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Ira town, Cayuga County, NY

2,019 Population
34.8 square miles 58 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.8 ±3.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Cayuga County: 43.8 ±0.5
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$41,620 ±$4,571 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Cayuga County: $36,905 ±$1,015
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New York: $50,712 ±$237
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$97,019 ±$11,055 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Cayuga County: $67,904 ±$2,566
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New York: $85,974 ±$402
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

4.6% ±2.6% (92  ±53) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in Cayuga County: 13.5% 9,690 (±1.2% / ±889)
  • about one-third of the rate in New York: 14% 2,711,742 (±0.2% / ±29,111)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

30.4 minutes ±5.5 (28,515  ±7,784) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Cayuga County: 22.8 716,465 (±1.1 / ±39,238)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 32.6 258,262,370 (±0.1 / ±834,810)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

799 ±95 Number of households
  • Cayuga County: 31,524 ±438
  • New York: 7,722,646 ±12,717
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.4 (2,019  ±239) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Cayuga County: 2.3 71,384 (±0 / ±131)
  • about the same as the figure in New York: 2.5 19,227,424
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2.3% ±2.4% (10  ±11) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in Cayuga County: 6.4% † 955 (±1.3% / ±194)
  • about half the rate in New York: 4.9% 228,276 (±0.1% / ±4,383)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

870 ±93 Number of housing units
  • Cayuga County: 36,829 ±115
  • New York: 8,585,241 ±652
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$158,800 ±$16,255 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Cayuga County: $171,000 ±$3,760
  • about two-fifths of the amount in New York: $423,800 ±$1,627
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6.7% ±3.9% (134  ±80.7) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Cayuga County: 10.2% † 7,578 (±1.1% / ±836.7)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New York: 9.9% 1,939,072 (±0.1% / ±17,964.9)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.3% ±5% (1,307  ±171.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Cayuga County: 89.4% 49,123 (±2.4% / ±1,329.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 88% 12,332,714 (±0.2% / ±30,517.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
19.1% ±4.8% (264  ±73.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Cayuga County: 24.6% 13,529 (±1.2% / ±671.8)
  • about half the rate in New York: 40.2% 5,638,631 (±0.1% / ±20,283)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

3% ±3.7% (60  ±74) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Cayuga County: 2.6% 1,946
  • less than a fifth of the rate in New York: 22.8% 4,526,014
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.8% ±2.5% (126  ±44) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Cayuga County: 6.9% 4,189 (±0.6% / ±348)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 3.7% 581,776 (±0% / ±5,645)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
126 Total veterans ±44 121 Male ±43 5 Female ±7

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