Ithaca vs South Hill

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

Ithaca and South Hill 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 6,805 in South Hill). South Hill has the higher median household income ($112,437 vs $48,617 in Ithaca). South Hill has the higher median home value ($335,100 vs $330,100 in Ithaca).

Population, income & housing

	Ithaca	South Hill
Population	31,792	6,805
Median age	23.6 yrs	20.1 yrs
Median household income	$48,617	$112,437
Median home value	$330,100	$335,100
Median gross rent	$1,441	$1,647
Housing units	15,607	1,286
Homeownership rate	28.9%	62.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	70.2%	65.0%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ithaca	South Hill
Population	30,569 → 31,792 (+4.0%)	6,551 → 6,805 (+3.9%)
Median household income	$34,424 → $48,617 (+41.2%)	$61,875 → $112,437 (+81.7%)
Median home value	$239,100 → $330,100 (+38.1%)	$229,900 → $335,100 (+45.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,203 → $1,441 (+19.8%)	$1,332 → $1,647 (+23.6%)

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

South Hill

Population

6,5516,805

Median household income

$61,875$112,437

Median home value

$229,900$335,100

Median gross rent

$1,332$1,647

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ithaca	South Hill
Under 5	1.8%	1.0%
5 to 17	5.8%	6.3%
18 to 24	46.9%	66.6%
25 to 34	13.2%	4.1%
35 to 44	10.7%	5.6%
45 to 54	5.4%	4.3%
55 to 64	7.3%	5.8%
65 to 74	5.1%	2.1%
75 and over	3.6%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ithaca	South Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	62.8%	61.7%
Black or African American	5.1%	5.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	15.1%	16.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	2.0%	1.1%
Two or more races	5.5%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	9.2%	12.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ithaca	South Hill
No high school diploma	4.6%	2.0%
High school graduate	8.3%	13.4%
Some college or associate's	16.8%	19.6%
Bachelor's degree	26.7%	27.4%
Graduate or professional degree	43.5%	37.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ithaca	South Hill
Drove alone	28.9%	50.2%
Carpooled	6.2%	4.5%
Public transit	11.0%	2.7%
Walked	23.7%	20.2%
Bicycle	1.8%	0.3%
Worked from home	26.2%	19.4%
Other means	2.3%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ithaca	South Hill
1-unit, detached	29.1%	66.6%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	8.7%
2 to 4 units	22.5%	15.9%
5 to 19 units	20.8%	2.3%
20 or more units	21.9%	6.6%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ithaca	South Hill
Poverty rate	28.4%	14.7%
Average household size	1.72	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	19	17
Median year structure built	1959	1985