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Population: 29,287. Estimated population in July 2024: 29,766 (+1.6% change)
Males: 14,830 (50.6%), Females: 14,457 (49.4%)

Tompkins County

Zip codes: 14850.

Demographics

Median resident age: 22.0 years
Median household income: $21,441
Median house value: $96,200

Population by Race

Races in Ithaca:

  • White Non-Hispanic (71.3%)
  • Black (6.7%)
  • Chinese (5.7%)
  • Hispanic (5.3%)
  • Two or more races (3.4%)
  • Other Asian (3.0%)
  • Asian Indian (1.9%)
  • Other race (1.9%)
  • Korean (1.6%)
  • American Indian (1.0%)
  • Japanese (0.7%)

(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)

Ancestries: German (13.6%), Irish (12.4%), Italian (9.7%), English (9.2%), Polish (6.2%), Russian (5.2%).

Land area: 5.5 square miles

Population by Education

For population 25 years and over in Ithaca

  • High school or higher: 89.5%
  • Bachelor’s degree or higher: 57.9%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 31.6%
  • Unemployed: 9.4%
  • Mean travel time to work: 14.3 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Ithaca city

  • Never married: 65.3%
  • Now married: 23.4%
  • Separated: 2.4%
  • Widowed: 3.1%
  • Divorced: 5.7%

15.9% Foreign born (8.0% Asia, 4.1% Europe, 2.2% Latin America).

Population change in the 1990s: -304 (-1.0%).

Hospitals

Hospital/medical center in Ithaca:

  • CAYUGA MEDICAL CENTER AT ITHACA (101 DATES DRIVE)

Other hospitals/medical centers near Ithaca:

Airports

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Ithaca:

  • ITHACA TOMPKINS REGIONAL (about 5 miles; ITHACA, NY; Abbreviation: ITH)
  • ELMIRA/CORNING REGIONAL (about 34 miles; ELMIRA/CORNING, NY; Abbreviation: ELM)
  • GREATER BINGHAMTON/EDWIN A LINK FIELD (about 41 miles; BINGHAMTON, NY; Abbreviation: BGM)

Other public-use airports nearest to Ithaca:

  • GRUND FIELD (about 6 miles; ITHACA, NY; Abbreviation: 5N3)
  • CORTLAND COUNTY-CHASE FIELD (about 23 miles; CORTLAND, NY; Abbreviation: N03)
  • OVID (about 25 miles; OVID, NY; Abbreviation: D82)

Colleges and Universities

Colleges/Universities in Ithaca:

  • CORNELL UNIVERSITY-ENDOWED COLLEGES (Full-time enrollment: 12,036; Private, not-for-profit; Website: www.cornell.edu; Offers Doctor’s degree)
  • CORNELL UNIVERSITY-NY STATE STATUTORY COLLEGES (Full-time enrollment: 7,413; Public; Website: www.cornell.edu; Offers Doctor’s degree)
  • ITHACA COLLEGE (Full-time enrollment: 6,052; Location: 953 DANBY RD; Private, not-for-profit; Website: www.ithaca.edu; Offers Master’s degree)

Other colleges/universities with over 2000 students near Ithaca:

  • SUNY COLLEGE AT CORTLAND (about 24 miles; CORTLAND, NY; Full-time enrollment: 6,187)
  • ONONDAGA COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 43 miles; SYRACUSE, NY; Full-time enrollment: 5,132)
  • CORNING COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 44 miles; CORNING, NY; Full-time enrollment: 2,797)
  • SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY (about 48 miles; SYRACUSE, NY; Full-time enrollment: 15,859)
  • SUNY AT BINGHAMTON (about 49 miles; BINGHAMTON, NY; Full-time enrollment: 11,498)
  • BROOME COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 49 miles; BINGHAMTON, NY; Full-time enrollment: 4,081)
  • LE MOYNE COLLEGE (about 51 miles; SYRACUSE, NY; Full-time enrollment: 2,517)

Private high school in Ithaca:

  • CASCADILLA PREP SCHOOL (Students: 38; Location: 116 SUMMIT ST PO BOX 878; Grades: 9 – 12)

Biggest public primary/middle schools in Ithaca:

  • ITHACA SHS (Students: 1,551; Location: 1401 N CAYUGA ST; Grades: PK – 12)
  • DEWITT MS (Students: 639; Location: 560 WARREN RD; Grades: 06 – 08)
  • BOYNTON MS (Students: 611; Location: 1601 N CAYUGA ST; Grades: 06 – 08)
  • NORTHEAST SCHOOL (Students: 438; Location: 425 WINTHROP DR; Grades: PK – 05)
  • CAYUGA HTS ES (Students: 375; Location: 110 E UPLAND RD; Grades: KG – 05)
  • BELLE SHERMAN SCHOOL (Students: 369; Location: 501 MITCHELL ST; Grades: PK – 05)
  • SOUTH HILL SCHOOL (Students: 346; Location: 520 HUDSON ST; Grades: PK – 05)
  • ENFIELD SCHOOL (Students: 288; Location: 20 ENFIELD MAIN RD; Grades: PK – 05)
  • ALTERNATIVE COMM SCHOOL (Students: 263; Location: 111 CHESTNUT ST; Grades: 06 – 12)
  • BEVERLY J. MARTIN ES (Students: 241; Location: 302 W BUFFALO ST; Grades: PK – 05)

Private primary/middle schools in Ithaca:

  • IMMACULATE CONCEPTION SCHOOL (Students: 169; Location: 320 WEST BUFFALO STREET; Grades: PK – 8)
  • ELIZABETH ANN CLUNE MONTESSORI SCHOOL OF (Students: 155; Location: 120 E KING RD; Grades: UG – UG)
  • ITHACA MONTESSORI SCHOOL (Students: 71; Location: 12 ASCOT PLACE; Grades: PK – KG)
  • HORIZONS SCHOOL OF ITHACA (Students: 16; Location: 317 N PLAIN ST; Grades: PK – KG)

Libraries

Library in Ithaca:

  • TOMPKINS COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating income: $3,051,806; Location: 101 E GREEN STREET; 142,943 books; 10,738 audio materials; 9,072 video materials; 287 serial subscriptions)

 

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