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Cortez, CO Urban Area

8,328 Population
4.2 square miles 1,960.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.7 ±3.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$27,818 ±$2,851 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$51,232 ±$11,862 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

12.7% ±4.2% (1,042  ±350) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

17.6 minutes ±4.2 (57,675  ±15,509) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

3,430 ±330 Number of households
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.4 ±0.3 (8,165  ±394) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

6.6% ±5% (138  ±106) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

3,785 ±315 Number of housing units
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$213,600 ±$33,362 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

14.4% ±4.6% (1,191  ±381.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

88.6% ±8% (5,048  ±588.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
27.7% ±4.6% (1,577  ±283.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

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

4.4% ±2.2% (363  ±181) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

10.9% ±2.7% (698  ±179) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
698 Total veterans ±179 578 Male ±154 120 Female ±90

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