Cortland vs Niles

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

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

Niles has the higher population (18,301 vs 7,091 in Cortland). Cortland has the higher median household income ($61,740 vs $49,987 in Niles). Cortland has the higher median home value ($199,300 vs $108,400 in Niles).

Population, income & housing

	Cortland	Niles
Population	7,091	18,301
Median age	50.3 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$61,740	$49,987
Median home value	$199,300	$108,400
Median gross rent	$702	$787
Housing units	3,645	9,560
Homeownership rate	75.8%	55.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.3%	20.2%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cortland	Niles
Population	6,836 → 7,091 (+3.7%)	18,468 → 18,301 (-0.9%)
Median household income	$62,260 → $61,740 (-0.8%)	$44,020 → $49,987 (+13.6%)
Median home value	$152,100 → $199,300 (+31.0%)	$85,200 → $108,400 (+27.2%)
Median gross rent	$724 → $702 (-3.0%)	$695 → $787 (+13.2%)

Cortland

Population

6,8367,091

Median household income

$62,260$61,740

Median home value

$152,100$199,300

Median gross rent

$724$702

Niles

Population

18,46818,301

Median household income

$44,020$49,987

Median home value

$85,200$108,400

Median gross rent

$695$787

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cortland	Niles
Under 5	5.2%	3.6%
5 to 17	15.6%	13.2%
18 to 24	6.8%	8.7%
25 to 34	5.5%	15.2%
35 to 44	10.4%	13.1%
45 to 54	12.3%	10.4%
55 to 64	17.0%	13.0%
65 to 74	17.3%	12.6%
75 and over	9.9%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cortland	Niles
White (non-Hispanic)	92.6%	88.3%
Black or African American	0.6%	3.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.6%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.3%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cortland	Niles
No high school diploma	2.4%	8.3%
High school graduate	34.9%	46.2%
Some college or associate's	25.3%	25.3%
Bachelor's degree	17.4%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	19.9%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cortland	Niles
Drove alone	81.0%	83.4%
Carpooled	8.3%	9.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	0.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	10.4%	4.5%
Other means	0.2%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cortland	Niles
1-unit, detached	66.1%	66.0%
1-unit, attached	12.4%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	10.1%	7.9%
5 to 19 units	7.3%	9.5%
20 or more units	2.9%	12.1%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Cortland	Niles
Poverty rate	10.2%	13.0%
Average household size	2.14	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	25	21
Median year structure built	1981	1963