Lansing vs Northwest Ithaca

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

Lansing and Northwest 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 1,813 in Northwest Ithaca). Lansing has the higher median household income ($75,901 vs $49,044 in Northwest Ithaca). Lansing has the higher median home value ($403,900 vs $309,800 in Northwest Ithaca).

Population, income & housing

	Lansing	Northwest Ithaca
Population	3,837	1,813
Median age	29.4 yrs	54.2 yrs
Median household income	$75,901	$49,044
Median home value	$403,900	$309,800
Median gross rent	$1,729	$1,126
Housing units	2,037	933
Homeownership rate	26.3%	47.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	81.0%	58.4%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lansing	Northwest Ithaca
Population	3,554 → 3,837 (+8.0%)	1,439 → 1,813 (+26.0%)
Median household income	$66,846 → $75,901 (+13.5%)	$71,635 → $49,044 (-31.5%)
Median home value	$277,400 → $403,900 (+45.6%)	$245,900 → $309,800 (+26.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,421 → $1,729 (+21.7%)	$1,056 → $1,126 (+6.6%)

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

Northwest Ithaca

Population

1,4391,813

Median household income

$71,635$49,044

Median home value

$245,900$309,800

Median gross rent

$1,056$1,126

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lansing	Northwest Ithaca
Under 5	7.5%	3.2%
5 to 17	8.6%	17.3%
18 to 24	19.8%	1.5%
25 to 34	25.6%	8.4%
35 to 44	10.0%	7.1%
45 to 54	10.3%	13.5%
55 to 64	8.8%	15.6%
65 to 74	5.1%	14.7%
75 and over	4.5%	18.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lansing	Northwest Ithaca
White (non-Hispanic)	55.4%	77.3%
Black or African American	1.0%	9.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	30.0%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	8.9%	9.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lansing	Northwest Ithaca
No high school diploma	4.5%	7.1%
High school graduate	5.8%	15.7%
Some college or associate's	8.7%	18.8%
Bachelor's degree	31.0%	24.8%
Graduate or professional degree	50.0%	33.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lansing	Northwest Ithaca
Drove alone	48.2%	56.0%
Carpooled	18.1%	16.5%
Public transit	9.8%	1.3%
Walked	2.1%	2.2%
Bicycle	7.9%	2.0%
Worked from home	13.9%	20.0%
Other means	0.0%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lansing	Northwest Ithaca
1-unit, detached	23.3%	34.1%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	13.2%
2 to 4 units	12.0%	15.6%
5 to 19 units	45.3%	16.4%
20 or more units	17.5%	20.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lansing	Northwest Ithaca
Poverty rate	15.6%	16.3%
Average household size	2.16	1.87
Mean commute (minutes)	15	18
Median year structure built	1984	1992