Steuben County vs Tompkins County

A side-by-side comparison of Steuben County and Tompkins County: population, income, housing, and more.

Steuben County and Tompkins County are counties in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Tompkins County has the higher population (102,879 vs 93,034 in Steuben County). Tompkins County has the higher median household income ($73,012 vs $64,740 in Steuben County). Tompkins County has the higher median home value ($271,500 vs $128,600 in Steuben County).

Population, income & housing

	Steuben County	Tompkins County
Population	93,034	102,879
Median age	43.1 yrs	32.8 yrs
Median household income	$64,740	$73,012
Median home value	$128,600	$271,500
Median gross rent	$878	$1,374
Housing units	47,565	47,362
Homeownership rate	73.5%	53.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.0%	59.2%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Steuben County	Tompkins County
Population	96,422 → 93,034 (-3.5%)	102,642 → 102,879 (+0.2%)
Median household income	$53,663 → $64,740 (+20.6%)	$60,240 → $73,012 (+21.2%)
Median home value	$99,600 → $128,600 (+29.1%)	$204,600 → $271,500 (+32.7%)
Median gross rent	$695 → $878 (+26.3%)	$1,164 → $1,374 (+18.0%)

Steuben County

Population

96,42293,034

Median household income

$53,663$64,740

Median home value

$99,600$128,600

Median gross rent

$695$878

Tompkins County

Population

102,642102,879

Median household income

$60,240$73,012

Median home value

$204,600$271,500

Median gross rent

$1,164$1,374

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Steuben County	Tompkins County
Under 5	5.5%	3.6%
5 to 17	16.1%	11.0%
18 to 24	7.2%	25.6%
25 to 34	11.8%	12.0%
35 to 44	11.7%	10.9%
45 to 54	12.3%	9.9%
55 to 64	15.0%	11.0%
65 to 74	12.0%	9.6%
75 and over	8.3%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Steuben County	Tompkins County
White (non-Hispanic)	91.8%	75.0%
Black or African American	1.5%	3.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	1.6%	9.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.8%
Two or more races	2.7%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Steuben County	Tompkins County
No high school diploma	8.2%	4.1%
High school graduate	34.9%	16.3%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	20.3%
Bachelor's degree	13.1%	25.2%
Graduate or professional degree	12.9%	34.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Steuben County	Tompkins County
Drove alone	77.9%	53.3%
Carpooled	8.4%	9.1%
Public transit	0.5%	5.4%
Walked	4.1%	10.4%
Bicycle	0.6%	1.5%
Worked from home	7.9%	19.0%
Other means	0.7%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Steuben County	Tompkins County
1-unit, detached	67.9%	49.4%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	9.9%	15.6%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	12.9%
20 or more units	3.3%	10.7%
Mobile home & other	13.1%	7.5%

Poverty & households

	Steuben County	Tompkins County
Poverty rate	13.7%	15.3%
Average household size	2.35	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	22	21
Median year structure built	1964	1974