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Cortez, CO

8,976 Population
6.2 square miles 1,440.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.4 ±4.1 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Montezuma County: 44.5 ±0.9
  • a little less than the figure in Colorado: 37.7 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$30,546 ±$3,339 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Montezuma County: $36,828 ±$3,048
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Colorado: $52,636 ±$298
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$54,247 ±$7,098 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Montezuma County: $65,244 ±$4,313
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Colorado: $95,470 ±$578
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

15.1% ±5.4% (1,328  ±473) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Montezuma County: 13.3% † 3,448 (±3% / ±769)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Colorado: 9.4% 542,093 (±0.2% / ±10,771)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

15.1 minutes ±1.7 (54,840  ±8,538) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Montezuma County: 20.4 203,500 (±1.4 / ±18,746)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Colorado: 25.2 61,223,800 (±0.1 / ±368,978)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,715 ±235 Number of households
  • Montezuma County: 11,269 ±262
  • Colorado: 2,374,218 ±4,232
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.2 (8,787  ±28) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Montezuma County: 2.3 26,046 (±0.1 / ±24)
  • about the same as the figure in Colorado: 2.4 5,737,481
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.9% ±3.9% (129  ±86) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Montezuma County: 5.9% † 313 (±3% / ±161)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Colorado: 4.9% 69,739 (±0.2% / ±2,225)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,991 ±272 Number of housing units
  • Montezuma County: 12,375 ±34
  • Colorado: 2,589,053 ±653
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$272,900 ±$17,718 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Montezuma County: $331,400 ±$23,917
  • about half the amount in Colorado: $539,400 ±$2,069
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

13% ±4.7% (1,158  ±415.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Montezuma County: 10.5% † 2,747 (±2.4% / ±634.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Colorado: 15.9% 920,909 (±0.2% / ±13,111.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

88.9% ±8.1% (5,253  ±558.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Montezuma County: 91.5% 17,578 (±4.8% / ±944.2)
  • a little less than the rate in Colorado: 92.9% 3,804,007 (±0.4% / ±15,208.2)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
26.6% ±4.5% (1,571  ±279.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Montezuma County: 31.3% 6,018 (±2.8% / ±536.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Colorado: 45.7% 1,871,669 (±0.2% / ±9,771.8)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

2.4% ±1.7% (218  ±149) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in Montezuma County: 2.6% 675
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Colorado: 9.8% 576,653
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.2% ±2.5% (630  ±173) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Montezuma County: 8.5% † 1,788 (±1.3% / ±280)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Colorado: 7.5% 342,276 (±0.1% / ±3,997)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
630 Total veterans ±173 541 Male ±157 89 Female ±72

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