Cortland vs Rockford

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

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

Rockford has the higher population (761 vs 59 in Cortland). Rockford has the higher median household income ($236,339 vs $56,667 in Cortland). Since 2019, Rockford's population has grown faster (+8.3% vs -39.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Cortland	Rockford
Population	59	761
Median age	69.7 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$56,667	$236,339
Median home value	—	$273,200
Housing units	44	270
Homeownership rate	100.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.9%	40.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cortland	Rockford
Population	97 → 59 (-39.2%)	703 → 761 (+8.3%)
Median household income	—	$174,010 → $236,339 (+35.8%)
Median home value	—	$242,800 → $273,200 (+12.5%)

Cortland

Population

9759

Rockford

Population

703761

Median household income

$174,010$236,339

Median home value

$242,800$273,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cortland	Rockford
Under 5	0.0%	9.2%
5 to 17	0.0%	8.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	9.3%
25 to 34	0.0%	15.2%
35 to 44	0.0%	12.2%
45 to 54	0.0%	23.3%
55 to 64	30.5%	10.9%
65 to 74	52.5%	5.7%
75 and over	16.9%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cortland	Rockford
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	94.7%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cortland	Rockford
No high school diploma	0.0%	1.6%
High school graduate	83.1%	17.5%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	40.1%
Bachelor's degree	16.9%	32.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cortland	Rockford
Drove alone	100.0%	71.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	15.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	9.5%
Other means	0.0%	3.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cortland	Rockford
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cortland	Rockford
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.0%
Average household size	1.34	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	—	13
Median year structure built	1938	1991