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East Ithaca is a small town of 1,918 people in Tompkins County, New York. It's about 3 miles from Ithaca, NY and 78 miles from Rochester, NY, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 80°F and winter highs 31°F, with about 63 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $333k and rent runs about $1k a month.
1,918people
$333kTypical home
$1,234/moRent
80° / 31°Summer / winter
63"Snow
185Sunny days
166Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,918
- Part of a metro area
- About 895 people per sq mi
- 78 mi to Rochester, NY
- 3 mi to Ithaca, NY
- 3 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $333k (≈$2,098/mo)
- Median rent $1,234/mo
- Median household income $116k
- Property tax about 2.6% of value
- 3.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 80°F
- Winter highs around 31°F
- Somewhat humid summers (dew point 59°F)
- 185 sunny days a year (45 totally clear)
- 180 cloudy days a year
- 60 of 90 winter days are gray
- 166 days a year with rain or snow
- 63" of snow a year
- 20 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 29 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (85 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (1,176 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 44
- 20% of households have kids
- 27% are 65 or older
- 71% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 12% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 24 min
- 9% walk or take transit to work
- 5 mi to ITH airport
- 51 mi to SYR (major hub)
- 47 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 51% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1978
- 93% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 1,073 ft
- 150 mi to the ocean
- 5 mi to a big lake
- 3 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 17 mi to the nearest ski area
- 3 mi to the nearest campground
- 19 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 166 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 40 bars within 25 mi
- 66 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 2 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 18 museums within 25 mi
- 16 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 2 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 31% of New York districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 2 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 79 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 3 mi to the nearest vet
- 2 mi to the nearest dog park
- 6 congregations per 10k people
- 2 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Tompkins County: D+51 in 2024
- New York: D+13 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Low tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- High winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk