Cortland vs Sandwich

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

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

Sandwich has the higher population (7,121 vs 4,556 in Cortland). Cortland has the higher median household income ($82,750 vs $77,027 in Sandwich). Sandwich has the higher median home value ($239,600 vs $203,700 in Cortland).

Population, income & housing

	Cortland	Sandwich
Population	4,556	7,121
Median age	31.9 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$82,750	$77,027
Median home value	$203,700	$239,600
Median gross rent	$1,420	$1,044
Housing units	1,631	2,754
Homeownership rate	77.0%	71.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.1%	20.6%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cortland	Sandwich
Population	4,124 → 4,556 (+10.5%)	7,297 → 7,121 (-2.4%)
Median household income	$84,900 → $82,750 (-2.5%)	$65,984 → $77,027 (+16.7%)
Median home value	$156,100 → $203,700 (+30.5%)	$171,000 → $239,600 (+40.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,218 → $1,420 (+16.6%)	$1,051 → $1,044 (-0.7%)

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

Sandwich

Population

7,2977,121

Median household income

$65,984$77,027

Median home value

$171,000$239,600

Median gross rent

$1,051$1,044

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cortland	Sandwich
Under 5	6.3%	5.7%
5 to 17	18.3%	20.1%
18 to 24	11.2%	7.1%
25 to 34	19.4%	11.0%
35 to 44	16.1%	16.6%
45 to 54	9.4%	9.9%
55 to 64	11.2%	10.8%
65 to 74	3.5%	10.6%
75 and over	4.6%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cortland	Sandwich
White (non-Hispanic)	71.4%	86.0%
Black or African American	9.1%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	17.4%	10.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cortland	Sandwich
No high school diploma	5.9%	7.2%
High school graduate	30.3%	32.3%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	39.9%
Bachelor's degree	17.6%	13.8%
Graduate or professional degree	13.5%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cortland	Sandwich
Drove alone	83.3%	80.2%
Carpooled	7.5%	6.9%
Public transit	2.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	6.0%	10.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cortland	Sandwich
1-unit, detached	67.4%	71.1%
1-unit, attached	12.3%	5.5%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	12.6%
5 to 19 units	15.1%	1.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Cortland	Sandwich
Poverty rate	8.0%	7.1%
Average household size	2.89	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	27	28
Median year structure built	1996	1976