The median owner-occupied home in Cortland County had a real-estate tax bill of $4,184 (± $176) a year, compared with $6,450 in New York and $2,969 nationwide. The median home value was $158,100 (± $3,727), compared with $403,000 in New York and $303,400 nationwide.
| Measure | Cortland County | New York | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 46,401 | 19,872,319 | 332,387,540 |
| Median annual property tax bill (homeowners) | $4,184 ± $176 | $6,450 ± $17 | $2,969 ± $3 |
| Median home value | $158,100 ± $3,727 | $403,000 ± $1,347 | $303,400 ± $362 |
| Median household income | $67,527 ± $2,810 | $84,578 ± $372 | $78,538 ± $176 |
| Property tax as a share of home value (calculated) | 2.65% ± 0.13 points | 1.60% ± 0.01 points | 0.98% ± under 0.01 points |
| Homes lived in by their owners | 66.4% ± 1.6 points | 54.3% ± 0.2 points | 65.0% ± 0.3 points |
| Owner households headed by someone 65 or older | 31.8% ± 1.6 points | 33.9% ± 0.1 points | 32.6% ± 0.2 points |
| Owners spending 30% or more of income on housing costs | 20.3% ± 2.5 points | 27.2% ± 0.2 points | 22.2% ± 0.1 points |
How to read these numbers
- These are estimates from a survey, not a count. The American Community Survey asks a sample of households. The ± figure is the Census Bureau’s margin of error: the true value is very likely within that range of the estimate. Small places have large margins.
- “Too imprecise to report” means the margin of error is at least half of the estimate, so printing the number would suggest accuracy that does not exist. A “rough guide only” note means the margin is a quarter to a half of the estimate.
- Property tax bill and home value are medians for owner-occupied homes. Half of the homes are above the figure and half below. A median bill is not the rate set by a city or town; the bill combines taxes levied by every local government that serves the home, such as the school district and county.
- “Calculated” rows are worked out by Untax the Roof from the Census figures above them. They compare two medians, so they describe the place, not a particular household.
- Missing is not zero. Where the Census Bureau publishes no figure, this page says so.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2019–2023: tables B25103 (real estate taxes), B25077 (home value), B19013 (household income), B01003 (population), B25003 (owners and renters), B25007 (age of householder), B25091 (housing costs as a share of income); see the Census ACS data page.
Cities, towns and villages in Cortland County (4)
Incorporated places with their own local government. A place that crosses a county line is listed in each county it touches and marked “partly”; its page shows figures for the whole place.
Census-designated places in Cortland County (4)
Unincorporated communities that the Census Bureau defines for statistics. They have no city government of their own.
Towns and townships in Cortland County (16)
- Cincinnatus
- Cortland city
- Cortlandville
- Cuyler
- Freetown
- Harford
- Homer
- Lapeer
- Marathon
- Preble
- Scott
- Solon
- Taylor
- Truxton
- Virgil
- Willet
Other named communities in Cortland County (38)
These names come from the U.S. Geological Survey’s Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), which records historical and local names of populated places: small settlements, neighborhoods, rural localities and former towns. The Census Bureau does not report them as cities, towns or census-designated places, so no figures exist for them at this level. The county figures above are the closest available estimate. A name can appear for a place that no longer exists or that lies inside a larger place.
- Baltimore
- Cheningo
- Cowles Settlement
- Crains Mills
- Cummings Crossing
- East Freetown
- East Homer
- East River
- East Scott
- East Virgil
- Fair Haven
- Freetown Corners
- Galatia
- Gee Brook
- Georgetown
- Gracie
- Grout Mill
- Guyler Hill
- Harford Mills
- Hunts Corners
- Keeney
- Little York
- Loring Crossing
- Lower Cincinnatus
- Maybury Mills
- Messengerville
- New Boston
- Parker Manor
- Pokeville
- Pratt Corners
- Riverside Manor
- Slab City
- South Cortland
- Taylor Center
- Taylor Valley
- Texas Valley
- Tripoli
- Union Valley