Allegany County vs Cortland County

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

Allegany County and Cortland County are counties in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Allegany County has the higher population (47,027 vs 46,401 in Cortland County). Cortland County has the higher median household income ($67,527 vs $61,233 in Allegany County). Cortland County has the higher median home value ($158,100 vs $97,900 in Allegany County).

Population, income & housing

	Allegany County	Cortland County
Population	47,027	46,401
Median age	38.9 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$61,233	$67,527
Median home value	$97,900	$158,100
Median gross rent	$754	$911
Housing units	23,538	20,842
Homeownership rate	80.3%	66.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.6%	28.3%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Allegany County	Cortland County
Population	46,688 → 47,027 (+0.7%)	47,865 → 46,401 (-3.1%)
Median household income	$48,412 → $61,233 (+26.5%)	$56,023 → $67,527 (+20.5%)
Median home value	$76,400 → $97,900 (+28.1%)	$123,800 → $158,100 (+27.7%)
Median gross rent	$658 → $754 (+14.6%)	$778 → $911 (+17.1%)

Allegany County

Population

46,68847,027

Median household income

$48,412$61,233

Median home value

$76,400$97,900

Median gross rent

$658$754

Cortland County

Population

47,86546,401

Median household income

$56,023$67,527

Median home value

$123,800$158,100

Median gross rent

$778$911

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Allegany County	Cortland County
Under 5	5.1%	4.7%
5 to 17	14.8%	14.0%
18 to 24	16.8%	18.3%
25 to 34	9.3%	11.1%
35 to 44	10.1%	10.7%
45 to 54	10.5%	11.1%
55 to 64	13.6%	13.3%
65 to 74	11.7%	10.0%
75 and over	8.1%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Allegany County	Cortland County
White (non-Hispanic)	93.0%	89.7%
Black or African American	1.5%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	1.3%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.4%
Two or more races	1.7%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Allegany County	Cortland County
No high school diploma	8.4%	9.1%
High school graduate	35.0%	31.7%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.7%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	11.8%	13.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Allegany County	Cortland County
Drove alone	75.0%	74.6%
Carpooled	8.1%	10.5%
Public transit	0.2%	1.0%
Walked	7.7%	5.1%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.4%
Worked from home	7.6%	7.1%
Other means	1.3%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Allegany County	Cortland County
1-unit, detached	72.8%	63.9%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	15.4%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	7.9%
20 or more units	1.2%	3.6%
Mobile home & other	16.4%	7.3%

Poverty & households

	Allegany County	Cortland County
Poverty rate	16.8%	12.8%
Average household size	2.48	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	1965	1961