County profile
Cortland County, NY
United States · GDP 2024
#1141 of 3,127 US counties by GDP43rd-percentile growthmore diversified than 48% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.4B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.8%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
14,353
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
981
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$54.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
45,850
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.3%
Median HH income
$70.4k±$2.9k
Bachelor's degree+
29.1%±2.0%
Poverty rate
12.8%±1.6%
Business applications
292 · 2025
Retail establishments
159
34.5/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1MacReport.Net, Inc.Communication Services———HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).
Industry mix · employment
Food & accommodation26%
Health care24%
Manufacturing20%
Retail trade19%
Other services6%
Professional services5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
45,850
residents · 2025 · -1.9% since 2020
Income per capita $52.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−691
International migration+92
Natural change−300
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.9B2019
$1.9B2020
$2.0B2021
$2.2B2022
$2.3B2023
$2.4B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$162.1k±$3.2k
Median gross rent
$984/mo±$50/mo
Vacancy rate
8.8%±1.8%
Affordability
3.0× wages
Residential permits
$9.0M
37 units · 0.8/1k pop
FEMA risk score
51.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 66Hurricane 59Ice storm 59
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2322016
2282017
2422018
2462019
2592020
2892021
3332022
3692023
3662024
4022025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -14% since 2021432021
412022
472023
412024
372025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
4.7 km
I-81
Nearest freight rail
5.2 km
NYSW
Nearest port
61.9 km
AMOCO
Nearest commercial airport
33.9 km
ITHACA TOMPKINS INTL
Filing activity
SEC EDGARWage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$54.6k
avg. annual pay · +31% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Cortland?
Cortland's economy produced $2.4B in 2024, growing 3.8% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is food & accommodation.
GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.