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Lansing town, Tompkins County, NY

11,717 Population
60.5 square miles 193.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.5 ±3.2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Tompkins County: 32.8 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$54,781 ±$7,594 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Tompkins County: $42,505 ±$1,376
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New York: $49,520 ±$230
$88,887 ±$9,416 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Tompkins County: $73,012 ±$3,102
  • a little higher than the amount in New York: $84,578 ±$372

10.8% ±4.3% (1,261  ±500) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Tompkins County: 15.3% 13,547 (±1.3% / ±1,167)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New York: 13.7% 2,656,674 (±0.1% / ±27,351)

19.4 minutes ±1.5 (100,265  ±12,639) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Tompkins County: 20.5 803,620 (±0.6 / ±34,475)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in New York: 32.8 266,142,800 (±0.1 / ±921,890)

Families

4,881 ±309 Number of households
  • Tompkins County: 43,269 ±560
  • New York: 7,668,956 ±12,766
2.4 ±0.2 (11,626  ±30) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Tompkins County: 2 88,419 (±0 / ±187)
  • a little less than the figure in New York: 2.5 19,274,232

5.4% ±2.7% (161  ±83) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in Tompkins County: 2.8% † 852 (±0.6% / ±193)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 4.9% 230,168 (±0.1% / ±4,006)

Housing

5,400 ±354 Number of housing units
  • Tompkins County: 47,362 ±116
  • New York: 8,539,536 ±1,410

$299,000 ±$42,105 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Tompkins County: $271,500 ±$11,485
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New York: $403,000 ±$1,347

21.1% ±5.7% (2,434  ±650.8) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Tompkins County: 27.3% 27,945 (±1.8% / ±1,849.3)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 10.1% 1,981,213 (±0.1% / ±18,773.1)

Social

97% ±4.6% (7,200  ±631.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Tompkins County: 95.9% 58,979 (±2.6% / ±1,611.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 87.9% 12,297,601 (±0.2% / ±31,621.6)
65% ±4.5% (4,827  ±488.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Tompkins County: 59.3% 36,447 (±2% / ±1,242.3)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New York: 39.6% 5,535,503 (±0.2% / ±20,933.1)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

15.3% ±2.9% (1,796  ±336) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Tompkins County: 13.1% 13,518
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New York: 22.6% 4,499,147

3.1% ±1.3% (278  ±117) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Tompkins County: 3.8% † 3,310 (±0.5% / ±393)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New York: 3.9% 607,728 (±0% / ±6,791)
278 Total veterans ±117 244 Male ±115 34 Female ±35

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