Cortland is a somewhat small city located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 7,062 people and four associated neighborhoods, Cortland is the 217th largest community in Ohio.

Also of interest is that Cortland has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 10.41% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Being a small city, Cortland does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

The education level of Cortland citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 37.34% of adults in Cortland have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Cortland in 2022 was $39,693, which is upper middle income relative to Ohio and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $158,772 for a family of four. However, Cortland contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Cortland home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Cortland residents report their race to be White, followed by Native Hawaiian. Important ancestries of people in Cortland include German, Italian, English, Slovak, and Irish.

The most common language spoken in Cortland is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Greek.