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Cotopaxi vs Howard

Cotopaxi and Howard are both in Fremont County. There are 41 homes for sale in Cotopaxi and 7 in Howard as this page loaded. Howard is the more expensive of the two: a median asking price of $925,000 against $515,000 in Cotopaxi, about 80% higher. Homes are moving faster in Cotopaxi — a median of 131 days on market against 213 in Howard. Cotopaxi is a buyer's market right now and Howard is a balanced market.

Side by side

MeasureCotopaxiHoward
Homes for sale417
New in last 30 days30
Median asking price$515,000$925,000
Median price per sq ft$298$342
Median size (sq ft)1,8922,104
Median bedrooms33
Median days on market131213
Months of supply17.64.9
Sold, last 12 months2817
Median sold price$392,450$622,000
Median days to sell133117
Sold vs asking price97.0%96.0%

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.
Howard is a balanced marketBetween three and six months of supply is the range where neither side has the upper hand - well-priced homes sell and buyers still have room to negotiate.

Cotopaxi

41
Homes for sale
$515,000
Median asking price
$298
Median per sq ft
131
Median days on market

Howard

7
Homes for sale
$925,000
Median asking price
$342
Median per sq ft
213
Median days on market

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Questions people ask

Is Cotopaxi or Howard more expensive?

Howard is more expensive. The median asking price is $925,000 in Howard against $515,000 in Cotopaxi. By price per square foot, Cotopaxi runs $298 and Howard $342.

Which moves faster, Cotopaxi or Howard?

Homes for sale in Cotopaxi have been on the market a median of 131 days, against 213 days in Howard. Of the homes that actually closed in the last twelve months, Cotopaxi took a median of 133 days and Howard 117.

Is Cotopaxi or Howard the better market for a buyer?

Cotopaxi is a buyer's market and Howard is a balanced market, measured on months of supply — 17.6 months in Cotopaxi and 4.9 in Howard. 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 Howard?

There are 41 homes for sale in Cotopaxi and 7 in Howard as this page loaded, 3 and 0 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 November 4, 2026 at 6:52 PM Mountain time. The figures themselves are worked out again from scratch every time this page is opened.

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