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Cortland, NY Urban Area

24,564 Population
10.3 square miles 2,374.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.7 ±1.5 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$31,142 ±$1,511 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$63,648 ±$6,177 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

16.9% ±2.5% (3,558  ±531) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

18.1 minutes ±1.2 (195,615  ±15,848) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

10,089 ±386 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.1 (20,930  ±501) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2.9% ±1.6% (209  ±113) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

10,889 ±362 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$157,200 ±$4,792 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

22.1% ±2.8% (5,378  ±686.8) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

91.4% ±4.2% (13,002  ±718.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
31.5% ±2.8% (4,487  ±418.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

3.9% ±0.8% (955  ±204) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.8% ±1.1% (992  ±217) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
992 Total veterans ±217 819 Male ±195 173 Female ±70

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