The median home value in Cortland, NY is $209,342 as of 2026-06-30, up 6.56% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$209,342
Year-over-Year
+6.56%
Population
17,197
Cortland ranks #79 of 95 New York cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 53.1% below the state's city median of $446,289. It sits in Cortland County, where the county-wide median is $208,576.
Cortland police recorded a violent crime rate of 227 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the range for reporting cities. Property crime runs at 2,954 per 100,000.
Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).
The median home value in Cortland is $209,342. That's up 6.56% from a year earlier. That is about 53.1% below the typical county in New York.
Homes in Cortland are more expensive than Cortland County as a whole, where the median is $208,576 — a difference of about 0.4%.
Cortland police reported 227 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 17,197. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.