Cortland vs Girard

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

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

Girard has the higher population (9,521 vs 7,091 in Cortland). Cortland has the higher median household income ($61,740 vs $42,861 in Girard). Cortland has the higher median home value ($199,300 vs $105,700 in Girard).

Population, income & housing

	Cortland	Girard
Population	7,091	9,521
Median age	50.3 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$61,740	$42,861
Median home value	$199,300	$105,700
Median gross rent	$702	$736
Housing units	3,645	4,888
Homeownership rate	75.8%	64.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.3%	21.1%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cortland	Girard
Population	6,836 → 7,091 (+3.7%)	9,368 → 9,521 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$62,260 → $61,740 (-0.8%)	$40,543 → $42,861 (+5.7%)
Median home value	$152,100 → $199,300 (+31.0%)	$77,100 → $105,700 (+37.1%)
Median gross rent	$724 → $702 (-3.0%)	$634 → $736 (+16.1%)

Cortland

Population

6,8367,091

Median household income

$62,260$61,740

Median home value

$152,100$199,300

Median gross rent

$724$702

Girard

Population

9,3689,521

Median household income

$40,543$42,861

Median home value

$77,100$105,700

Median gross rent

$634$736

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cortland	Girard
Under 5	5.2%	6.0%
5 to 17	15.6%	15.9%
18 to 24	6.8%	8.5%
25 to 34	5.5%	12.0%
35 to 44	10.4%	11.3%
45 to 54	12.3%	12.5%
55 to 64	17.0%	15.0%
65 to 74	17.3%	13.4%
75 and over	9.9%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cortland	Girard
White (non-Hispanic)	92.6%	88.4%
Black or African American	0.6%	4.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.6%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.3%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cortland	Girard
No high school diploma	2.4%	7.6%
High school graduate	34.9%	40.8%
Some college or associate's	25.3%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	17.4%	11.6%
Graduate or professional degree	19.9%	9.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cortland	Girard
Drove alone	81.0%	85.4%
Carpooled	8.3%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	0.0%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	10.4%	6.2%
Other means	0.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cortland	Girard
1-unit, detached	66.1%	73.8%
1-unit, attached	12.4%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	10.1%	9.4%
5 to 19 units	7.3%	7.6%
20 or more units	2.9%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Cortland	Girard
Poverty rate	10.2%	19.9%
Average household size	2.14	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	25	18
Median year structure built	1981	1956