Dryden vs Northeast Ithaca

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

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

Northeast Ithaca has the higher population (2,575 vs 1,783 in Dryden). Northeast Ithaca has the higher median household income ($91,667 vs $51,920 in Dryden). Northeast Ithaca has the higher median home value ($349,600 vs $211,700 in Dryden).

Population, income & housing

	Dryden	Northeast Ithaca
Population	1,783	2,575
Median age	45.6 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$51,920	$91,667
Median home value	$211,700	$349,600
Median gross rent	$936	$1,688
Housing units	991	1,276
Homeownership rate	54.4%	59.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.7%	85.6%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dryden	Northeast Ithaca
Population	2,144 → 1,783 (-16.8%)	2,811 → 2,575 (-8.4%)
Median household income	$58,833 → $51,920 (-11.8%)	$67,593 → $91,667 (+35.6%)
Median home value	$176,300 → $211,700 (+20.1%)	$260,400 → $349,600 (+34.3%)
Median gross rent	$759 → $936 (+23.3%)	$1,415 → $1,688 (+19.3%)

Dryden

Population

2,1441,783

Median household income

$58,833$51,920

Median home value

$176,300$211,700

Median gross rent

$759$936

Northeast Ithaca

Population

2,8112,575

Median household income

$67,593$91,667

Median home value

$260,400$349,600

Median gross rent

$1,415$1,688

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dryden	Northeast Ithaca
Under 5	6.9%	3.5%
5 to 17	10.5%	15.3%
18 to 24	9.1%	9.2%
25 to 34	13.2%	15.1%
35 to 44	9.0%	15.0%
45 to 54	15.3%	16.3%
55 to 64	14.8%	9.7%
65 to 74	15.9%	6.4%
75 and over	5.3%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dryden	Northeast Ithaca
White (non-Hispanic)	86.9%	72.2%
Black or African American	0.7%	4.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	14.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.3%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.3%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	7.5%	6.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dryden	Northeast Ithaca
No high school diploma	4.4%	1.9%
High school graduate	16.4%	7.9%
Some college or associate's	34.5%	4.6%
Bachelor's degree	24.0%	35.9%
Graduate or professional degree	20.7%	49.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dryden	Northeast Ithaca
Drove alone	68.9%	36.6%
Carpooled	10.7%	13.2%
Public transit	0.8%	5.9%
Walked	0.0%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	17.3%	39.1%
Other means	2.4%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dryden	Northeast Ithaca
1-unit, detached	53.1%	57.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	11.8%
2 to 4 units	26.4%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	11.2%	16.5%
20 or more units	8.2%	6.1%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dryden	Northeast Ithaca
Poverty rate	20.2%	7.5%
Average household size	1.90	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	23	15
Median year structure built	1975	1968