Lansing vs Northeast Ithaca

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

Lansing 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.

Lansing has the higher population (3,837 vs 2,575 in Northeast Ithaca). Northeast Ithaca has the higher median household income ($91,667 vs $75,901 in Lansing). Lansing has the higher median home value ($403,900 vs $349,600 in Northeast Ithaca).

Population, income & housing

	Lansing	Northeast Ithaca
Population	3,837	2,575
Median age	29.4 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$75,901	$91,667
Median home value	$403,900	$349,600
Median gross rent	$1,729	$1,688
Housing units	2,037	1,276
Homeownership rate	26.3%	59.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	81.0%	85.6%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lansing	Northeast Ithaca
Population	3,554 → 3,837 (+8.0%)	2,811 → 2,575 (-8.4%)
Median household income	$66,846 → $75,901 (+13.5%)	$67,593 → $91,667 (+35.6%)
Median home value	$277,400 → $403,900 (+45.6%)	$260,400 → $349,600 (+34.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,421 → $1,729 (+21.7%)	$1,415 → $1,688 (+19.3%)

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

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)

	Lansing	Northeast Ithaca
Under 5	7.5%	3.5%
5 to 17	8.6%	15.3%
18 to 24	19.8%	9.2%
25 to 34	25.6%	15.1%
35 to 44	10.0%	15.0%
45 to 54	10.3%	16.3%
55 to 64	8.8%	9.7%
65 to 74	5.1%	6.4%
75 and over	4.5%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lansing	Northeast Ithaca
White (non-Hispanic)	55.4%	72.2%
Black or African American	1.0%	4.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	30.0%	14.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	8.9%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	6.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lansing	Northeast Ithaca
No high school diploma	4.5%	1.9%
High school graduate	5.8%	7.9%
Some college or associate's	8.7%	4.6%
Bachelor's degree	31.0%	35.9%
Graduate or professional degree	50.0%	49.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lansing	Northeast Ithaca
Drove alone	48.2%	36.6%
Carpooled	18.1%	13.2%
Public transit	9.8%	5.9%
Walked	2.1%	4.0%
Bicycle	7.9%	0.3%
Worked from home	13.9%	39.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lansing	Northeast Ithaca
1-unit, detached	23.3%	57.3%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	11.8%
2 to 4 units	12.0%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	45.3%	16.5%
20 or more units	17.5%	6.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lansing	Northeast Ithaca
Poverty rate	15.6%	7.5%
Average household size	2.16	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	15	15
Median year structure built	1984	1968