Blue Springs vs Cortland

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

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

Cortland has the higher population (629 vs 232 in Blue Springs). Cortland has the higher median household income ($68,250 vs $34,375 in Blue Springs). Cortland has the higher median home value ($173,400 vs $43,900 in Blue Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Springs	Cortland
Population	232	629
Median age	56.7 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$34,375	$68,250
Median home value	$43,900	$173,400
Median gross rent	—	$950
Housing units	149	229
Homeownership rate	93.4%	86.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.5%	13.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Springs	Cortland
Population	274 → 232 (-15.3%)	497 → 629 (+26.6%)
Median household income	$45,000 → $34,375 (-23.6%)	$59,861 → $68,250 (+14.0%)
Median home value	$33,900 → $43,900 (+29.5%)	$135,400 → $173,400 (+28.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$786 → $950 (+20.9%)

Blue Springs

Population

274232

Median household income

$45,000$34,375

Median home value

$33,900$43,900

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)

	Blue Springs	Cortland
Under 5	3.9%	2.4%
5 to 17	10.8%	28.0%
18 to 24	5.2%	4.3%
25 to 34	10.8%	15.1%
35 to 44	4.7%	9.9%
45 to 54	7.8%	12.1%
55 to 64	29.7%	11.0%
65 to 74	12.9%	7.5%
75 and over	14.2%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Springs	Cortland
White (non-Hispanic)	98.7%	76.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	1.3%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	20.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Springs	Cortland
No high school diploma	9.1%	13.4%
High school graduate	61.3%	21.7%
Some college or associate's	22.0%	51.3%
Bachelor's degree	7.5%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Springs	Cortland
Drove alone	66.3%	76.5%
Carpooled	25.3%	14.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.6%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	8.8%
Other means	2.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue Springs	Cortland
1-unit, detached	88.6%	91.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.4%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Blue Springs	Cortland
Poverty rate	30.2%	4.9%
Average household size	2.19	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	20	28
Median year structure built	1938	1974