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Cortland, NY

17,465 Population
3.9 square miles 4,485.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

27.2 ±2.1 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Cortland, NY Micro Area: 36.5 ±0.5
  • about two-thirds of the figure in New York: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$27,328 ±$1,799 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Cortland, NY Micro Area: $33,818 ±$965
  • about half the amount in New York: $49,520 ±$230
$55,368 ±$5,721 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Cortland, NY Micro Area: $67,527 ±$2,810
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New York: $84,578 ±$372

22% ±3.8% (3,188  ±553) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Cortland, NY Micro Area: 12.8% † 5,494 (±1.7% / ±717)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New York: 13.7% 2,656,674 (±0.1% / ±27,351)

16.1 minutes ±1.3 (126,045  ±12,613) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Cortland, NY Micro Area: 21.8 457,755 (±0.5 / ±18,141)
  • about half the figure in New York: 32.8 266,142,800 (±0.1 / ±921,890)

Families

6,992 ±263 Number of households
  • the Cortland, NY Micro Area: 18,768 ±286
  • New York: 7,668,956 ±12,766
2.1 ±0.1 (14,489  ±64) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Cortland, NY Micro Area: 2.3 42,845 (±0 / ±54)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,274,232

2.6% ±1.2% (144  ±69) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Cortland, NY Micro Area: 5% † 583 (±1.4% / ±160)
  • about half the rate in New York: 4.9% 230,168 (±0.1% / ±4,006)

Housing

7,751 ±276 Number of housing units
  • the Cortland, NY Micro Area: 20,842 ±51
  • New York: 8,539,536 ±1,410

$143,800 ±$8,634 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Cortland, NY Micro Area: $158,100 ±$3,727
  • about one-third of the amount in New York: $403,000 ±$1,347

24.6% ±3.5% (4,267  ±600.9) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Cortland, NY Micro Area: 15.3% † 7,033 (±1.8% / ±813)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 10.1% 1,981,213 (±0.1% / ±18,773.1)

Social

89.2% ±5.1% (8,484  ±597.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Cortland, NY Micro Area: 90.9% 26,559 (±3.2% / ±935.6)
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 87.9% 12,297,601 (±0.2% / ±31,621.6)
26.1% ±2.9% (2,481  ±295.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Cortland, NY Micro Area: 28.3% 8,277 (±1.8% / ±537.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New York: 39.6% 5,535,503 (±0.2% / ±20,933.1)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

3.1% ±1.1% (547  ±191) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Cortland, NY Micro Area: 2.7% 1,236
  • less than a fifth of the rate in New York: 22.6% 4,499,147

4.3% ±1.1% (641  ±164) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Cortland, NY Micro Area: 6.6% 2,475 (±0.6% / ±215)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 3.9% 607,728 (±0% / ±6,791)
641 Total veterans ±164 573 Male ±153 68 Female ±55

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