For population 25 years and over in Cortland West:
High school or higher: 89.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 32.3%
Graduate or professional degree: 18.4%
Unemployed: 3.6%
Mean travel time to work (commute): 18.0 minutes
For population 15 years and over in Cortland West CDP:
Never married: 17.9%
Now married: 68.8%
Separated: 2.0%
Widowed: 2.7%
Divorced: 8.7%
51 residents are foreign born (2.5% Europe, 0.8% Asia, 0.4% North America).
This place:
3.8%
New York:
20.4%
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2009: $4,625 (2.4%) Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2009: $3,654 (2.3%)
Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Syracuse, NY (31.7 miles , pop. 147,306).
Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Rochester, NY (80.9 miles , pop. 219,773).
Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Bronx, NY (171.0 miles , pop. 1,332,650).
Cortland West-area historical tornado activity is near New York state average. It is 55% smaller than the overall U.S. average.
On 5/31/1998, a category F3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 36.3 miles away from the Cortland West place center injured 12 peopleand caused $3 million in damages.
On 5/2/1983, a category F3 tornado 38.3 miles away from the place center injured 6 peopleand causedbetween $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.
Earthquake activity:
Cortland West-area historical earthquake activity is significantly below New York state average. It is 97% smaller than the overall U.S. average.
On 6/17/1991 at 08:53:16, a magnitude 4.1 (4.0 MB, 4.0 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 78.5 miles away from the city center On 3/12/1994 at 10:43:15, a magnitude 3.6 (3.5 LG, 3.6 LG, Depth: 0.6 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: II - III) earthquake occurred 85.2 miles away from Cortland West center On 2/3/2001 at 20:15:15, a magnitude 3.2 (3.2 LG) earthquake occurred 62.3 miles away from the city center On 7/31/1997 at 07:15:29, a magnitude 3.2 (3.2 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 83.3 miles away from the city center Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB)
Natural disasters:
The number of natural disasters in Niagara County (17) is greater than the US average (12). Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 8 Emergencies Declared: 9
Causes of natural disasters: Snowstorms: 4, Storms: 4, Floods: 3, Winter Storms: 2, Wind: 1, Blizzard: 1, Chemical Waste: 1, Flood: 1, Hurricane: 1, Power Outage: 1, Snow: 1, Other: 1 (Note: Some incidents may be assigned to more than one category).
Hospitals/medical centers near Cortland West:
"CORTLAND REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, INC" (Acute Care Hospitals, Voluntary non-profit - Private, provides emergency services, about 6 miles away; CORTLAND, NY)
CAYUGA MEDICAL CENTER AT ITHACA (Acute Care Hospitals, Voluntary non-profit - Private, provides emergency services, about 19 miles away; ITHACA, NY)
COMMUNITY-GENERAL HOSPITAL OF GREATER SYRACUSE (Acute Care Hospitals, Voluntary non-profit - Private, provides emergency services, about 27 miles away; SYRACUSE, NY)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Cortland West:
SUNY College at Cortland (about 2 miles; Cortland, NY; Full-time enrollment: 6,439)
Tompkins Cortland Community College (about 8 miles; Dryden, NY; FT enrollment: 2,874)
Cornell University (about 17 miles; Ithaca, NY; FT enrollment: 20,529)
Ithaca College (about 19 miles; Ithaca, NY; FT enrollment: 6,783)
Onondaga Community College (about 29 miles; Syracuse, NY; FT enrollment: 6,666)
Cayuga County Community College (about 30 miles; Auburn, NY; FT enrollment: 2,480)
Syracuse University (about 32 miles; Syracuse, NY; FT enrollment: 17,074)
Air Quality Index (AQI) level in 2010 was 25.5. This is better than average.
City:
25.5
U.S.:
32.0
Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) [ppb] level in 2010 was 1.18. This is significantly better than average.Closest monitor was 24.1 miles away from the city center.
City:
1.18
U.S.:
2.43
Ozone [ppb] level in 2010 was 30.1. This is about average.Closest monitor was 24.1 miles away from the city center.
City:
30.1
U.S.:
28.3
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 4.5%
(3.8% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 100.0% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 0.0% for two or more races residents)
Average household size:
This place:
2.5 people
New York:
2.4 people
Percentage of family households:
This place:
78.1%
Whole state:
64.6%
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This place:
4.5%
Whole state:
5.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
Religion statistics for Cortland West (based on Niagara County data)
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 56.25%
Here
56.3%
USA
50.2%
Adherents
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations
Name
Catholic Church
Lutheran Church
United Methodist Church
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Presbyterian Church (USA)
Adherents
63.5%
9.1%
6.2%
4.2%
3.5%
Congregations
19.2%
10.4%
11.0%
7.7%
7.1%
Name
Episcopal Church
American Baptist Churches in the USA
United Church of Christ
Assemblies of God
Other
Adherents
2.5%
2.0%
1.7%
1.2%
6.1%
Congregations
6.0%
5.5%
4.9%
3.8%
24.2%
Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center. Tables represent county-level data.
Food Environment Statistics:
Number of grocery stores: 33
This county:
1.54 / 10,000 pop.
New York:
4.13 / 10,000 pop.
Number of supercenters and club stores: 1
Niagara County:
0.05 / 10,000 pop.
New York:
0.06 / 10,000 pop.
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 27
This county:
1.26 / 10,000 pop.
State:
0.92 / 10,000 pop.
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 64
Niagara County:
2.99 / 10,000 pop.
New York:
1.68 / 10,000 pop.
Number of full-service restaurants: 172
Niagara County:
8.02 / 10,000 pop.
State:
8.82 / 10,000 pop.
Adult diabetes rate:
Here:
8.4%
State:
8.2%
Adult obesity rate:
This county:
26.6%
New York:
23.8%
Low-income preschool obesity rate:
Niagara County:
13.2%
New York:
15.6%
3.89% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($35,910 average adjusted gross income)
Here:
3.89%
New York average:
5.41%
0.07% of residents moved from foreign countries ($521 average AGI)
Niagara County:
0.07%
New York average:
0.24%
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
