Cortland Counts: An Assessment of Health and Well Being in Cortland County NY
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Section 3: Report of Findings

X. Housing & Environment

Table HE-16: General Population & Housing Characteristics, 1990

 

Subject Number
 
Total Population 48,963
 
Sex
   Male 23,330
   Female 25,633
 
Age
   Under 5 years 3,475
   5 to 17 years 8,666
   18 to 20 years 4,268
   21 to 24 years 4,061
   25 to 44 years 14,184
   45 to 54 years 4,600
   55 to 59 years 1,875
   60 to 64 years 1,881
   65 to 74 years 3,299
   75 to 84 years 2,016
   85 years and over 638
 
   Under 18 years 12,141
 
   65 years and over 5,953
 
Households by type
Total housholds 17,247
Family Households (families) 11,799
   Married-couple families 9,461
   Other family, male householder 657
   Other family, female householder 1,681
Nonfamily households 5,448
   Householder living alone 4,070
   Householder 65 years & over 1,860
 
Persons living in households 45,664
Persons per household 2.65
 
Group Quarters
Persons living in group quarters 3,299
   Institutionalized persosns 510
   Other persons in group quarters 2,789
 
Race & Hispanic origin
White 48,132
Black 348
American Indian, Eskimo or Aleut 135
Asian or Pacific Islander 122
Other race 126
 
Hispanic origin (of any race) 447
 
Total housing units 18,681
 
Occupancy & Tenure  
Occupied housing units 17,247
   Owner occupied 11,103
   Renter occupied 6,144
Vacant housing units 1,434
   for seasonal, recreational,
   or occasional use
537
 
Homeowner vacancy rate 1.3
Rental vacancy rate 5.0
 
Persons per owner-occupied unit 2.81

Persons per renter-occupied unit

2.35
 
Units with over 1 person per room 280
 
Units in Structure
1-unit detached 10,830
1-unit attatched 1663
2-4 units 3,707
5-9 units 944
10 or more units 1,054
Mobile home, trailer or other 1,983
 
Value  
Specified owner-occupied housing units 7,568
Less than $50,000 2,029
$50,000-$99,000 4,477
$100,000-$149,000 803
$150,000-$199,000 172
$200,000-$299,000 75
$300,000 or more 12
 
median dollars 66,200
 
Contract Rent
Specified renter-occupied housing units paying cash rent 5,633
less than $250 1,508
$250-$499 3,750
$500-$749 223
$750-$999 73
$1000 or more 79
 
median dollars 66,200
 
Race & Hispanic Origin of Housholder
Occupied housing units 17,247
White 17,035
Black 91
American Indian, Eskimo or Aleut 43
Asian or Pacific Islander 54
Other race 24
  
Hispanic origin (of any race) 125

 

 

Cortland Counts: An Assessment of Health and Well Being in Cortland County NY
July 2001 Executive Summary and Report of Findings

The Seven Valleys Health Coalition, Inc.
in cooperation with
Cortland County Health Department
Cortland Memorial Hospital
Community Outreach Partnership Center, COPC of SUNY Cortland
United Way for Cortland County, Inc.

These five organizations make up the Cortland Community Assessment Team (CAT)

Seven Valleys Health Coalition, Inc.
50 Clinton Avenue
Cortland, NY 13045
(607) 756-4198
jackie@sevenvalleyshealth.org