Cortez is a somewhat small city located in the state of Colorado. With a population of 8,999 people and four associated neighborhoods, Cortez is the 59th largest community in Colorado.

A relatively large number of people in Cortez telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 7.95% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 15.37 minutes getting to work every day.

Being a small city, Cortez does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

In terms of college education, Cortez is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 31.07% of adults in Cortez have a college degree.

The per capita income in Cortez in 2022 was $27,632, 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 $110,528 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 21.12% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Cortez include Irish, German, English, Scottish, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Cortez is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Navajo.