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Ithaca town, Tompkins County, NY

20,968 Population
28.9 square miles 724.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

29.3 ±2.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Tompkins County: 32.3 ±0.3
  • about three-quarters of the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$46,170 ±$3,847 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Tompkins County: $41,808 ±$1,340
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New York: $50,712 ±$237
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$105,978 ±$17,785 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Tompkins County: $74,024 ±$4,332
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in New York: $85,974 ±$402
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

9.3% ±2.7% (1,405  ±401) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Tompkins County: 16.4% 14,612 (±1.4% / ±1,231)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New York: 14% 2,711,742 (±0.2% / ±29,111)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

16.6 minutes ±1.1 (107,330  ±12,150) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Tompkins County: 20.1 795,420 (±1 / ±48,326)
  • about half the figure in New York: 32.6 258,262,370 (±0.1 / ±834,810)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

7,120 ±393 Number of households
  • Tompkins County: 43,263 ±611
  • New York: 7,722,646 ±12,717
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.1 (14,971  ±253) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Tompkins County: 2.1 88,953 (±0 / ±206)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,227,424
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

1.9% ±1.2% (124  ±80) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Tompkins County: 2.6% † 811 (±0.8% / ±238)
  • about two-fifths of 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

7,891 ±429 Number of housing units
  • Tompkins County: 47,804 ±131
  • New York: 8,585,241 ±652
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$368,700 ±$12,968 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Tompkins County: $290,900 ±$12,898
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New York: $423,800 ±$1,627
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

29.3% ±3.2% (6,099  ±672.9) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Tompkins County: 27.8% 28,828 (±1.9% / ±1,980.5)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 9.9% 1,939,072 (±0.1% / ±17,964.9)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

96.9% ±5% (10,965  ±702.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Tompkins County: 95.6% 58,473 (±2.6% / ±1,636.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 88% 12,332,714 (±0.2% / ±30,517.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
75.3% ±4.5% (8,526  ±606.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Tompkins County: 58.8% 35,958 (±2% / ±1,249.6)
  • nearly double the rate in New York: 40.2% 5,638,631 (±0.1% / ±20,283)
  • more than double 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

18.4% ±2.2% (3,864  ±458) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Tompkins County: 13% 13,534
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New York: 22.8% 4,526,014
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

3.6% ±1.1% (651  ±201) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Tompkins County: 3.6% † 3,260 (±0.4% / ±373)
  • a little less than the rate in New York: 3.7% 581,776 (±0% / ±5,645)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
651 Total veterans ±201 651 Male ±201 N/A Female ±25

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