Cortland, NE

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Cortland, NE: 1 USPS ZIP, population 961. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet CORTLAND-NE · Cortland, NE 1 ZIPs · 961 pop · #5091/25278 · Gage County

INC-HIGH · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-HIGH · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-MID

  • INC-HIGH $96,250
  • RANK-UPPER #5091/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Filley
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 94% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 961
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $313,900

Nearest income peer: Filley, NE ( $1,071 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Cortland

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Cortland on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Cortland, NE sits among US cities with an upper-quartile household income, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 20%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
961
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$96,250
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

High-income footprint on only 1 ZIP: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $96,250 and home value $313,900 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 28.9%.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (93.7%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

Within Nebraska, Lincoln is the closest lower-income city and Winnetoon the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 22 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Cortland.

Population concentration

Cortland reads through its lone ZIP, 68331

961 ACS residents, one ZIP: 68331 is not the leading code inside Cortland, it is the only one on file. Treat the ZIP page as the primary source for anything below the city-wide total.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Dense ZBP book packed into Cortland's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 25 establishments, 119 employees , annual payroll $4,754k (~26 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 68331 (25 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (7) · also Transportation and warehousing · Construction .

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ZIP Codes in Cortland, NE

These ZIP codes sit in Gage County, which covers 12 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Cortland. See the Gage County roll-up →

Cortland sits in the upper half of Gage County on income: Beatrice, Wymore and Odell report less, while Adams reports more. Barneston marks the far end of that range at $49,583, 48% below Cortland.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
68331 961 $96,250 25 7

Cortland roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Cortland, .