Dryden vs East Ithaca

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

Dryden and East Ithaca are places in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

East Ithaca has the higher population (2,372 vs 1,783 in Dryden). East Ithaca has the higher median household income ($108,839 vs $51,920 in Dryden). East Ithaca has the higher median home value ($320,900 vs $211,700 in Dryden).

Population, income & housing

	Dryden	East Ithaca
Population	1,783	2,372
Median age	45.6 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$51,920	$108,839
Median home value	$211,700	$320,900
Median gross rent	$936	$1,657
Housing units	991	1,314
Homeownership rate	54.4%	55.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.7%	76.4%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dryden	East Ithaca
Population	2,144 → 1,783 (-16.8%)	1,886 → 2,372 (+25.8%)
Median household income	$58,833 → $51,920 (-11.8%)	$60,519 → $108,839 (+79.8%)
Median home value	$176,300 → $211,700 (+20.1%)	$242,900 → $320,900 (+32.1%)
Median gross rent	$759 → $936 (+23.3%)	$1,136 → $1,657 (+45.9%)

Dryden

Population

2,1441,783

Median household income

$58,833$51,920

Median home value

$176,300$211,700

Median gross rent

$759$936

East Ithaca

Population

1,8862,372

Median household income

$60,519$108,839

Median home value

$242,900$320,900

Median gross rent

$1,136$1,657

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dryden	East Ithaca
Under 5	6.9%	4.9%
5 to 17	10.5%	8.1%
18 to 24	9.1%	15.8%
25 to 34	13.2%	13.9%
35 to 44	9.0%	13.4%
45 to 54	15.3%	6.8%
55 to 64	14.8%	11.6%
65 to 74	15.9%	12.8%
75 and over	5.3%	12.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dryden	East Ithaca
White (non-Hispanic)	86.9%	82.9%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	7.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	1.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	7.5%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dryden	East Ithaca
No high school diploma	4.4%	1.7%
High school graduate	16.4%	9.9%
Some college or associate's	34.5%	12.0%
Bachelor's degree	24.0%	33.7%
Graduate or professional degree	20.7%	42.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dryden	East Ithaca
Drove alone	68.9%	65.4%
Carpooled	10.7%	7.4%
Public transit	0.8%	2.5%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.3%	21.4%
Other means	2.4%	3.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dryden	East Ithaca
1-unit, detached	53.1%	37.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	13.4%
2 to 4 units	26.4%	17.9%
5 to 19 units	11.2%	6.6%
20 or more units	8.2%	16.1%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	8.1%

Poverty & households

	Dryden	East Ithaca
Poverty rate	20.2%	7.7%
Average household size	1.90	1.95
Mean commute (minutes)	23	21
Median year structure built	1975	1978