The median home value in Cortez, CO is $348,930 as of 2026-06-30, up 1.6% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$348,930
Year-over-Year
+1.6%
Population
9,120
Cortez ranks #60 of 68 Colorado cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 35.4% below the state's city median of $540,044. It sits in Montezuma County, where the county-wide median is $420,181.
Cortez police recorded a violent crime rate of 460 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — higher than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 2,939 per 100,000.
Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).
The median home value in Cortez is $348,930. That's up 1.6% from a year earlier. That is about 35.4% below the typical county in Colorado.
Homes in Cortez are cheaper than Montezuma County as a whole, where the median is $420,181 — a difference of about 17.0%.
Cortez police reported 460 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 9,120. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.