One of the benefits of Cortez is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 15.75 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.
Being a small city, Cortez does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The overall education level of Cortez citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 29.22% of adults in Cortez have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%.
The per capita income in Cortez in 2022 was $29,086, which is low income relative to Colorado, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $116,344 for a family of four. However, Cortez contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Cortez is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Cortez home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Cortez residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Cortez also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 18.58% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Cortez include German, Irish, English, Scottish, and European.
The most common language spoken in Cortez is English. Other important languages spoken here include Navajo and Spanish.
