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Lansing is a small town of 3,876 people in Tompkins County, New York. It's about 3 miles from Ithaca, NY and 74 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 $517k and rent runs about $2k a month.
3,876people
$517kTypical home
$1,726/moRent
80° / 31°Summer / winter
63"Snow
185Sunny days
166Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 3,876
- Part of a metro area
- About 841 people per sq mi
- 74 mi to Rochester, NY
- 3 mi to Ithaca, NY
- 3 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $517k (≈$3,260/mo)
- Median rent $1,726/mo
- Median household income $72k
- Property tax about 1.9% of value
- 5.0% 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
- 21 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 28
- 17% of households have kids
- 9% are 65 or older
- 78% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 11% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 18 min
- 14% walk or take transit to work
- 1 mi to ITH airport
- 47 mi to SYR (major hub)
- 44 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 31% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1982
- 90% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 951 ft
- 153 mi to the ocean
- 1 mi to a big lake
- 2 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 17 mi to the nearest ski area
- 5 mi to the nearest campground
- 19 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 142 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 34 bars within 25 mi
- 60 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 2 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 16 museums within 25 mi
- 14 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- Farmers market in town
Everyday
- Schools in the top 29% of New York districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 4 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 80 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- Vet in town
- 2 mi to the nearest dog park
- 6 congregations per 10k people
- 4 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