Cortland vs Wymore

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

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

Wymore has the higher population (1,287 vs 629 in Cortland). Cortland has the higher median household income ($68,250 vs $56,051 in Wymore). Cortland has the higher median home value ($173,400 vs $57,600 in Wymore).

Population, income & housing

	Cortland	Wymore
Population	629	1,287
Median age	35.5 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$68,250	$56,051
Median home value	$173,400	$57,600
Median gross rent	$950	$673
Housing units	229	696
Homeownership rate	86.0%	75.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.6%	13.0%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cortland	Wymore
Population	497 → 629 (+26.6%)	1,531 → 1,287 (-15.9%)
Median household income	$59,861 → $68,250 (+14.0%)	$41,583 → $56,051 (+34.8%)
Median home value	$135,400 → $173,400 (+28.1%)	$48,400 → $57,600 (+19.0%)
Median gross rent	$786 → $950 (+20.9%)	$614 → $673 (+9.6%)

Cortland

Population

497629

Median household income

$59,861$68,250

Median home value

$135,400$173,400

Median gross rent

$786$950

Wymore

Population

1,5311,287

Median household income

$41,583$56,051

Median home value

$48,400$57,600

Median gross rent

$614$673

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cortland	Wymore
Under 5	2.4%	2.6%
5 to 17	28.0%	15.5%
18 to 24	4.3%	14.2%
25 to 34	15.1%	12.0%
35 to 44	9.9%	6.0%
45 to 54	12.1%	9.8%
55 to 64	11.0%	11.9%
65 to 74	7.5%	16.2%
75 and over	9.9%	11.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cortland	Wymore
White (non-Hispanic)	76.0%	94.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	20.0%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cortland	Wymore
No high school diploma	13.4%	7.2%
High school graduate	21.7%	54.3%
Some college or associate's	51.3%	25.5%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	9.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cortland	Wymore
Drove alone	76.5%	88.9%
Carpooled	14.0%	7.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.8%	1.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cortland	Wymore
1-unit, detached	91.3%	90.5%
1-unit, attached	5.2%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	0.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Cortland	Wymore
Poverty rate	4.9%	10.7%
Average household size	2.75	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	28	27
Median year structure built	1974	1945