Cortez, CO
Single-footprint Census roll-up for Cortez, CO: 1 USPS ZIP, population 14,459. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.
Source:
ACS city ledger plate
Sheet CORTEZ-CO · Cortez, CO 1 ZIPs · 14,459 pop · #18074/25278 · Montezuma County
INC-MID · RANK-LOWER · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-MID
- INC-MID $59,506
- RANK-LOWER #18074/25278
- BELOW-PEER under Mancos
- BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
- OWN-MID 75% owners
- POP-TOWN 14,459
- SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
- HOME-MID $289,000
Nearest income peer: Mancos, CO (+ $13,016 income $)
Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Cortez
Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Cortez on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.
- Cortez · this city · lowest
Cortez · this city · lowest
$59,506 median HH income
- Mancos · near
Mancos · near
$72,522 median HH income
- Dolores · near
Dolores · near
$75,393 median HH income
- Pleasant View · near
Pleasant View · near
$84,353 median HH income
- Lewis · highest
Lewis · highest
$94,349 median HH income
What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.
National city placement
According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Cortez, CO sits among US cities with a below-median household income, on a town-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.
- 28th pct
- household income vs 25,278 US cities
- 14,459
- city population (Census)
- 1
- USPS ZIP codes covered
- $59,506
- avg ZIP median income
Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.
Below-median income with few delivery areas (1): read cost-of-living from the primary ZIP. Household income $59,506 and poverty 12.4% concentrate in 81321.
Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (74.6%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Cortez as a pure owner town.
Within Colorado, Bedrock is the closest lower-income city and Manassa the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Cortez.
ZIP Codes in Cortez, CO
These ZIP codes sit in Montezuma County, which covers 8 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Cortez. See the Montezuma County roll-up →
Every one of the 4 cities sharing Montezuma County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Cortez, Dolores, Mancos and Lewis among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Lewis marks the far end of that range at $94,349, 59% above Cortez.
| ZIP Code | Population | Density | Timezone |
|---|---|---|---|
| 81321 | 14,459 | 13 | America/Denver |
On a short ZIP footprint the city roll-up and the primary ZIP nearly coincide. Start at the Census ACS tables for Cortez, then BLS wages if you need the labor-market side of the same small geography.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates (2023). Verify with Census Bureau →
Source: HUD USPS Crosswalk (ZIP-to-county mapping) and Source: simplemaps.com (ZIP coordinates & timezones). Verify with HUD →
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