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Cortez, CO Urban Area

8,465 Population
4.2 square miles 1,992.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.5 ±2.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$27,936 ±$2,814 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$54,184 ±$7,016 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

14.5% ±5.6% (1,205  ±468) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

15.8 minutes ±1.7 (52,245  ±8,832) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,532 ±278 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.2 (8,283  ±468) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.1% ±4% (129  ±86) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,787 ±320 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$266,700 ±$17,131 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.4% ±4.7% (1,035  ±395.6) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

88% ±6% (4,890  ±525) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
24.7% ±4.2% (1,375  ±261.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds 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

2.7% ±1.8% (230  ±151) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.8% ±2.7% (621  ±175) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
621 Total veterans ±175 546 Male ±156 75 Female ±69

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