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Tompkins County, NY

103,558 Population
474.6 square miles 218.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.2 ±0.9 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New York: 40.2 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$42,764 ±$4,887 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New York: $48,847 ±$350
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$67,247 ±$5,708 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New York: $82,095 ±$500
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

15.9% ±2.7% (13,995  ±2,393) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 14.2% 2,702,955 (±0.3% / ±50,606)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

21.2 minutes ±1.8 (885,960  ±97,193) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in New York: 32.8 270,341,980 (±0.2 / ±2,010,778)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

43,054 ±1,589 Number of households
  • New York: 7,809,267 ±17,008
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2 ±0.1 (87,611  ±750) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New York: 2.4 † 18,954,246 (±71.1 / ±-555,555,600)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 † 326,701,630 (±4.2 / ±-555,555,600)

5% ±2.3% (1,550  ±710) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 4.9% 223,651 (±0.2% / ±9,540)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

48,199 ±370 Number of housing units
  • New York: 8,631,232 ±832
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$263,100 ±$26,306 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New York: $420,200 ±$4,220
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

27.5% ±3.3% (28,121  ±3,367.4) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in New York: 9.6% 1,865,276 (±0.2% / ±35,369.7)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±,198,133.8)

Social

95.7% ±5.5% (58,158  ±3,439.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 88.3% 12,264,360 (±0.4% / ±57,263.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±,278,776.4)
60.7% ±4.2% (36,856  ±2,620) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New York: 40.6% 5,642,907 (±0.3% / ±38,336)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±,181,834.5)

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

12.9% ±69,287.4% (13,375  ±1,845) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New York: 23.1% † 4,517,996 (±,655.3% / ±40,543)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 14.3% † 47,831,412 (±23.7% / ±190,469)

2.9% ±0.9% (2,554  ±791) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New York: 3.6% 563,400 (±0.1% / ±10,870)
  • about half the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
2,554 Total veterans ±791 2,302 Male ±744 252 Female ±191

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