Cortland, NY
Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)
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None of the households in Cortland, NY reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.
Cortland, NY borders Auburn, NY, Binghamton, NY, Ithaca, NY, and Syracuse, NY.
The economy of Cortland, NY employs 23.2k people. The largest industries in Cortland, NY are Educational Services (3,878 people), Health Care & Social Assistance (3,451 people), and Retail Trade (2,590 people), and the highest paying industries are Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction ($155,125), Public Administration ($67,905), and Construction ($58,420).
Males in New York have an average income that is 1.27 times higher than the average income of females, which is $77,694. The income inequality in New York (measured using the Gini index) is 0.494, which is lower than than the national average.
The most common job groups, by number of people living in Cortland, NY, are Management Occupations (2,418 people), Sales & Related Occupations (2,178 people), and Office & Administrative Support Occupations (2,055 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Cortland, NY.
This chart shows weekly unemployment insurance claims in New York (not-seasonally adjusted) compared with the four states with the most similar impact.
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The most common employment sectors for those who live in Cortland, NY, are Educational Services (3,878 people), Health Care & Social Assistance (3,451 people), and Retail Trade (2,590 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Cortland, NY, though some of these residents may live in Cortland, NY and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.
The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2023 are Public Administration ($80,833), Information ($62,375), and Construction ($58,874).
The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2023 are Public Administration ($57,500), Construction ($51,042), and Information ($48,913).
As of February 2023, there are 9.56M people employed in New York. This represents a 2.74% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.
Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 19.7%.
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In 2023, universities in Cortland, NY awarded 1,750 degrees. The student population of Cortland, NY in N/A is skewed towards N/A, with N/A male students and N/A female students.
Most students graduating from Universities in Cortland, NY are White (1,371 and 78.5%), followed by Hispanic or Latino (196 and 11.2%), Black or African American (76 and 4.35%), and Unknown (44 and 2.52%).
The median tuition cost in N/A for a public four year colleges is $7,070 for in-state students and $16,980 for out-of-state students.
In 2023 there were 6,780 students enrolled in Cortland, NY, 44.3% men and 55.7% women.
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In 2023, 692 men were awarded degrees from institutions in Cortland, NY, which is 0.654 times less than the 1,058 female students who received degrees in the same year.
In 2023, the most common race/ethnicity group awarded degrees at institutions was White students. These 1,371 degrees mean that there were 6.99 times more degrees awarded to White students then the next closest race/ethnicity group, Hispanic or Latino, with 196 degrees awarded.
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Median household income in Cortland, NY is N/A. In N/A, the county with the highest Median Household Income in Cortland, NY was Nassau County, NY with a value of $143,408, followed by Suffolk County, NY and Putnam County, NY, with respective values of $128,329 and $127,405.
This chart shows the percentage of owner in Cortland, NY compared it's parent and neighboring geographies.
In N/A, the county with the highest Median Household Income (Total) in Cortland, NY was Nassau County, NY with a value of $143,408, followed by Suffolk County, NY and Putnam County, NY, with respective values of $128,329 and $127,405.
The following map shows all of the counties in Cortland, NY colored by their Median Household Income (Total).
The following chart displays the households in Cortland, NY distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $75k - $100k range.
In 2022, the income inequality in New York was 0.494 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.125% growth from 2021 to 2022, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat less even. The GINI for New York was lower than than the national average of 1. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in New York in comparison to the national average.
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The following chart displays the households in Cortland, NY distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Cortland, NY have N/A.
N/A% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Cortland, NY (N/A out of N/A people) live below the poverty line, a number that is approximately the same as the national average of N/A%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females 18 - 24, followed by Males 18 - 24 and then Females 25 - 34.
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N/A% of the population of Cortland, NY has health coverage, with N/A% on employee plans, N/A% on Medicaid, N/A% on Medicare, N/A% on non-group plans, and N/A% on military or VA plans.
In 2023, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 22.5% under 18 years, 26% between 18 and 34 years, 35.1% between 35 and 64 years, and 16.3% over 64 years.
By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 49.5% were men and 50.5% were women.
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The following chart shows how the percent of uninsured individuals in Cortland, NY changed over time compared with the percent of individuals enrolled in various types of health insurance.
