Cortland vs Howland Center

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

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

Cortland has the higher population (7,091 vs 6,564 in Howland Center). Howland Center has the higher median household income ($84,306 vs $61,740 in Cortland). Cortland has the higher median home value ($199,300 vs $179,700 in Howland Center).

Population, income & housing

	Cortland	Howland Center
Population	7,091	6,564
Median age	50.3 yrs	43.6 yrs
Median household income	$61,740	$84,306
Median home value	$199,300	$179,700
Median gross rent	$702	$1,117
Housing units	3,645	2,719
Homeownership rate	75.8%	78.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.3%	35.5%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cortland	Howland Center
Population	6,836 → 7,091 (+3.7%)	6,269 → 6,564 (+4.7%)
Median household income	$62,260 → $61,740 (-0.8%)	$71,058 → $84,306 (+18.6%)
Median home value	$152,100 → $199,300 (+31.0%)	$136,500 → $179,700 (+31.6%)
Median gross rent	$724 → $702 (-3.0%)	$915 → $1,117 (+22.1%)

Cortland

Population

6,8367,091

Median household income

$62,260$61,740

Median home value

$152,100$199,300

Median gross rent

$724$702

Howland Center

Population

6,2696,564

Median household income

$71,058$84,306

Median home value

$136,500$179,700

Median gross rent

$915$1,117

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cortland	Howland Center
Under 5	5.2%	6.4%
5 to 17	15.6%	14.3%
18 to 24	6.8%	6.2%
25 to 34	5.5%	16.1%
35 to 44	10.4%	8.0%
45 to 54	12.3%	15.3%
55 to 64	17.0%	11.3%
65 to 74	17.3%	11.0%
75 and over	9.9%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cortland	Howland Center
White (non-Hispanic)	92.6%	91.4%
Black or African American	0.6%	3.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.6%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	4.3%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cortland	Howland Center
No high school diploma	2.4%	4.1%
High school graduate	34.9%	28.5%
Some college or associate's	25.3%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	17.4%	24.3%
Graduate or professional degree	19.9%	11.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cortland	Howland Center
Drove alone	81.0%	86.7%
Carpooled	8.3%	4.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	0.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	10.4%	5.4%
Other means	0.2%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cortland	Howland Center
1-unit, detached	66.1%	81.8%
1-unit, attached	12.4%	8.0%
2 to 4 units	10.1%	9.0%
5 to 19 units	7.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.9%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cortland	Howland Center
Poverty rate	10.2%	8.9%
Average household size	2.14	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	25	20
Median year structure built	1981	1974