Cotopaxi and Penrose are both in Fremont County. There are 41 homes for sale in Cotopaxi and 12 in Penrose as this page loaded. Asking prices are roughly the same in both: a median of $515,000 in Cotopaxi and $502,500 in Penrose. Homes are moving faster in Penrose — a median of 112 days on market against 132 in Cotopaxi. On months of supply both are a buyer's market right now.
| Measure | Cotopaxi | Penrose |
|---|---|---|
| Homes for sale | 41 | 12 |
| New in last 30 days | 4 | 1 |
| Median asking price | $515,000 | $502,500 |
| Median price per sq ft | $298 | $258 |
| Median size (sq ft) | 1,752 | 1,743 |
| Median bedrooms | 3 | 3 |
| Median days on market | 132 | 112 |
| Months of supply | 19.7 | 8.0 |
| Sold, last 12 months | 25 | 18 |
| Median sold price | $392,000 | $553,500 |
| Median days to sell | 136 | 144 |
| Sold vs asking price | 97.0% | 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.
Cotopaxi is more expensive. The median asking price is $515,000 in Cotopaxi against $502,500 in Penrose. By price per square foot, Cotopaxi runs $298 and Penrose $258.
Homes for sale in Penrose have been on the market a median of 112 days, against 132 days in Cotopaxi. Of the homes that actually closed in the last twelve months, Cotopaxi took a median of 136 days and Penrose 144.
Cotopaxi is a buyer's market and Penrose is a buyer's market, measured on months of supply — 19.7 months in Cotopaxi and 8.0 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.
There are 41 homes for sale in Cotopaxi and 12 in Penrose as this page loaded, 4 and 1 of them new in the last 30 days.
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 October 27, 2026 at 10:30 AM Mountain time. The figures themselves are worked out again from scratch every time this page is opened.