Beatrice vs Cortland

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

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

Beatrice has the higher population (12,233 vs 629 in Cortland). Cortland has the higher median household income ($68,250 vs $54,583 in Beatrice). Cortland has the higher median home value ($173,400 vs $152,900 in Beatrice).

Population, income & housing

	Beatrice	Cortland
Population	12,233	629
Median age	43.1 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$54,583	$68,250
Median home value	$152,900	$173,400
Median gross rent	$753	$950
Housing units	6,105	229
Homeownership rate	63.7%	86.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.9%	13.6%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beatrice	Cortland
Population	12,300 → 12,233 (-0.5%)	497 → 629 (+26.6%)
Median household income	$44,991 → $54,583 (+21.3%)	$59,861 → $68,250 (+14.0%)
Median home value	$106,600 → $152,900 (+43.4%)	$135,400 → $173,400 (+28.1%)
Median gross rent	$629 → $753 (+19.7%)	$786 → $950 (+20.9%)

Beatrice

Population

12,30012,233

Median household income

$44,991$54,583

Median home value

$106,600$152,900

Median gross rent

$629$753

Cortland

Population

497629

Median household income

$59,861$68,250

Median home value

$135,400$173,400

Median gross rent

$786$950

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beatrice	Cortland
Under 5	5.8%	2.4%
5 to 17	16.3%	28.0%
18 to 24	6.3%	4.3%
25 to 34	10.6%	15.1%
35 to 44	12.5%	9.9%
45 to 54	11.5%	12.1%
55 to 64	14.8%	11.0%
65 to 74	11.4%	7.5%
75 and over	10.7%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beatrice	Cortland
White (non-Hispanic)	92.1%	76.0%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.8%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.4%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	20.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beatrice	Cortland
No high school diploma	8.5%	13.4%
High school graduate	37.3%	21.7%
Some college or associate's	34.3%	51.3%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beatrice	Cortland
Drove alone	86.1%	76.5%
Carpooled	6.6%	14.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	8.8%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beatrice	Cortland
1-unit, detached	75.7%	91.3%
1-unit, attached	5.5%	5.2%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	1.3%
20 or more units	3.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Beatrice	Cortland
Poverty rate	19.9%	4.9%
Average household size	2.13	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	17	28
Median year structure built	1963	1974