Rank

3096of 3,144

Cortland, New York

Score 4.12 / 10· population 45,752

Midway between Syracuse and Binghamton, Cortland County is 502 mostly rural square miles around the city of Cortland. Educational services employed 3,705 residents over 2020-2024, the most of any industry, and CDC estimates put the county's 2020 fine-particle air pollution at 6.7 micrograms per cubic meter, under the US 7.3. Property tax bills, at a 2020-2024 median of $4,149, were a third higher than the US median, on homes with a $162,100 median value, under half the nation's.

Sources
  • Cortland County is in Central New York, midway between Syracuse and Binghamton; it is predominantly rural and covers 502 square miles; the City of Cortland is among its municipalities ny.gov
  • Educational services is the largest industry by resident employment in Cortland County, 3,705 people (Census ACS 2020-2024 five-year estimates, which Data USA labels 2024) datausa.io
  • County Health Rankings 2025 release, air pollution (average daily density of fine particulate matter, PM2.5): 6.7 micrograms per cubic meter in Cortland County, 7.3 in the United States countyhealthrankings.org
  • The 2025 County Health Rankings air pollution measure uses 2020 data from the CDC Environmental Public Health Tracking Network, in micrograms per cubic meter of PM2.5 countyhealthrankings.org
  • ACS 2020-2024 5-year: median real estate taxes paid $4,149 and median home value $162,100 in Cortland County; United States $3,119 and $332,700 (the county bill is 1.33 times the U.S. median; the home value is 49% of the U.S. median) api.censusreporter.org

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Eleven factors

Government behavior

  1. Fraser Institute state ranking (state)4.4
  2. 2A (state)0.0
  3. GOP + LP vote for President5.3
  4. Sales tax2.7
  5. Property tax0.0

Environment

  1. Air quality6.5
  2. Floods / hurricanes2.8

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate9.4
  2. Life expectancy6.6
  3. Government employees1.9
  4. Single-parent households5.6

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