covers records since 2000. Years marked † had a change in how the IRS built the files. Full details on the methodology page.
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