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%

Fort Lupton$2,590/mo

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

Brush$1,700/mo

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

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

Schools

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

Health

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

7Fort Lupton

13Brush

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

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

Left end = #1 in Colorado. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Fort Lupton’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

Fort LuptonBrush

Snow a year35″23″

January low16°F 13°F

July high90°F 90°F

Growing season (days)155d 153d

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

Outdoors & history

Fort LuptonBrush

Trails11 mi 1 mi

Conserved land4.7%2.3%

National Register places1 5

Archive photos6 —

Famous people born here3 —

Community

Fort LuptonBrush

Library hours a week64 hrs 57 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.

Fort LuptonCO BrushCO

Fort Lupton ↔ Brush63 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

Fort LuptonBrush

People

Population 8,897Highest 5,306Lowest

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

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

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

Kids under 18 25.7%±3.9Highest CO: 21% 20.8%±5.2Lowest 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+ 11.3%±2.4Lowest CO: 15.6% 16.5%±4.2Highest 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+ 12.3%Lowest CO: 45.7% 16.5%Highest CO: 45.7%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.1%±1.5Lowest CO: 6.4% 3.9%±2.6Highest 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 $80,889±$17kHighest 15% below CO $73,382±$8kLowest 23% 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 $416,000±$23kHighest 23% below CO $273,000±$36kLowest 49% below CO

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

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

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 59%±17.8Lowest CO: 52.9% 67%±30.4Highest 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 17.6%Highest CO: 9.4% 14.2%Lowest CO: 9.4%

Housing

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

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

Getting to work

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

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

Work in townworking residents 8.4%Lowest 18.8%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 21.3 miHighest 9.8 miLowest

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

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

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in BrushFew work in Fort Lupton

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 4.7%Highest 2.3%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 10.9 miHighest 0.7 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.8 miHighest 0.3 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 4Highest 2Lowest

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

Schools

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

School district Weld re-8 schoolsSchool District No. Re-2 Brush

High school in town Fort Lupton High SchoolBrush High School

Students per teacherat that high school 19.1Highest 14.1Lowest

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

Deciding?

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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.

Fort Lupton vs Brush

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

63 miles apart

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