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Cotopaxi vs Penrose

Cotopaxi and Penrose are both in Fremont County. There are 44 homes for sale in Cotopaxi and 12 in Penrose as this page loaded. Cotopaxi is the more expensive of the two: a median asking price of $549,500 against $535,000 in Penrose, about 3% higher. Homes are moving faster in Penrose — a median of 78 days on market against 116 in Cotopaxi. On months of supply both are a buyer's market right now.

Side by side

MeasureCotopaxiPenrose
Homes for sale4412
New in last 30 days32
Median asking price$549,500$535,000
Median price per sq ft$308$254
Median size (sq ft)1,8641,747
Median bedrooms33
Median days on market11678
Months of supply21.16.9
Sold, last 12 months2521
Median sold price$392,900$525,000
Median days to sell126124
Sold vs asking price97.0%98.0%

The darker figure in each row is the lower price, the shorter wait or the larger number — which of those is the good news depends entirely on whether you are buying or selling.

What each market is doing

Cotopaxi is a buyer's marketOver six months of supply means there are more homes for sale than the current pace of sales absorbs. Buyers have choice and time, and sellers usually have to compete on price or condition.
Penrose is a buyer's marketOver six months of supply means there are more homes for sale than the current pace of sales absorbs. Buyers have choice and time, and sellers usually have to compete on price or condition.

Cotopaxi

44
Homes for sale
$549,500
Median asking price
$308
Median per sq ft
116
Median days on market

Penrose

12
Homes for sale
$535,000
Median asking price
$254
Median per sq ft
78
Median days on market

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Questions people ask

Is Cotopaxi or Penrose more expensive?

Cotopaxi is more expensive. The median asking price is $549,500 in Cotopaxi against $535,000 in Penrose. By price per square foot, Cotopaxi runs $308 and Penrose $254.

Which moves faster, Cotopaxi or Penrose?

Homes for sale in Penrose have been on the market a median of 78 days, against 116 days in Cotopaxi. Of the homes that actually closed in the last twelve months, Cotopaxi took a median of 126 days and Penrose 124.

Is Cotopaxi or Penrose the better market for a buyer?

Cotopaxi is a buyer's market and Penrose is a buyer's market, measured on months of supply — 21.1 months in Cotopaxi and 6.9 in Penrose. More months of supply means more choice and more room to negotiate, so on that measure Cotopaxi is the easier of the two to buy in today. That is the arithmetic, not advice — the right town is the one you want to live in.

How many homes are for sale in Cotopaxi and Penrose?

There are 44 homes for sale in Cotopaxi and 12 in Penrose as this page loaded, 3 and 2 of them new in the last 30 days.

How current are these figures?

They are not published on a schedule and they are not a monthly snapshot. Both towns are read from the live MLS feed at the same instant, when you open this page, so the two sides are always measured against each other rather than against different weeks.

Both sides of this comparison are recalculated from the live MLS feed at the moment the page loads - neither is a monthly snapshot, and the two are read at the same instant so they are always comparable. Figures cover residential homes for sale; rentals, land and commercial are excluded, as are fractional co-ownership shares, which are priced per share and would distort the medians. Sold figures cover the last twelve complete calendar months. Market data is deemed reliable but not guaranteed - talk to us before making a decision on it.

The listings these figures are drawn from were last changed at the MLS on September 21, 2026 at 9:21 PM Mountain time. The figures themselves are worked out again from scratch every time this page is opened.

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