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Northwest Ithaca is a small town of 2,225 people in Tompkins County, New York. It's part of the Ithaca, NY area. Summer highs average 80°F and winter highs 31°F, with about 63 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $313k and rent runs about $1k a month.
2,225people
$313kTypical home
$1,185/moRent
80° / 31°Summer / winter
63"Snow
185Sunny days
166Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 2,225
- Part of a metro area
- About 626 people per sq mi
- 74 mi to Rochester, NY
- In the Ithaca, NY area
- 2 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $313k (≈$1,973/mo)
- Median rent $1,185/mo
- Median household income $57k
- Property tax about 1.5% 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
- 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 49
- 28% of households have kids
- 28% are 65 or older
- 57% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 7% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 19 min
- 12% walk or take transit to work
- 5 mi to ITH airport
- 50 mi to SYR (major hub)
- 47 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 51% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1991
- 91% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 879 ft
- 154 mi to the ocean
- 2 mi to a big lake
- Trailhead in town
- 20 mi to the nearest ski area
- 3 mi to the nearest campground
- 20 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 170 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 40 bars within 25 mi
- 69 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 2 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 17 museums within 25 mi
- 16 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- Farmers market in town
Everyday
- Schools in the top 31% of New York districts (reading)
- 2 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 3 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 76 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 2 mi to the nearest vet
- Dog park in town
- 6 congregations per 10k people
- 3 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