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A town of 936. A typical home worth about $185K.

Photo: Billy Hathorn · CC BY-SA 3.0
Population
936
+6% since 2010
Typical home
$185K
−5.4% in a year
Household income
$44K
median
Median age
61.0
years
Jobs based here
169
A commuter town

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936 people, and everyone knows the way

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Housing

A typical Fowler home is worth about $185K

The typical Fowler home is worth about $185,000, down 5.4% in a year, 65% below the Colorado typical home.

$185KZillow home value

Typical home value

Fowler$185K
Colorado$533K
−5.4%
value change, 1 year
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data CenterHousing market →
Work & commute

Most working residents commute out of Fowler

Most working residents leave Fowler for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Pueblo (13%), Colorado Springs (11%) and Denver (6%). Half commute less than 40 miles.

9%work in town

Where working residents work

In Fowler9%
Pueblo13%
Colorado Springs11%
Denver6%
La Junta6%
40 mi
median commute distance
169
jobs based in Fowler
A commuter town
jobs vs. working residents
Census LEHD 2023 · ACSCommute map →
Natural hazards

High risk, with inland flooding at the top

Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 74% of U.S. communities.

74risk score of 100
FEMA risk score
74High riskLowerHigher
Inland floodingDroughtCold waves
1
federal disasters paid out here
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMANatural hazards →
Climate

Four seasons, hot summers

Fowler has chilly winters and hot summers, with very little rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 94°, a January night drops to 16°, and about 17 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.

17″snow a winter

Typical low → high °F

Winter18–49°
Spring36–69°
Summer58–91°
Fall37–71°
Oct 6
typical first frost
May 5
typical last frost
+1.7°
vs. the 20th-century average
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020Full climate →
Schools

Fowler’s public schools outperform 61% of Colorado districts

The public schools Fowler’s kids attend outperform 61% of Colorado’s districts on state tests. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.

BSchool Grade
SchoolGradesStudentsGrade
Fowler Elementary SchoolK–6183B−
Fowler Junior High School7–858B
Fowler High School9–12101B
NCES · EDFacts · graded within CO on state testsAll 3 schools →
Health

How healthy Fowler is

Fowler beats the Colorado average on 1 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 14.

26 measures vs. Colorado
1 better11 too close to call14 worse
What stands outFowlerCO
More adults treating high blood pressure76%69.5%
More older adults who have lost all their teeth19.1%9.2%
Arkansas Valley Regional Medical Center
28 mi away · emergency room
3 of 3
care shortages: primary care, dental, mental health
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSAFull health report →
Outdoors

0% of Fowler is conserved land

0.4 miles of trails across 1 parks and preserves.

0%conserved
0%
conserved · 0 of 357 acres
0.4 mi
of trails · 0.7 per sq mi
Biggest places to walkTrailsAcres
1. Gerard Park0.4 mi3
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-USParks & trails →
A commuter town

91% of working residents leave Fowler for work

Where Fowler’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.

13% → Pueblo Pueblo 13% 11% → Colorado Springs Colorado Springs 11% 6% → Denver Denver 6% 6% → La Junta La Junta 6% 3% → Pueblo West Pueblo West 3% 2% → Rocky Ford Rocky Ford 2% Fowler · 9% stay
169jobs based in Fowler
9%of working residents work in town
40 mimedian commute distance

Census LEHD 2023

Cowboy Up Western Wear, Fowler, CO IMG 5636
2010 · Cowboy Up Western Wear, Fowler, CO IMG 5636 · Wikimedia Commons
Fowler’s story

Fowler in pictures

14 postcards, papers and photographs from public archives.

COMap-doton-FowlerFirst Methodist Church, Fowler, CO IMG 5640Fowler, CO, Fire Dept. and City Hall IMG 5644
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About Fowler

Town in Colorado, United States

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Fowler is a statutory town located in northwestern Otero County, Colorado, United States. The town population was 1,253 at the 2020 United States census.

From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)

Population
1,253
Area
0.5 sq mi
Elevation
4,337 ft
ZIP code
81039
Area code
719

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