Ithaca vs Lansing

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

Ithaca and Lansing 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 3,837 in Lansing). Lansing has the higher median household income ($75,901 vs $48,617 in Ithaca). Lansing has the higher median home value ($403,900 vs $330,100 in Ithaca).

Population, income & housing

	Ithaca	Lansing
Population	31,792	3,837
Median age	23.6 yrs	29.4 yrs
Median household income	$48,617	$75,901
Median home value	$330,100	$403,900
Median gross rent	$1,441	$1,729
Housing units	15,607	2,037
Homeownership rate	28.9%	26.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	70.2%	81.0%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ithaca	Lansing
Population	30,569 → 31,792 (+4.0%)	3,554 → 3,837 (+8.0%)
Median household income	$34,424 → $48,617 (+41.2%)	$66,846 → $75,901 (+13.5%)
Median home value	$239,100 → $330,100 (+38.1%)	$277,400 → $403,900 (+45.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,203 → $1,441 (+19.8%)	$1,421 → $1,729 (+21.7%)

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

Lansing

Population

3,5543,837

Median household income

$66,846$75,901

Median home value

$277,400$403,900

Median gross rent

$1,421$1,729

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ithaca	Lansing
Under 5	1.8%	7.5%
5 to 17	5.8%	8.6%
18 to 24	46.9%	19.8%
25 to 34	13.2%	25.6%
35 to 44	10.7%	10.0%
45 to 54	5.4%	10.3%
55 to 64	7.3%	8.8%
65 to 74	5.1%	5.1%
75 and over	3.6%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ithaca	Lansing
White (non-Hispanic)	62.8%	55.4%
Black or African American	5.1%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	15.1%	30.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	2.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.5%	8.9%
Hispanic or Latino	9.2%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ithaca	Lansing
No high school diploma	4.6%	4.5%
High school graduate	8.3%	5.8%
Some college or associate's	16.8%	8.7%
Bachelor's degree	26.7%	31.0%
Graduate or professional degree	43.5%	50.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ithaca	Lansing
Drove alone	28.9%	48.2%
Carpooled	6.2%	18.1%
Public transit	11.0%	9.8%
Walked	23.7%	2.1%
Bicycle	1.8%	7.9%
Worked from home	26.2%	13.9%
Other means	2.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ithaca	Lansing
1-unit, detached	29.1%	23.3%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	22.5%	12.0%
5 to 19 units	20.8%	45.3%
20 or more units	21.9%	17.5%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ithaca	Lansing
Poverty rate	28.4%	15.6%
Average household size	1.72	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	19	15
Median year structure built	1959	1984