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Ithaca, NY

31,359 Population
5.4 square miles 5,819.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

22.8 ±0.4 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Ithaca, NY Metro Area: 32.6 ±0.3
  • about three-fifths of the figure in New York: 39.3 ±0.1

Economics

$28,566 ±$2,350 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Ithaca, NY Metro Area: $40,781 ±$1,609
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New York: $47,173 ±$209
$45,468 ±$3,139 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Ithaca, NY Metro Area: $69,995 ±$2,807
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New York: $81,386 ±$350

33.1% ±3.3% (7,898  ±794) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Ithaca, NY Metro Area: 16% 14,232 (±1% / ±917)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 13.6% 2,655,662 (±0.1% / ±26,624)

18.4 minutes ±1.2 (203,455  ±21,653) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Ithaca, NY Metro Area: 20.2 818,805 (±0.7 / ±37,642)
  • about half the figure in New York: 33.2 275,523,680 (±0.1 / ±986,828)

Families

13,233 ±542 Number of households
  • the Ithaca, NY Metro Area: 42,984 ±487
  • New York: 7,604,523 ±13,178
1.8 ±0.1 (23,793  ±447) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Ithaca, NY Metro Area: 2.1 88,683 (±0 / ±186)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in New York: 2.6 19,400,424

0.7% ±0.4% (82  ±50) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Ithaca, NY Metro Area: 2.6% † 775 (±0.8% / ±236)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in New York: 4.8% 228,348 (±0.1% / ±4,362)

Housing

14,918 ±520 Number of housing units
  • the Ithaca, NY Metro Area: 46,728 ±101
  • New York: 8,494,452 ±916

$324,300 ±$15,300 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Ithaca, NY Metro Area: $264,300 ±$8,113
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New York: $384,100 ±$1,487

45.5% ±3.7% (14,261  ±1,173) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Ithaca, NY Metro Area: 27.3% 27,856 (±1.7% / ±1,748.5)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 10.2% 2,026,056 (±0.1% / ±17,574.7)

Social

96.2% ±4.7% (12,726  ±,867.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Ithaca, NY Metro Area: 95.7% 58,512 (±2.7% / ±1,676.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 87.6% 12,281,021 (±0.2% / ±31,135.3)
69.4% ±4.4% (9,183  ±,729.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Ithaca, NY Metro Area: 57.5% 35,157 (±2.1% / ±1,309.7)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New York: 38.8% 5,439,415 (±0.2% / ±20,453)

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

19.7% ±2.1% (6,176  ±657) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Ithaca, NY Metro Area: 13% 13,296
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 22.6% 4,508,936

1.4% ±0.6% (414  ±172) Population with veteran status
  • about one-third of the rate in the Ithaca, NY Metro Area: 4.1% † 3,626 (±0.4% / ±389)
  • about one-third of the rate in New York: 4% 634,062 (±0% / ±5,837)
414 Total veterans ±172 342 Male ±144 72 Female ±60

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