The 5 Most Popular Neighborhoods in Fountain, CO

This guide covers Fountain, CO neighborhoods ranging from late-1980s homes in Countryside to 2026 builds in Ventana. We chose five areas that differ in price, home age, and tax setup. We order each neighborhood by community size, not by value. All data on our website comes from the Pikes Peak Association of Realtors MLS. 

Every stat card and price in this guide comes from detached single-family homes listed on our neighborhood pages in November, 2026. That count includes active and pending listings plus homes marked coming soon. We used medians because one large lot or high price can skew the average in a sample of only a few homes.

One note on Lorson Ranch before you start. It is in unincorporated El Paso County and outside Fountain city limits, even though it lies just east of Fountain. Most Lorson Ranch residents live and shop in Fountain. It's the largest community, so we needed to mention it.

Detached single-family homes listed on our neighborhood pages in November, 2026.

Metro district mills, which we list for three of these neighborhoods, are one part of a property tax bill. Each home also pays levies from the county, the school district, and any other taxing districts that cover the address. Those mills apply to the assessed value the assessor sets for the home, not to the sale price.

Lorson Ranch is a metro district and the area's largest neighborhood.

Lorson Ranch is a planned community of about 1,412 acres in unincorporated El Paso County. The county began developing it in 2000. Home construction began in 2007. The Lorson Ranch Metropolitan District has more than 3,000 finished homes and expects more than 4,000 when completed. Homes carry Colorado Springs mailing addresses in the 80925 ZIP code, but residents are closer to Fountain for shopping and city activities.

Widefield School District 3 used its 2017 bond to build a pre-K through 8th grade school in Lorson Ranch. Grand Mountain School also opened in August 2019. 

The metro districts describe the community as about 5 miles east of the Fort Carson Military Reservation and 4 miles south of Peterson Space Force Base. Those are distances to the installations, not drive times to a gate.

Lorson Ranch is served by Lorson Ranch Metropolitan District Nos. 1 through 7. We suggest looking up each address on the El Paso County Assessor site to see which district covers it before you compare prices.

A few things to weigh when you compare Lorson Ranch with the other neighborhoods in this guide:

• Detached homes on our page were built from 2008 to 2026, with a median list price of $432,759 across 110 listings in November 2026.
• Four townhomes were also listed, each with a $114 monthly association fee.
• El Paso County, not the City of Fountain, reviews new filings and accepts finished streets into the county road system.

Countryside is wrapped around the local schools in Fountain.

Countryside is a neighborhood in the 80817 ZIP code. The 17 detached homes on our Countryside page were built between 1986 and 2002. It has the oldest median build year of the five neighborhoods here. Streets such as Candlestar Loop, Berry Farm Road and Square Dance Lane make up most of those listings.

The Countryside townhomes on Wells Point and nearby streets were built from 2004 to 2007. Five were listed, with a median list price of $244,000 and a $309 monthly association fee.

Countryside sits on the South side of Fountain, giving it a rural feel with quiet streets and quick access to local schools.

Here is how Countryside compares with the newer areas in this guide:

• The median list price for detached homes was $389,900 across 17 listings in November 2026.
• The median detached lot was 6,197 sq. ft., second only to Cumberland Green among the five.
• The median detached home was 1,690 sq. ft., about 300 sq. ft. smaller than the Lorson Ranch median.

Cross Creek borders a great 60-acre park.

Cross Creek, which is also known as Cross Creek at Mesa Ridge, is a City of Fountain neighborhood built around the 60-acre Cross Creek Park. The Cross Creek Metropolitan District formed in 2003, levies 10 mills with no bonding capacity, and runs the park. The park includes a BMX track run by the nonprofit Cross Creek BMX and a community garden.

Homes on our Cross Creek page were built between 2004 and 2008. Ten of the 17 listings in November were townhomes on streets such as Sandy Springs Point and Yampa River Heights, with lots of about 1,000 to 2,200 sq. ft. and a $370 to $375 monthly association fee.

