The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Cortez has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Cortez a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
Cortez is also nautical, which means that parts of it are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and bays. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery.
Being a small town, Cortez does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The citizens of Cortez are among the most well-educated in the nation: 46.43% of adults in Cortez have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree, whereas the average US city has 21.84% holding at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Cortez in 2022 was $54,507, which is upper middle income relative to Florida, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $218,028 for a family of four. However, Cortez contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
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 Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Cortez include German, English, Irish, Italian, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Cortez is English. Other important languages spoken here include French Creole and French.
