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South Lansing is a small town of 1,496 people in Tompkins County, New York. It's about 6 miles from Ithaca, NY and 72 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 $350k and rent runs about $1k a month.
1,496people
$350kTypical home
$1,411/moRent
80° / 31°Summer / winter
63"Snow
185Sunny days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,496
- Part of a metro area
- About 542 people per sq mi
- 72 mi to Rochester, NY
- 6 mi to Ithaca, NY
- 6 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $350k (≈$2,210/mo)
- Median rent $1,411/mo
- Median household income $74k
- Property tax about 2.2% of value
- 14.0% 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
- 63" of snow a year
- 22 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 30 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 31
- 34% of households have kids
- 16% are 65 or older
- 49% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 20% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 22 min
- 4% walk or take transit to work
- 3 mi to ITH airport
- 45 mi to SYR (major hub)
- 41 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 58% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1986
- 92% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 942 ft
- 155 mi to the ocean
- 1 mi to a big lake
- 5 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 18 mi to the nearest ski area
- 6 mi to the nearest campground
- 19 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 129 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 31 bars within 25 mi
- 54 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 2 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 17 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)
- 4 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 7 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
- 6 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
Limited data: this place is small enough that most of its Census numbers (rent, home value, income, age) are blended with county figures. Treat its match as a rough guide.