East Ithaca vs Ithaca

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

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

Ithaca has the higher population (31,792 vs 2,372 in East Ithaca). East Ithaca has the higher median household income ($108,839 vs $48,617 in Ithaca). Ithaca has the higher median home value ($330,100 vs $320,900 in East Ithaca).

Population, income & housing

	East Ithaca	Ithaca
Population	2,372	31,792
Median age	40.2 yrs	23.6 yrs
Median household income	$108,839	$48,617
Median home value	$320,900	$330,100
Median gross rent	$1,657	$1,441
Housing units	1,314	15,607
Homeownership rate	55.1%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	76.4%	70.2%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Ithaca	Ithaca
Population	1,886 → 2,372 (+25.8%)	30,569 → 31,792 (+4.0%)
Median household income	$60,519 → $108,839 (+79.8%)	$34,424 → $48,617 (+41.2%)
Median home value	$242,900 → $320,900 (+32.1%)	$239,100 → $330,100 (+38.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,136 → $1,657 (+45.9%)	$1,203 → $1,441 (+19.8%)

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

Ithaca

Population

30,56931,792

Median household income

$34,424$48,617

Median home value

$239,100$330,100

Median gross rent

$1,203$1,441

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Ithaca	Ithaca
Under 5	4.9%	1.8%
5 to 17	8.1%	5.8%
18 to 24	15.8%	46.9%
25 to 34	13.9%	13.2%
35 to 44	13.4%	10.7%
45 to 54	6.8%	5.4%
55 to 64	11.6%	7.3%
65 to 74	12.8%	5.1%
75 and over	12.9%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Ithaca	Ithaca
White (non-Hispanic)	82.9%	62.8%
Black or African American	0.3%	5.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	7.7%	15.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	2.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	6.2%	9.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Ithaca	Ithaca
No high school diploma	1.7%	4.6%
High school graduate	9.9%	8.3%
Some college or associate's	12.0%	16.8%
Bachelor's degree	33.7%	26.7%
Graduate or professional degree	42.7%	43.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Ithaca	Ithaca
Drove alone	65.4%	28.9%
Carpooled	7.4%	6.2%
Public transit	2.5%	11.0%
Walked	0.0%	23.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.8%
Worked from home	21.4%	26.2%
Other means	3.3%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Ithaca	Ithaca
1-unit, detached	37.8%	29.1%
1-unit, attached	13.4%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	17.9%	22.5%
5 to 19 units	6.6%	20.8%
20 or more units	16.1%	21.9%
Mobile home & other	8.1%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	East Ithaca	Ithaca
Poverty rate	7.7%	28.4%
Average household size	1.95	1.72
Mean commute (minutes)	21	19
Median year structure built	1978	1959