Cortland vs Crothersville

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

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

Crothersville has the higher population (1,701 vs 59 in Cortland). Cortland has the higher median household income ($56,667 vs $52,039 in Crothersville). Since 2019, Crothersville's population has grown faster (-4.9% vs -39.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Cortland	Crothersville
Population	59	1,701
Median age	69.7 yrs	34.6 yrs
Median household income	$56,667	$52,039
Median home value	—	$112,800
Median gross rent	—	$967
Housing units	44	696
Homeownership rate	100.0%	78.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.9%	7.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cortland	Crothersville
Population	97 → 59 (-39.2%)	1,788 → 1,701 (-4.9%)
Median household income	—	$48,958 → $52,039 (+6.3%)
Median home value	—	$82,300 → $112,800 (+37.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$765 → $967 (+26.4%)

Cortland

Population

9759

Crothersville

Population

1,7881,701

Median household income

$48,958$52,039

Median home value

$82,300$112,800

Median gross rent

$765$967

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cortland	Crothersville
Under 5	0.0%	6.5%
5 to 17	0.0%	25.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	6.8%
25 to 34	0.0%	11.8%
35 to 44	0.0%	15.1%
45 to 54	0.0%	6.3%
55 to 64	30.5%	15.5%
65 to 74	52.5%	4.9%
75 and over	16.9%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cortland	Crothersville
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	99.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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	0.0%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cortland	Crothersville
No high school diploma	0.0%	6.3%
High school graduate	83.1%	53.0%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	16.9%	5.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cortland	Crothersville
Drove alone	100.0%	80.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	15.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cortland	Crothersville
1-unit, detached	100.0%	78.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	13.5%

Poverty & households

	Cortland	Crothersville
Poverty rate	0.0%	22.8%
Average household size	1.34	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	—	27
Median year structure built	1938	1966