Northwest Ithaca vs South Lansing

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

Northwest Ithaca and South Lansing are places in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Northwest Ithaca has the higher population (1,813 vs 1,233 in South Lansing). South Lansing has the higher median household income ($162,846 vs $49,044 in Northwest Ithaca). South Lansing has the higher median home value ($361,000 vs $309,800 in Northwest Ithaca).

Population, income & housing

	Northwest Ithaca	South Lansing
Population	1,813	1,233
Median age	54.2 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$49,044	$162,846
Median home value	$309,800	$361,000
Median gross rent	$1,126	$1,363
Housing units	933	404
Homeownership rate	47.8%	59.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.4%	48.5%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	8.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Northwest Ithaca	South Lansing
Population	1,439 → 1,813 (+26.0%)	944 → 1,233 (+30.6%)
Median household income	$71,635 → $49,044 (-31.5%)	$85,385 → $162,846 (+90.7%)
Median home value	$245,900 → $309,800 (+26.0%)	$289,500 → $361,000 (+24.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,056 → $1,126 (+6.6%)	$862 → $1,363 (+58.1%)

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

South Lansing

Population

9441,233

Median household income

$85,385$162,846

Median home value

$289,500$361,000

Median gross rent

$862$1,363

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Northwest Ithaca	South Lansing
Under 5	3.2%	5.2%
5 to 17	17.3%	11.2%
18 to 24	1.5%	24.4%
25 to 34	8.4%	9.2%
35 to 44	7.1%	4.7%
45 to 54	13.5%	18.4%
55 to 64	15.6%	11.1%
65 to 74	14.7%	10.7%
75 and over	18.6%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Northwest Ithaca	South Lansing
White (non-Hispanic)	77.3%	91.9%
Black or African American	9.4%	4.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.5%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Northwest Ithaca	South Lansing
No high school diploma	7.1%	0.0%
High school graduate	15.7%	10.3%
Some college or associate's	18.8%	41.2%
Bachelor's degree	24.8%	30.7%
Graduate or professional degree	33.5%	17.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Northwest Ithaca	South Lansing
Drove alone	56.0%	87.0%
Carpooled	16.5%	3.9%
Public transit	1.3%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	0.9%
Bicycle	2.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.0%	8.2%
Other means	2.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Northwest Ithaca	South Lansing
1-unit, detached	34.1%	56.2%
1-unit, attached	13.2%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	15.6%	28.7%
5 to 19 units	16.4%	1.2%
20 or more units	20.7%	10.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Northwest Ithaca	South Lansing
Poverty rate	16.3%	10.1%
Average household size	1.87	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	18	17
Median year structure built	1992	1987