Home values, rents and more in Cortland, NY
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Cortland compares
The typical home in Cortland, NY is worth about $211,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Cortland are about the same as the typical value in the Cortland metro area ($210,000) and 42% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Cortland rose 5.6%, compared with +6.3% in the Cortland metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,143 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), about the same as the Cortland metro area ($1,150) and 41% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 10.6% over the past year.
The median household income is $59,482, against $70,418 in the Cortland metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 17,450 people live in Cortland (American Community Survey 2020–24).
Cortland has the 169th-lowest typical home value of the 728 cities in New York with Zillow figures.
Part of: Cortland County, NY · Cortland metro area · New York
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Sources
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, middle tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, September 2026. Rents: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), seasonally adjusted. Population: Census population estimates (July 2025) for states, metros and counties; ACS 2020–24 for cities and ZIP codes. Income: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–24 5-year estimates. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files. Compiled by Home Economics.
"Typical" is Zillow's middle-tier value (homes between the 35th and 65th percentiles), not a median sale price. Changes are over the 12 months to September 2026.