Dryden vs Northwest Ithaca

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

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

Northwest Ithaca has the higher population (1,813 vs 1,783 in Dryden). Dryden has the higher median household income ($51,920 vs $49,044 in Northwest Ithaca). Northwest Ithaca has the higher median home value ($309,800 vs $211,700 in Dryden).

Population, income & housing

	Dryden	Northwest Ithaca
Population	1,783	1,813
Median age	45.6 yrs	54.2 yrs
Median household income	$51,920	$49,044
Median home value	$211,700	$309,800
Median gross rent	$936	$1,126
Housing units	991	933
Homeownership rate	54.4%	47.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.7%	58.4%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dryden	Northwest Ithaca
Population	2,144 → 1,783 (-16.8%)	1,439 → 1,813 (+26.0%)
Median household income	$58,833 → $51,920 (-11.8%)	$71,635 → $49,044 (-31.5%)
Median home value	$176,300 → $211,700 (+20.1%)	$245,900 → $309,800 (+26.0%)
Median gross rent	$759 → $936 (+23.3%)	$1,056 → $1,126 (+6.6%)

Dryden

Population

2,1441,783

Median household income

$58,833$51,920

Median home value

$176,300$211,700

Median gross rent

$759$936

Northwest Ithaca

Population

1,4391,813

Median household income

$71,635$49,044

Median home value

$245,900$309,800

Median gross rent

$1,056$1,126

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dryden	Northwest Ithaca
Under 5	6.9%	3.2%
5 to 17	10.5%	17.3%
18 to 24	9.1%	1.5%
25 to 34	13.2%	8.4%
35 to 44	9.0%	7.1%
45 to 54	15.3%	13.5%
55 to 64	14.8%	15.6%
65 to 74	15.9%	14.7%
75 and over	5.3%	18.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dryden	Northwest Ithaca
White (non-Hispanic)	86.9%	77.3%
Black or African American	0.7%	9.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.3%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.3%	9.5%
Hispanic or Latino	7.5%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dryden	Northwest Ithaca
No high school diploma	4.4%	7.1%
High school graduate	16.4%	15.7%
Some college or associate's	34.5%	18.8%
Bachelor's degree	24.0%	24.8%
Graduate or professional degree	20.7%	33.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dryden	Northwest Ithaca
Drove alone	68.9%	56.0%
Carpooled	10.7%	16.5%
Public transit	0.8%	1.3%
Walked	0.0%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.0%
Worked from home	17.3%	20.0%
Other means	2.4%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dryden	Northwest Ithaca
1-unit, detached	53.1%	34.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	13.2%
2 to 4 units	26.4%	15.6%
5 to 19 units	11.2%	16.4%
20 or more units	8.2%	20.7%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dryden	Northwest Ithaca
Poverty rate	20.2%	16.3%
Average household size	1.90	1.87
Mean commute (minutes)	23	18
Median year structure built	1975	1992