Ithaca vs St. Louis

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

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

St. Louis has the higher population (6,926 vs 2,831 in Ithaca). Ithaca has the higher median household income ($62,375 vs $46,096 in St. Louis). Ithaca has the higher median home value ($126,600 vs $115,700 in St. Louis).

Population, income & housing

	Ithaca	St. Louis
Population	2,831	6,926
Median age	42.7 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$62,375	$46,096
Median home value	$126,600	$115,700
Median gross rent	$802	$865
Housing units	1,240	1,494
Homeownership rate	71.1%	68.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.2%	6.8%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ithaca	St. Louis
Population	2,797 → 2,831 (+1.2%)	7,189 → 6,926 (-3.7%)
Median household income	$48,229 → $62,375 (+29.3%)	$41,726 → $46,096 (+10.5%)
Median home value	$88,800 → $126,600 (+42.6%)	$82,100 → $115,700 (+40.9%)
Median gross rent	$699 → $802 (+14.7%)	$682 → $865 (+26.8%)

Ithaca

Population

2,7972,831

Median household income

$48,229$62,375

Median home value

$88,800$126,600

Median gross rent

$699$802

St. Louis

Population

7,1896,926

Median household income

$41,726$46,096

Median home value

$82,100$115,700

Median gross rent

$682$865

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ithaca	St. Louis
Under 5	6.7%	2.7%
5 to 17	10.1%	8.0%
18 to 24	14.2%	10.6%
25 to 34	14.6%	21.8%
35 to 44	10.1%	19.8%
45 to 54	13.8%	14.8%
55 to 64	16.6%	10.8%
65 to 74	5.5%	7.2%
75 and over	8.4%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ithaca	St. Louis
White (non-Hispanic)	86.4%	59.3%
Black or African American	0.5%	25.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.9%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	7.3%	10.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ithaca	St. Louis
No high school diploma	7.7%	12.9%
High school graduate	35.4%	50.6%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	29.7%
Bachelor's degree	21.3%	4.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ithaca	St. Louis
Drove alone	89.8%	88.2%
Carpooled	1.7%	4.0%
Public transit	3.4%	0.6%
Walked	1.5%	2.3%
Bicycle	2.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	4.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ithaca	St. Louis
1-unit, detached	68.8%	61.1%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	7.5%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	11.0%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	9.3%
20 or more units	8.1%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	4.8%	9.0%

Poverty & households

	Ithaca	St. Louis
Poverty rate	19.2%	15.4%
Average household size	2.35	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	22	18
Median year structure built	1957	1967