Northwest Ithaca vs Trumansburg

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

Northwest Ithaca and Trumansburg 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 1,552 in Trumansburg). Trumansburg has the higher median household income ($71,316 vs $49,044 in Northwest Ithaca). Northwest Ithaca has the higher median home value ($309,800 vs $271,300 in Trumansburg).

Population, income & housing

	Northwest Ithaca	Trumansburg
Population	1,813	1,552
Median age	54.2 yrs	48.7 yrs
Median household income	$49,044	$71,316
Median home value	$309,800	$271,300
Median gross rent	$1,126	$951
Housing units	933	889
Homeownership rate	47.8%	56.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.4%	47.0%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Northwest Ithaca	Trumansburg
Population	1,439 → 1,813 (+26.0%)	1,661 → 1,552 (-6.6%)
Median household income	$71,635 → $49,044 (-31.5%)	$57,778 → $71,316 (+23.4%)
Median home value	$245,900 → $309,800 (+26.0%)	$217,700 → $271,300 (+24.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,056 → $1,126 (+6.6%)	$1,009 → $951 (-5.7%)

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

Trumansburg

Population

1,6611,552

Median household income

$57,778$71,316

Median home value

$217,700$271,300

Median gross rent

$1,009$951

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Northwest Ithaca	Trumansburg
Under 5	3.2%	3.1%
5 to 17	17.3%	17.6%
18 to 24	1.5%	5.9%
25 to 34	8.4%	8.3%
35 to 44	7.1%	8.3%
45 to 54	13.5%	18.0%
55 to 64	15.6%	12.6%
65 to 74	14.7%	16.1%
75 and over	18.6%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Northwest Ithaca	Trumansburg
White (non-Hispanic)	77.3%	95.0%
Black or African American	9.4%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.7%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.5%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Northwest Ithaca	Trumansburg
No high school diploma	7.1%	2.8%
High school graduate	15.7%	23.3%
Some college or associate's	18.8%	27.0%
Bachelor's degree	24.8%	23.4%
Graduate or professional degree	33.5%	23.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Northwest Ithaca	Trumansburg
Drove alone	56.0%	57.4%
Carpooled	16.5%	9.0%
Public transit	1.3%	4.0%
Walked	2.2%	3.1%
Bicycle	2.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.0%	18.9%
Other means	2.0%	7.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Northwest Ithaca	Trumansburg
1-unit, detached	34.1%	60.0%
1-unit, attached	13.2%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	15.6%	14.6%
5 to 19 units	16.4%	4.6%
20 or more units	20.7%	5.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	14.5%

Poverty & households

	Northwest Ithaca	Trumansburg
Poverty rate	16.3%	8.4%
Average household size	1.87	1.93
Mean commute (minutes)	18	35
Median year structure built	1992	1952