Cortland County, New York

• White (non-Hispanic) 41,258 89.2%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,666 3.6%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 770 1.7%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 656 1.4%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,655 3.6%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 15 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 4 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 222 0.5%

• Under 18 8,547 18.5%
• 18–24 8,382 18.1%
• 25–44 10,236 22.1%
• 45–64 11,152 24.1%
• 65 and over 7,929 17.1%

Median household income

$71,551

90% interval $65,807–$77,295

−$14,217 vs NY · 30th of 62

Below poverty line

14.7%

90% interval 11.6%–17.8%

+0.7 pp vs NY · 17th of 62

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.6%

+0.06 pp vs. state

County GDP

$2.4B

0.1% of state

Avg. annual pay

$57,509

Establishments

1,104

• Education & health services 4,288 24.5%
• Leisure & hospitality 3,037 17.4%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 2,509 14.4%
• Manufacturing 2,135 12.2%
• Public administration 1,000 5.7%
• Professional & business services 818 4.7%
• Other services 716 4.1%
• Financial activities 579 3.3%
• Construction 436 2.5%
• Natural resources & mining 305 1.7%
• Information 92 0.5%
• Unclassified 68 0.4%

The sectors listed cover 91.5% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

66.3%

+12.0 pp vs NY · 48th of 62

Median gross rent

$984

−$637 vs NY · 32nd of 62

Owner-occupied

12,597

Renter-occupied

6,402

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 56% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Manufacturing, $78,100/yr) pays 3.2× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $24,517/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 16 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Republican 11,706 53.2%
• Democratic 10,290 46.8%

• Spanish 590 1.3%
• German or other West Germanic 393 0.9%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 342 0.8%
• Chinese 303 0.7%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 167 0.4%
• Arabic 144 0.3%
• Tagalog 54 0.1%
• Vietnamese 6 0.0%

Households

18,999

Family households

11,105

58.5% of households

Married couples w/ children

3,058

27.5% of families

Single-mother families

1,028

9.3% of families

Veterans

2,343

6.2% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 8,874 19.0%
• Mainline Protestant 3,915 8.4%
• Evangelical Protestant 1,768 3.8%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 737 1.6%

Health insured

95.5%

±0.9 pp

Uninsured

4.5%

±0.9 pp

29th of 62

With a disability

14.2%

±1.2 pp

41st of 62

Bachelor's or higher

29.1%

±2 pp

−11.1 pp vs NY · 32nd of 62

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

5.2%

90% interval 4.5%–5.9% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

6th Judicial District Supreme Court

Judges

9 (Elected Supreme Court Justices per Judicial District (general civil + felony criminal jurisdiction). Excludes Acting Supreme Court Justices designated from lower courts (would roughly double the bench in NYC + Long Island). Vintage 2026 nycourts.gov + Judiciary Law § 140-a; counts are approximate and shift with vacancies/redistributions.)

Court seats

Binghamton, Cooperstown, Cortland, Delhi, Elmira, Ithaca, Norwich, Owego, Wampsville, Watkins Glen

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

4

10.61 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

4