Cortland vs Sycamore

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

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

Sycamore has the higher population (18,243 vs 4,556 in Cortland). Cortland has the higher median household income ($82,750 vs $80,837 in Sycamore). Sycamore has the higher median home value ($254,200 vs $203,700 in Cortland).

Population, income & housing

	Cortland	Sycamore
Population	4,556	18,243
Median age	31.9 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$82,750	$80,837
Median home value	$203,700	$254,200
Median gross rent	$1,420	$1,062
Housing units	1,631	7,868
Homeownership rate	77.0%	71.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.1%	43.6%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cortland	Sycamore
Population	4,124 → 4,556 (+10.5%)	17,726 → 18,243 (+2.9%)
Median household income	$84,900 → $82,750 (-2.5%)	$71,698 → $80,837 (+12.7%)
Median home value	$156,100 → $203,700 (+30.5%)	$189,400 → $254,200 (+34.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,218 → $1,420 (+16.6%)	$963 → $1,062 (+10.3%)

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

Sycamore

Population

17,72618,243

Median household income

$71,698$80,837

Median home value

$189,400$254,200

Median gross rent

$963$1,062

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cortland	Sycamore
Under 5	6.3%	4.4%
5 to 17	18.3%	18.1%
18 to 24	11.2%	10.9%
25 to 34	19.4%	12.9%
35 to 44	16.1%	13.4%
45 to 54	9.4%	13.0%
55 to 64	11.2%	12.6%
65 to 74	3.5%	9.0%
75 and over	4.6%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cortland	Sycamore
White (non-Hispanic)	71.4%	85.4%
Black or African American	9.1%	3.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
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%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	17.4%	9.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cortland	Sycamore
No high school diploma	5.9%	4.1%
High school graduate	30.3%	20.1%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	32.1%
Bachelor's degree	17.6%	25.9%
Graduate or professional degree	13.5%	17.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cortland	Sycamore
Drove alone	83.3%	76.4%
Carpooled	7.5%	5.2%
Public transit	2.6%	1.6%
Walked	0.5%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.9%
Worked from home	6.0%	12.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cortland	Sycamore
1-unit, detached	67.4%	53.8%
1-unit, attached	12.3%	18.6%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	13.5%
5 to 19 units	15.1%	9.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Cortland	Sycamore
Poverty rate	8.0%	9.5%
Average household size	2.89	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	27	26
Median year structure built	1996	1992