What is the population of Cortland city?

Cortland city has 7,091 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #234 of 1,265 in Ohio.

What is the median household income in Cortland city?

Median household income in Cortland city is $61,740 a year, 21.4% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Cortland city?

Median gross rent is $702 a month and the median home value is $199,300, so rent absorbs about 13.6% of median household income.

Is Cortland city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 3.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Cortland city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 13.6% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Cortland, OH population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Cortland, Ohio (Cortland, OH — Census place “Cortland city”) is 7,091 residents, ranking #234 of 1265 places in Ohio. Median household income is $61,740, the median home is worth $199,300 and median gross rent runs $702 a month. Looking for the Cortland Ohio ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Cortland, OH: 44410.

Population: 7,091Cortland city residents
Median household income: $61,740Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $199,300Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $702Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 50.3 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 75.8%Owner-occupied households

Cortland ZIP codes (Ohio)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Cortland.

The Cortland OH ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

44410

What the numbers mean in Cortland city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Cortland city median would spend about 13.6% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 3.2× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 10.2% of residents and 75.8% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Cortland city, OH in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Cortland city is a mid-size town in Ohio, with 7,091 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #234 of 1,265 ranked by population — larger than 81% of them. The median age here is 50.3 years against 39.1 nationally, a markedly older profile that usually tracks retirees staying put and younger households leaving for work. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Cortland city earn a median of $61,740 a year, 21.4% below the national figure of $78,538 and 7% below the $66,250 median for the 689 Ohio cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 10.2% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Cortland city is valued at $199,300, 34.3% below the national figure and 18% above the $168,500 peer median, while median gross rent runs $702 a month, 50.1% below the national figure, or roughly $8,424 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 13.6% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.2×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 75.8% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

A median age of 50.3 puts Cortland city well into retirement-weighted territory, which pulls median household income down even where household wealth is high, because retirement draws are counted differently from wages.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Cortland city?: Cortland city has 7,091 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #234 of 1,265 in Ohio.
What is the median household income in Cortland city?: Median household income in Cortland city is $61,740 a year, 21.4% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Cortland city?: Median gross rent is $702 a month and the median home value is $199,300, so rent absorbs about 13.6% of median household income.
Is Cortland city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Cortland city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 13.6% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Cortland city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.