A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Brush$1,700/mo

Typical home $299K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.54% · or rent about $692/mo · Housing →

Fort Lupton$2,590/mo

Typical home $462K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.45% · or rent about $1,251/mo · Housing →

The difference: $890 a month, about $10,700 a year, between Fort Lupton and Brush.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Report cards

Brush places higher on 13 of 20 CO lists

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every Colorado ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Safety

–BrushNot graded CFort LuptonSafer than 27% of U.S. towns

Schools

B−BrushBetter than 52% of districts in the state CFort LuptonBetter than 31% of districts in the state

Health

BBrushHealthier than 58% of U.S. towns CFort LuptonHealthier than 29% of U.S. towns

13Brush

7Fort Lupton

Lists won, of 20 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Shortest commuteGetting around · 160 towns #24#151 Most new homesHousing · 92 towns #76#7 Highest graduation rateSchools · 142 towns #112#64 Fastest growingGrowth · 153 towns #139#88 Most walkableOutdoors · 160 towns #97#140 Lowest obesityHealth · 160 towns #119#159 Fewest smokersHealth · 160 towns #100#136 Most affordableCost of living · 158 towns #17#49

Left end = #1 in Colorado. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Brush’s rankings →

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

BrushFort Lupton

Snow a year23″35″

January low13°F 16°F

July high90°F 90°F

Growing season (days)153d 155d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)90th 46th

Outdoors & history

BrushFort Lupton

Trails1 mi 11 mi

Conserved land2.3%4.7%

National Register places5 1

Archive photos—6

Famous people born here—3

Community

BrushFort Lupton

Library hours a week57 hrs 64 hrs

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Where they are

63 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

BrushCO Fort LuptonCO

Brush ↔ Fort Lupton63 miles apart

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs Colorado average

BrushFort Lupton

People

Population 5,306Lowest 8,897Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -2.3%Lowest CO: +14.8% +7.8%Highest CO: +14.8%

Median age 38.6±4.6Highest about the CO average 32.9±3Lowest 13% below CO

Brush and Fort Lupton are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 20.8%±5.2Lowest CO: 21% 25.7%±3.9Highest CO: 21%

Fort Lupton and Brush are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 16.5%±4.2Highest CO: 15.6% 11.3%±2.4Lowest CO: 15.6%

Brush and Fort Lupton are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 16.5%Highest CO: 45.7% 12.3%Lowest CO: 45.7%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.9%±2.6Highest CO: 6.4% 3.1%±1.5Lowest CO: 6.4%

Brush and Fort Lupton are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $73,382±$8kLowest 23% below CO $80,889±$17kHighest 15% below CO

Fort Lupton and Brush are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $273,000±$36kLowest 49% below CO $416,000±$23kHighest 23% below CO

Rentmedian gross, monthly $692±$236Lowest 61% below CO $1,251±$212Highest 29% below CO

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,480Lowest 43% below CO $1,866Highest 28% below CO

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 67%±30.4Highest CO: 52.9% 59%±17.8Lowest CO: 52.9%

Brush and Fort Lupton are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 14.2%Lowest CO: 9.4% 17.6%Highest CO: 9.4%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 60.5%Lowest CO: 66.2% 67%Highest CO: 66.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1972Lowest 16 yrs older than CO 1980Highest 8 yrs older than CO

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 18 minLowest 29% below CO 33 minHighest 31% above CO

Work from home 1.4%±2.1Lowest CO: 21% 7.1%±3.3Highest CO: 21%

Work in townworking residents 18.8%Highest 8.4%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 9.8 miLowest 21.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.61Lowest 0.74Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Fort Morgan (28%)Denver (13%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Fort LuptonFew work in Brush

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 2.3%Lowest 4.7%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.7 miLowest 10.9 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.3 miLowest 0.8 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 2Lowest 4Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 64.8Highest 30.6Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #142 of 142 in CO #129 of 142 in CO

School district School District No. Re-2 BrushWeld re-8 schools

High school in town Brush High SchoolFort Lupton High School

Students per teacherat that high school 14.1Lowest 19.1Highest

Colorado average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

Deciding?

Ask the people who live there

The numbers stop at the town line. Neighbors can tell you about the commute at 7am, the schools, the winters and the feel of the place.

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Brush vs Fort Lupton

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $890 more a month in Fort Lupton

Brush places higher on 13 of 20 CO lists

What daily life feels like in each

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