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Ithaca, NY

31,792 Population
5.4 square miles 5,899.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

23.6 ±0.5 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Ithaca, NY Metro Area: 32.8 ±0.3
  • about three-fifths of the figure in New York: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$32,133 ±$2,112 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Ithaca, NY Metro Area: $42,505 ±$1,376
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New York: $49,520 ±$230
$48,617 ±$2,693 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Ithaca, NY Metro Area: $73,012 ±$3,102
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New York: $84,578 ±$372

28.4% ±3.8% (6,821  ±908) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in the Ithaca, NY Metro Area: 15.3% 13,547 (±1.3% / ±1,167)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 13.7% 2,656,674 (±0.1% / ±27,351)

19.3 minutes ±1.7 (205,575  ±26,096) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Ithaca, NY Metro Area: 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

13,842 ±531 Number of households
  • the Ithaca, NY Metro Area: 43,269 ±560
  • New York: 7,668,956 ±12,766
1.7 ±0.1 (23,843  ±279) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Ithaca, NY Metro Area: 2 88,419 (±0 / ±187)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,274,232

0.8% ±0.7% (95  ±77) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Ithaca, NY Metro Area: 2.8% † 852 (±0.6% / ±193)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in New York: 4.9% 230,168 (±0.1% / ±4,006)

Housing

15,607 ±482 Number of housing units
  • the Ithaca, NY Metro Area: 47,362 ±116
  • New York: 8,539,536 ±1,410

$330,100 ±$17,296 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Ithaca, NY Metro Area: $271,500 ±$11,485
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New York: $403,000 ±$1,347

45.7% ±3.9% (14,473  ±1,240.2) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Ithaca, NY Metro Area: 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

95.4% ±4.7% (13,769  ±910.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Ithaca, NY Metro Area: 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)
70.2% ±4.3% (10,132  ±764.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Ithaca, NY Metro Area: 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

18.8% ±1.9% (5,965  ±602) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Ithaca, NY Metro Area: 13.1% 13,518
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New York: 22.6% 4,499,147

1.8% ±0.5% (533  ±157) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the Ithaca, NY Metro Area: 3.8% † 3,310 (±0.5% / ±393)
  • about half the rate in New York: 3.9% 607,728 (±0% / ±6,791)
533 Total veterans ±157 458 Male ±135 75 Female ±58

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