Check the school district first. Most detached listings in November are named Fountain-Fort Carson School District 8, including those on Bentwater Drive and Brook Valley Drive. The townhome listings named Widefield School District 3 and Webster Elementary. MLS school fields can be wrong, so check the address with the Widefield School District 3 school locator and the Fountain-Fort Carson boundary maps before you purchase a home.

Quick facts for comparing Cross Creek:

• The median list price for detached homes was $385,000, but only seven detached homes were listed in November 2026.
• The median list price for townhomes was $299,500 across 10 listings on the same date.
• Its 10-mill levy is the lowest of the three metro district levies we list in this guide.

Ventana has a recreation center, pool, and neighborhood park.

Ventana is a City of Fountain neighborhood along Old Pueblo Road and Hidden Prairie Parkway. The Ventana Metropolitan District runs the recreation center and pool, bills trash service, and handles covenant enforcement and architectural review. The streets are public, and the City of Fountain maintains them.

Detached homes on our Ventana page had a median build year of 2022, and several on Pura Vida Way were built in 2026. The median lot was 4,800 sq. ft., the smallest median of the five neighborhoods here. Every Ventana listing on our page named Fountain-Fort Carson School District 8.

Ventana's district lists a levy of 50.421 mills for debt and 12.605 mills for operations, or 63.026 mills in all. Its fees page also lists $135 a quarter in recreation center dues and $56.25 a quarter for one trash tote and one recycling tote. Add those fees and the full tax bill for the address to your monthly payment estimate before you compare Ventana with an older Fountain neighborhood.

A few more details that come up with Ventana:

• The district's bonds are scheduled to mature on September 1, 2053 and December 5, 2055. The district says the debt levy stays in place until the debt is paid off, so those dates are a schedule, not a set end date for the levy.
• Fountain residents who live outside the district can buy a recreation center membership for $600 a year, paid in full at sign-up.
• The median list price for detached homes was $395,000 across 19 listings in November 2026.

A built-out Fountain neighborhood with an elementary school and a free disc golf course.

Cumberland Green is a 265-acre neighborhood inside the City of Fountain. The Cumberland Green Metropolitan District has about 577 homes and is considered built out, so resale is the only way in. The district prepaid $1,750,000 in bond principal in November 2025 and cut its levy by 20 mills in 2026, to 27 mills. That figure is only the metro district's levy, not the full tax rate on a home.

Eagleside Elementary, a Fountain-Fort Carson School District 8 school for kindergarten through 5th grade, is on Sentry Drive in the middle of the neighborhood. A school inside the neighborhood doesn't assign every address to it, and one listing on our page lists a different elementary school. The neighborhood also has a free 18-hole disc golf course that opened in 2011.

Points to weigh before you pick Cumberland Green:

• The detached median list price was $485,000 on November 5, 2026, the highest median of the five.
• The district still carries $3,630,000 in general obligation debt and enforces the covenants, so ask for the governing documents and any open violation notices on the home.
• No builder inventory remains here, so compare resale prices with new-build prices and any builder incentives in nearby communities such as Ventana and Lorson Ranch.

Fountain, CO Neighborhood Map

Here's a map of all the neighborhoods in Fountain, CO. Click any neighborhood to see homes for sale or more info about that community.

Interactive Map of Neighborhoods Around Fountain, CO

Your Next Steps for Choosing a Fountain Neighborhood

Start with the school district and the full tax bill for each address you like. Fountain city limits don't determine the school district, so check the Fountain-Fort Carson School District 8 boundary maps and the Widefield locator.

Next, tour two neighborhoods from opposite ends of this guide on the same day, such as Countryside and Ventana. Seeing a 1990s home and a 2020s build back to back makes the tradeoff in space, age, and monthly cost easier to judge. Our Fountain homes for sale page shows active listings across the city, and our guide to living in Fountain covers parks, commutes, and other Fountain neighborhoods. If you are moving on military orders, our PCS guide to Colorado Springs covers the move timeline and areas by base assignment.

When you are ready to see homes in Fountain's best neighborhoods, call or text Great Colorado Homes at 719-357-7366. We can set up showings in the neighborhoods you're most interested in.