Cortland County vs Greene County

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

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

Greene County has the higher population (47,554 vs 46,401 in Cortland County). Greene County has the higher median household income ($74,011 vs $67,527 in Cortland County). Greene County has the higher median home value ($248,300 vs $158,100 in Cortland County).

Population, income & housing

	Cortland County	Greene County
Population	46,401	47,554
Median age	36.5 yrs	47.4 yrs
Median household income	$67,527	$74,011
Median home value	$158,100	$248,300
Median gross rent	$911	$993
Housing units	20,842	29,037
Homeownership rate	66.4%	77.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.3%	28.9%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cortland County	Greene County
Population	47,865 → 46,401 (-3.1%)	47,424 → 47,554 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$56,023 → $67,527 (+20.5%)	$53,601 → $74,011 (+38.1%)
Median home value	$123,800 → $158,100 (+27.7%)	$176,300 → $248,300 (+40.8%)
Median gross rent	$778 → $911 (+17.1%)	$908 → $993 (+9.4%)

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

Greene County

Population

47,42447,554

Median household income

$53,601$74,011

Median home value

$176,300$248,300

Median gross rent

$908$993

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cortland County	Greene County
Under 5	4.7%	4.3%
5 to 17	14.0%	12.1%
18 to 24	18.3%	7.4%
25 to 34	11.1%	12.0%
35 to 44	10.7%	11.9%
45 to 54	11.1%	12.5%
55 to 64	13.3%	16.4%
65 to 74	10.0%	13.8%
75 and over	6.7%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cortland County	Greene County
White (non-Hispanic)	89.7%	83.5%
Black or African American	2.0%	4.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.9%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cortland County	Greene County
No high school diploma	9.1%	11.2%
High school graduate	31.7%	32.7%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	14.8%	17.1%
Graduate or professional degree	13.5%	11.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cortland County	Greene County
Drove alone	74.6%	73.0%
Carpooled	10.5%	8.5%
Public transit	1.0%	2.1%
Walked	5.1%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.4%
Worked from home	7.1%	11.5%
Other means	1.2%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cortland County	Greene County
1-unit, detached	63.9%	75.3%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	15.4%	8.7%
5 to 19 units	7.9%	3.9%
20 or more units	3.6%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	7.3%	6.8%

Poverty & households

	Cortland County	Greene County
Poverty rate	12.8%	11.0%
Average household size	2.28	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	22	29
Median year structure built	1961	1972