The City of Fort Lupton is a statutory city located in southern Weld County, Colorado, United States. The town population was 7,955 at the 2020 United States census. Fort Lupton is a part of the Greeley, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Front Range Urban Corridor.

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How Fort Lupton ranks

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#32Cheapest rent in CO #49Most affordable in CO #53Lowest property tax in CO All CO rankings →

Town numbers

ZIP code80621

Area code303

Living in Fort Lupton

Housing in Fort Lupton

$462K▼ 2% in a year Typical home value · Zillow

The typical Fort Lupton home is worth about $462,000, down 2% in a year, 13% below the Colorado typical home.

A seller's market

Buyer’sBalancedSeller’s

Days on market44

Sale-to-list99.3%

Sold in May23

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Safety in Fort Lupton

Safety Grade C

Fort Lupton reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 73% report less.

Violent crime per 1,000

Fort Lupton 2.6

Colorado 4.4

U.S. 3.3

Property crime per 1,000

Fort Lupton 12.8

Colorado 22.3

U.S. 15.5

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Schools in Fort Lupton

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School Grade C

The public schools Fort Lupton’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 69% of Colorado’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.

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DistrictWeld re-8 schoolsSchools6

Twombly Elementary School DElementary · Grades K–5 · 473 students Leo William Butler Elementary School C-Elementary · Grades K–5 · 355 students Fort Lupton Middle School DMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 438 students Fort Lupton High School C-High · Grades 9–12 · 721 students Little Trappers PreschoolPrekindergarten · Grades PK · 157 students Weld Re-8 Online AcademyOther · Grades K–12 · 48 students

School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within CO. Ratings are from neighbors.

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