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Cortez CCD, Montezuma County, CO

16,752 Population
378.3 square miles 44.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.6 ±1.7 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Montezuma County: 44.5 ±0.9
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Colorado: 37.5 ±0.1

Economics

$32,867 ±$2,902 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Montezuma County: $34,667 ±$2,111
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Colorado: $50,489 ±$291
$60,865 ±$5,012 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Montezuma County: $63,005 ±$4,162
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Colorado: $92,470 ±$483

12.1% ±2.9% (2,010  ±492) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Montezuma County: 13.2% † 3,414 (±2.5% / ±645)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Colorado: 9.4% 534,188 (±0.2% / ±8,960)

18.2 minutes ±2.2 (117,510  ±17,716) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Montezuma County: 21 209,300 (±1.9 / ±22,519)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Colorado: 25.5 62,864,504 (±0.1 / ±390,290)

Families

6,814 ±369 Number of households
  • Montezuma County: 10,915 ±311
  • Colorado: 2,325,576 ±4,759
2.4 ±0.2 (16,548  ±663) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Montezuma County: 2.4 25,852 (±0.1 / ±24)
  • about the same as the figure in Colorado: 2.5 5,687,919

6% ±3.5% (214  ±124) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Montezuma County: 6.8% † 353 (±3.3% / ±172)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Colorado: 4.8% 67,887 (±0.2% / ±2,375)

Housing

7,625 ±306 Number of housing units
  • Montezuma County: 12,314 ±70
  • Colorado: 2,545,124 ±462

$272,800 ±$22,632 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Montezuma County: $308,100 ±$23,739
  • about half the amount in Colorado: $502,200 ±$2,298

10.9% ±2.7% (1,817  ±447.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Montezuma County: 11.7% † 3,047 (±2.3% / ±608.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Colorado: 16.6% 956,271 (±0.2% / ±12,925.7)

Social

89.3% ±5.4% (10,769  ±792.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Montezuma County: 91% 17,357 (±5% / ±975.8)
  • a little less than the rate in Colorado: 92.8% 3,746,088 (±0.4% / ±14,617.6)
29.8% ±3.1% (3,598  ±406.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Montezuma County: 30.8% 5,880 (±2.7% / ±522.6)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Colorado: 44.7% 1,806,355 (±0.2% / ±9,538.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

3.4% ±1.4% (561  ±227) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in Montezuma County: 3.2% 842
  • about one-third of the rate in Colorado: 9.6% 556,591

9.4% ±1.5% (1,243  ±206) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Montezuma County: 9% † 1,871 (±1.3% / ±262)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Colorado: 7.7% 348,913 (±0.1% / ±3,930)
1,243 Total veterans ±206 1,122 Male ±191 121 Female ±90

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