Ithaca vs Northeast Ithaca

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

Ithaca 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.

Ithaca has the higher population (31,792 vs 2,575 in Northeast Ithaca). Northeast Ithaca has the higher median household income ($91,667 vs $48,617 in Ithaca). Northeast Ithaca has the higher median home value ($349,600 vs $330,100 in Ithaca).

Population, income & housing

	Ithaca	Northeast Ithaca
Population	31,792	2,575
Median age	23.6 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$48,617	$91,667
Median home value	$330,100	$349,600
Median gross rent	$1,441	$1,688
Housing units	15,607	1,276
Homeownership rate	28.9%	59.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	70.2%	85.6%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ithaca	Northeast Ithaca
Population	30,569 → 31,792 (+4.0%)	2,811 → 2,575 (-8.4%)
Median household income	$34,424 → $48,617 (+41.2%)	$67,593 → $91,667 (+35.6%)
Median home value	$239,100 → $330,100 (+38.1%)	$260,400 → $349,600 (+34.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,203 → $1,441 (+19.8%)	$1,415 → $1,688 (+19.3%)

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

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)

	Ithaca	Northeast Ithaca
Under 5	1.8%	3.5%
5 to 17	5.8%	15.3%
18 to 24	46.9%	9.2%
25 to 34	13.2%	15.1%
35 to 44	10.7%	15.0%
45 to 54	5.4%	16.3%
55 to 64	7.3%	9.7%
65 to 74	5.1%	6.4%
75 and over	3.6%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ithaca	Northeast Ithaca
White (non-Hispanic)	62.8%	72.2%
Black or African American	5.1%	4.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	15.1%	14.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	2.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	5.5%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	9.2%	6.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ithaca	Northeast Ithaca
No high school diploma	4.6%	1.9%
High school graduate	8.3%	7.9%
Some college or associate's	16.8%	4.6%
Bachelor's degree	26.7%	35.9%
Graduate or professional degree	43.5%	49.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ithaca	Northeast Ithaca
Drove alone	28.9%	36.6%
Carpooled	6.2%	13.2%
Public transit	11.0%	5.9%
Walked	23.7%	4.0%
Bicycle	1.8%	0.3%
Worked from home	26.2%	39.1%
Other means	2.3%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ithaca	Northeast Ithaca
1-unit, detached	29.1%	57.3%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	11.8%
2 to 4 units	22.5%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	20.8%	16.5%
20 or more units	21.9%	6.1%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ithaca	Northeast Ithaca
Poverty rate	28.4%	7.5%
Average household size	1.72	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	19	15
Median year structure built	1959	1968