Real estate · Small-town market · Colorado
Real estate businesses in the Cañon City, CO area
How the Cañon City, CO area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for real estate businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 39 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #403 of 536 scored small-town markets
#5 of 10 scored small-town markets based in Colorado
- Listings
- 69
- 5 chain locations (7%)
- Official establishments
- 36
- +33.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $290.8M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $16,177 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 97
- 3% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 38.4
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 50,039
- +2.4% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for real estate businesses in the Cañon City area is 39 (lower middle), #403 of 536 scored small-town markets and #5 of 10 scored small-town markets based in Colorado. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 69 real estate businesses in the Cañon City area. Of those, 5 are chain locations, or 7%, against 6% across the U.S. That is 38.4 per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 38.5.
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in the Cañon City area comes to about $290.8M a year: $16,177 per household, 3% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 3% below the U.S. figure. That figure is all rent and homeowner costs, used as a measure of housing demand; it is not money real estate businesses take in.
In 2023, official counts showed 36 businesses with payroll in the Cañon City area classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors, up 33.3% from 2019. That is one for every 499 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. Population estimates show the Cañon City area grew 2.4% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Cañon City area compares
The same measures for Colorado and the whole U.S. Housing spending per listing divides all rent and homeowner costs by the listings counted: a measure of housing demand for each business, not money any of them take in, so it is shown against the U.S. (100) only. Households per establishment divides households by the official count.
| Measure | Cañon City area | Colorado | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 38.4 | 57.0 | 38.5 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 97 | 79 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 499 | 200 | 414 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +33.3% | +11.1% | +15.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.4% | +3.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $16,177 | $19,501 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $62,664 | $95,470 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 39 | 33 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 36+33.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 71
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 187Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 695 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 67The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in the Cañon City area, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.
Population and households in the Cañon City area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 50,039+2.4% since 2020
- Households
- 17,976
- Median age
- 46.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,534 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 32
- Median household income
- $62,664+26.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $85,400
- Median home value
- $324,000
- Jobs located here
- 11,334
- Daytime population
- 42,665Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Colorado market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Colorado for real estate businesses, numbered among those based in Colorado, with the Cañon City area marked.
Top small-town markets in Colorado
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Fort Morgan, CO | 63 | 28 | 25.3 | 150 | +4.2% | #108 of 536 |
| 2Alamosa, CO | 58 | 24 | 20.9 | 168 | +2.1% | #152 of 536 |
| 3Sterling, CO | 52 | 17 | 20.7 | 172 | −2.7% | #240 of 536 |
| 4Montrose, CO | 40 | 88 | 48.7 | 80 | +4.1% | #399 of 536 |
| 5Cañon City, CO | 39 | 69 | 38.4 | 97 | +2.4% | #403 of 536 |
| 6Durango, CO | 35 | 164 | 67.3 | 63 | +2.2% | #460 of 536 |
| 7Steamboat Springs, CO | 32 | 136 | 81.6 | 55 | +0.9% | #494 of 536 |
| 8Rifle, CO | 32 | 282 | 86.5 | 51 | +1.2% | #496 of 536 |
| 9Breckenridge, CO | 31 | 183 | 117.6 | 41 | +1.1% | #500 of 536 |
| 10Edwards, CO | 23 | 240 | 108.8 | 43 | −2.4% | #526 of 536 |
Other business types in the Cañon City area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many real estate businesses are in the Cañon City, CO area?
There are 69 real estate businesses on map listings in the Cañon City area as of September 2026. 5 of them (7%) are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokers, property managers, mortgage brokers and lenders, and home inspectors. Official counts show 36 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in 2023, up 33.3% from 2019. Official counts also show 187 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Cañon City, CO area spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $290.8M a year, or $16,177 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 69 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is 3% below the U.S. figure. The spending figure is all rent and homeowner costs, a measure of housing demand, not money real estate businesses take in. It is estimated from the incomes of the 17,976 households in the Cañon City area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Cañon City, CO area compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?
The Cañon City area has 38.4 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 97, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, the Cañon City area would have about 67, against 69 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 499 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. The official count rose 33.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +15.8% for the U.S.
How fast is the Cañon City, CO area growing?
Population estimates put the Cañon City area at 50,039 people in 2025, up 2.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 17,976 households. The median household income in the Cañon City area is $62,664 a year, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.8% from the 2015–2019 survey, before inflation.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. The Cañon City area scores 39 for real estate businesses (lower middle), #403 of 536 scored small-town markets.
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