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A town of 8,191.
Cortlandville is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades C+ overall, 445th among New York's 745 graded towns, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is health: it is healthier than 62% of U.S. towns. Its lowest everyday mark is in schools: its public schools trail 64% of New York towns on state tests and graduation. A typical home there costs about $177K, 2.5 years of the Cortland area’s $70K median household income. History is its standout character grade: an A, better than 91% of U.S. towns, with 4 places on the National Register. Its National Register listings include Cortland County Poor Farm and Presbyterian Church of McGraw. Cortlandville’s peak summer temperature is 79°F, where New York’s towns sit at 81°F and U.S. towns at 85°F. The biggest place to walk is Lime Hollow Nature Center, 358 acres with 7.4 miles of trail.
Where Cortlandville beats most towns.
Where Cortlandville’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New York), ordered by how far Cortlandville is from typical.
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Census counts: 3,573 in 1830, a low of 2,861 in 1890, 8,409 in 2020. The archive holds 4 old photos and papers going back to 1860 and 4 maps from 1903 on.
4 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Who provides power, water and the rest in Cortlandville, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in Cortlandville.
Cortlandville draws workers from Cortland and beyond and has fewer 90° days than nearly all U.S. towns.
5,401 jobs are based in Cortlandville, 1.7 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in. The average commute takes 21.2 minutes, against 32.6 across New York.
The top destinations are Cortland (19%), Ithaca (5%) and Dryden (4%). For most workers, Cortlandville is a place to come home to: only 18% work in town. Its average trip to work stands at 21 minutes. Also worth knowing: it had 5,401 jobs in 2023, down 339 from 2013.
| Cortlandville | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 18% | 10% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 21 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 7.8% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $74,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Its two schools are below. The public schools here belong to the McGraw Central School District. The 2 public schools in Cortlandville teach 498 students between them.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| McGraw Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–6 | Grades PK–6 | 264 | C+ |
| McGraw Secondary SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 7–12 | Grades 7–12 | 234 | B |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NY on state tests and graduation
Count the trails in 4 parks and preserves and they come to 17 miles. For Cortlandville, the trail network density is 0.3 miles per square mile.
| Cortlandville | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 1.7% | 5.2% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Lime Hollow Nature Center | 7.4 mi | 358 |
| 2. Hoxie Gorge State Forest | 0.5 mi | 76 |
| 3. Ted Testa Park | — | 17 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
The Freeville 1 Ne weather station, 12 miles away, records that about 3 days a year reach 90°, fewer than in 95% of U.S. towns.
Cortlandville’s January low comes in at 14°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
38% of Cortlandville adults sleep under 7 hours. Of 32 CDC measures, Cortlandville beats the New York average on 4 and trails it on 6. In Cortlandville, 18% of adults report frequent mental distress, and 32% have high blood pressure.
| Cortlandville | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 17% | 16% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 16% | 17% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 34% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 9.9% | 11% | 12% |
| What stands out | Cortlandville | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.1% | 7.9% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 12% | 14.5% |
| More adults with depression | 22.8% | 17.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
New York has two in five adults 25 and older with a bachelor’s degree or more; here it is 36%. Age groups here sit within 4 points of the New York average. Since 2020, Cortlandville has lost 2.7% of its people, to 8,191 in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Cortlandville | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 36% | 32% | 29% |
| Median age | 39.8 years | 43 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 18% | 20% | 18% |
| Under 18 | 21% | 20% | 22% |
50% women, 50% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±2.6 points. Across New York, 51.2% of residents are women. Median age: women 42.1, men 38.5.
| Cortlandville | NY | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 11.5% | 11% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 9.1% | 9.5% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 14.7% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 8.3% | 14.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 13.8% | 13% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 12.9% | 12.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 11.8% | 13.3% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 9.5% | 10.3% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 8.4% | 7.6% | 7% |
| No diploma | 5.7% | 12% | 10.4% |
| High school | 29.6% | 24.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 14.3% | 14.6% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 14.4% | 8.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 18.2% | 22.4% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 17.9% | 17.9% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Federal disaster aid has reached households in Cortlandville after 5 declared disasters, most recently in 2024. Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 53% of U.S. communities. Paid flood insurance claims in the town since 1981: 30. FEMA puts 86% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
2 within 15 miles of the center of Cortlandville
About 12 of every 100 Cortlandville residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
4 places in Cortlandville on the National Register of Historic Places.
Town in New York, United States
Cortlandville is a town in Cortland County, New York, United States. The population was 8,509 at the 2010 census. Cortlandville surrounds the city of Cortland and is at the western border of the county.
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7 towns share a border with Cortlandville.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cortlandville | #445 | C+ | B− | — | C+ | B |
| Virgil | — | — | C | — | C | B |
| Homer | #417 | B− | C | — | B− | A− |
| Blodgett Mills | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Solon | — | — | B+ | — | C+ | B |
| Freetown | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Summerhill | — | — | C+ | — | B− | B− |
| Groton | #418 | B− | B− | — | C+ | B |
Virgil, Solon and Summerhill have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Cortlandville, Virgil, Homer, Solon, Summerhill and Groton report no FBI crime data of their own. Blodgett Mills and Freetown aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Cortlandville with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Cortlandville grades C+ overall, better than 43% of U.S. towns and #445 of 745 in New York. It grades B for health and C+ for schools.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.
