Ithaca vs Perrinton

A side-by-side comparison of Ithaca and Perrinton: population, income, housing, and more.

Ithaca and Perrinton are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Ithaca has the higher population (2,831 vs 467 in Perrinton). Ithaca has the higher median household income ($62,375 vs $52,868 in Perrinton). Ithaca has the higher median home value ($126,600 vs $99,400 in Perrinton).

Population, income & housing

	Ithaca	Perrinton
Population	2,831	467
Median age	42.7 yrs	32.9 yrs
Median household income	$62,375	$52,868
Median home value	$126,600	$99,400
Median gross rent	$802	$1,000
Housing units	1,240	181
Homeownership rate	71.1%	72.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.2%	8.6%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	9.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ithaca	Perrinton
Population	2,797 → 2,831 (+1.2%)	526 → 467 (-11.2%)
Median household income	$48,229 → $62,375 (+29.3%)	$43,889 → $52,868 (+20.5%)
Median home value	$88,800 → $126,600 (+42.6%)	$73,800 → $99,400 (+34.7%)
Median gross rent	$699 → $802 (+14.7%)	$790 → $1,000 (+26.6%)

Ithaca

Population

2,7972,831

Median household income

$48,229$62,375

Median home value

$88,800$126,600

Median gross rent

$699$802

Perrinton

Population

526467

Median household income

$43,889$52,868

Median home value

$73,800$99,400

Median gross rent

$790$1,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ithaca	Perrinton
Under 5	6.7%	13.1%
5 to 17	10.1%	14.8%
18 to 24	14.2%	10.1%
25 to 34	14.6%	13.9%
35 to 44	10.1%	12.2%
45 to 54	13.8%	8.4%
55 to 64	16.6%	7.7%
65 to 74	5.5%	12.2%
75 and over	8.4%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ithaca	Perrinton
White (non-Hispanic)	86.4%	90.6%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	7.3%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ithaca	Perrinton
No high school diploma	7.7%	7.2%
High school graduate	35.4%	50.3%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	21.3%	7.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ithaca	Perrinton
Drove alone	89.8%	75.9%
Carpooled	1.7%	15.4%
Public transit	3.4%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	4.3%
Bicycle	2.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	1.2%
Other means	0.0%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ithaca	Perrinton
1-unit, detached	68.8%	77.9%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	3.9%
20 or more units	8.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.8%	18.2%

Poverty & households

	Ithaca	Perrinton
Poverty rate	19.2%	14.3%
Average household size	2.35	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	22	31
Median year structure built	1957	1956