Chenango County vs Cortland County

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

Chenango 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.

Chenango County has the higher population (46,685 vs 46,401 in Cortland County). Cortland County has the higher median household income ($67,527 vs $62,093 in Chenango County). Cortland County has the higher median home value ($158,100 vs $128,100 in Chenango County).

Population, income & housing

	Chenango County	Cortland County
Population	46,685	46,401
Median age	44.9 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$62,093	$67,527
Median home value	$128,100	$158,100
Median gross rent	$819	$911
Housing units	24,460	20,842
Homeownership rate	76.3%	66.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.2%	28.3%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chenango County	Cortland County
Population	47,909 → 46,685 (-2.6%)	47,865 → 46,401 (-3.1%)
Median household income	$52,002 → $62,093 (+19.4%)	$56,023 → $67,527 (+20.5%)
Median home value	$98,400 → $128,100 (+30.2%)	$123,800 → $158,100 (+27.7%)
Median gross rent	$678 → $819 (+20.8%)	$778 → $911 (+17.1%)

Chenango County

Population

47,90946,685

Median household income

$52,002$62,093

Median home value

$98,400$128,100

Median gross rent

$678$819

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)

	Chenango County	Cortland County
Under 5	5.2%	4.7%
5 to 17	15.5%	14.0%
18 to 24	7.0%	18.3%
25 to 34	11.2%	11.1%
35 to 44	11.2%	10.7%
45 to 54	12.4%	11.1%
55 to 64	15.8%	13.3%
65 to 74	12.7%	10.0%
75 and over	9.0%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chenango County	Cortland County
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	89.7%
Black or African American	0.5%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.5%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.2%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chenango County	Cortland County
No high school diploma	11.3%	9.1%
High school graduate	41.3%	31.7%
Some college or associate's	28.3%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	13.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chenango County	Cortland County
Drove alone	79.8%	74.6%
Carpooled	8.1%	10.5%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	3.0%	5.1%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.4%
Worked from home	8.4%	7.1%
Other means	0.6%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chenango County	Cortland County
1-unit, detached	64.4%	63.9%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	15.4%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	7.9%
20 or more units	2.1%	3.6%
Mobile home & other	19.4%	7.3%

Poverty & households

	Chenango County	Cortland County
Poverty rate	12.2%	12.8%
Average household size	2.32	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	1967	1961