Cortland vs Malta

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

Cortland and Malta 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 1,507 in Malta). Malta has the higher median household income ($83,611 vs $82,750 in Cortland). Cortland has the higher median home value ($203,700 vs $178,900 in Malta).

Population, income & housing

	Cortland	Malta
Population	4,556	1,507
Median age	31.9 yrs	33.7 yrs
Median household income	$82,750	$83,611
Median home value	$203,700	$178,900
Median gross rent	$1,420	$1,036
Housing units	1,631	546
Homeownership rate	77.0%	66.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.1%	23.7%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cortland	Malta
Population	4,124 → 4,556 (+10.5%)	1,190 → 1,507 (+26.6%)
Median household income	$84,900 → $82,750 (-2.5%)	$73,077 → $83,611 (+14.4%)
Median home value	$156,100 → $203,700 (+30.5%)	$138,500 → $178,900 (+29.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,218 → $1,420 (+16.6%)	$962 → $1,036 (+7.7%)

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

Malta

Population

1,1901,507

Median household income

$73,077$83,611

Median home value

$138,500$178,900

Median gross rent

$962$1,036

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cortland	Malta
Under 5	6.3%	11.1%
5 to 17	18.3%	16.3%
18 to 24	11.2%	9.9%
25 to 34	19.4%	14.8%
35 to 44	16.1%	13.7%
45 to 54	9.4%	11.8%
55 to 64	11.2%	10.7%
65 to 74	3.5%	7.8%
75 and over	4.6%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cortland	Malta
White (non-Hispanic)	71.4%	73.8%
Black or African American	9.1%	2.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	17.4%	19.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cortland	Malta
No high school diploma	5.9%	14.5%
High school graduate	30.3%	29.1%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	17.6%	13.2%
Graduate or professional degree	13.5%	10.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cortland	Malta
Drove alone	83.3%	74.7%
Carpooled	7.5%	11.0%
Public transit	2.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.1%
Worked from home	6.0%	9.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cortland	Malta
1-unit, detached	67.4%	71.6%
1-unit, attached	12.3%	7.1%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	15.1%	12.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cortland	Malta
Poverty rate	8.0%	20.4%
Average household size	2.89	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	27	26
Median year structure built	1996	1969