Cortland vs Hinckley

A side-by-side comparison of Cortland and Hinckley: population, income, housing, and more.

Cortland and Hinckley are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cortland has the higher population (4,556 vs 2,286 in Hinckley). Cortland has the higher median household income ($82,750 vs $81,625 in Hinckley). Hinckley has the higher median home value ($267,600 vs $203,700 in Cortland).

Population, income & housing

	Cortland	Hinckley
Population	4,556	2,286
Median age	31.9 yrs	34.5 yrs
Median household income	$82,750	$81,625
Median home value	$203,700	$267,600
Median gross rent	$1,420	$1,333
Housing units	1,631	910
Homeownership rate	77.0%	72.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.1%	35.2%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	13.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cortland	Hinckley
Population	4,124 → 4,556 (+10.5%)	2,137 → 2,286 (+7.0%)
Median household income	$84,900 → $82,750 (-2.5%)	$73,967 → $81,625 (+10.4%)
Median home value	$156,100 → $203,700 (+30.5%)	$208,700 → $267,600 (+28.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,218 → $1,420 (+16.6%)	$977 → $1,333 (+36.4%)

Cortland

Population

4,1244,556

Median household income

$84,900$82,750

Median home value

$156,100$203,700

Median gross rent

$1,218$1,420

Hinckley

Population

2,1372,286

Median household income

$73,967$81,625

Median home value

$208,700$267,600

Median gross rent

$977$1,333

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cortland	Hinckley
Under 5	6.3%	6.1%
5 to 17	18.3%	20.6%
18 to 24	11.2%	14.3%
25 to 34	19.4%	9.5%
35 to 44	16.1%	12.9%
45 to 54	9.4%	12.4%
55 to 64	11.2%	10.5%
65 to 74	3.5%	8.2%
75 and over	4.6%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cortland	Hinckley
White (non-Hispanic)	71.4%	83.4%
Black or African American	9.1%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.1%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	17.4%	9.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cortland	Hinckley
No high school diploma	5.9%	2.3%
High school graduate	30.3%	22.9%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	39.5%
Bachelor's degree	17.6%	23.1%
Graduate or professional degree	13.5%	12.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cortland	Hinckley
Drove alone	83.3%	81.7%
Carpooled	7.5%	4.5%
Public transit	2.6%	0.8%
Walked	0.5%	4.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	7.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cortland	Hinckley
1-unit, detached	67.4%	78.2%
1-unit, attached	12.3%	4.9%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	11.1%
5 to 19 units	15.1%	5.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cortland	Hinckley
Poverty rate	8.0%	15.4%
Average household size	2.89	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	27	32
Median year structure built	1996	1972