South Lansing vs Trumansburg

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

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

Trumansburg has the higher population (1,552 vs 1,233 in South Lansing). South Lansing has the higher median household income ($162,846 vs $71,316 in Trumansburg). South Lansing has the higher median home value ($361,000 vs $271,300 in Trumansburg).

Population, income & housing

	South Lansing	Trumansburg
Population	1,233	1,552
Median age	40.0 yrs	48.7 yrs
Median household income	$162,846	$71,316
Median home value	$361,000	$271,300
Median gross rent	$1,363	$951
Housing units	404	889
Homeownership rate	59.7%	56.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.5%	47.0%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	South Lansing	Trumansburg
Population	944 → 1,233 (+30.6%)	1,661 → 1,552 (-6.6%)
Median household income	$85,385 → $162,846 (+90.7%)	$57,778 → $71,316 (+23.4%)
Median home value	$289,500 → $361,000 (+24.7%)	$217,700 → $271,300 (+24.6%)
Median gross rent	$862 → $1,363 (+58.1%)	$1,009 → $951 (-5.7%)

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

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)

	South Lansing	Trumansburg
Under 5	5.2%	3.1%
5 to 17	11.2%	17.6%
18 to 24	24.4%	5.9%
25 to 34	9.2%	8.3%
35 to 44	4.7%	8.3%
45 to 54	18.4%	18.0%
55 to 64	11.1%	12.6%
65 to 74	10.7%	16.1%
75 and over	5.1%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	South Lansing	Trumansburg
White (non-Hispanic)	91.9%	95.0%
Black or African American	4.5%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	South Lansing	Trumansburg
No high school diploma	0.0%	2.8%
High school graduate	10.3%	23.3%
Some college or associate's	41.2%	27.0%
Bachelor's degree	30.7%	23.4%
Graduate or professional degree	17.8%	23.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	South Lansing	Trumansburg
Drove alone	87.0%	57.4%
Carpooled	3.9%	9.0%
Public transit	0.0%	4.0%
Walked	0.9%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.2%	18.9%
Other means	0.0%	7.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	South Lansing	Trumansburg
1-unit, detached	56.2%	60.0%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	28.7%	14.6%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	4.6%
20 or more units	10.9%	5.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	14.5%

Poverty & households

	South Lansing	Trumansburg
Poverty rate	10.1%	8.4%
Average household size	2.94	1.93
Mean commute (minutes)	17	35
Median year structure built	1987	1952