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Cortland, NY Urban Area

24,252 Population
10.3 square miles 2,344.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

29.8 ±1.4 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$30,257 ±$1,569 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$59,798 ±$4,450 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

17% ±2.8% (3,548  ±595) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

17.5 minutes ±1 (187,820  ±14,244) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

9,858 ±347 Number of households
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.1 ±0.1 (20,742  ±511) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

3% ±1.1% (214  ±82) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

10,776 ±330 Number of housing units
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$151,000 ±$6,635 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

21.6% ±2.8% (5,191  ±676.4) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

90.1% ±4.3% (12,502  ±700) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
31% ±2.7% (4,303  ±398.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

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

3.3% ±0.9% (811  ±216) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

5% ±0.8% (1,008  ±171) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
1,008 Total veterans ±171 900 Male ±163 108 Female ±63

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