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Population (year 2000): 29,287. Estimated
population in July 2005: 29,766 (+1.6% change)
Males: 14,830 (50.6%), Females: 14,457 (49.4%)
Tompkins County
Zip codes:
14850.
Median resident age: 22.0 years
Median household income: $21,441 (year 2000)
Median house value: $96,200 (year 2000)
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
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%).
Hospital/medical center in Ithaca:
- CAYUGA MEDICAL CENTER AT ITHACA (101 DATES
DRIVE)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Ithaca:
- CORTLAND MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 24 miles;
CORTLAND, NY)
- SCHUYLER HOSPITAL (about 25 miles; MONTOUR FALLS,
NY)
- ST JOSEPHS HOSPITAL (about 27 miles; ELMIRA, NY)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Ithaca:
- ITHACA TOMPKINS REGIONAL (about 5 miles; ITHACA, NY;
ID: ITH)
- ELMIRA/CORNING REGIONAL (about 34 miles;
ELMIRA/CORNING, NY; ID: ELM)
- GREATER BINGHAMTON/EDWIN A LINK FIELD (about 41
miles; BINGHAMTON, NY; ID: BGM)
Other public-use airports nearest to Ithaca:
- GRUND FIELD (about 6 miles; ITHACA, NY; ID: 5N3)
- CORTLAND COUNTY-CHASE FIELD (about 23 miles;
CORTLAND, NY; ID: N03)
- OVID (about 25 miles; OVID, NY; ID: D82)
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
(FT enrollment: 7,413; Public; Website: www.cornell.edu;
Offers Doctor's degree)
- ITHACA COLLEGE (FT 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; FT enrollment: 5,132)
- CORNING COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 44 miles; CORNING,
NY; FT enrollment: 2,797)
- SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY (about 48 miles; SYRACUSE, NY;
FT enrollment: 15,859)
- SUNY AT BINGHAMTON (about 49 miles; BINGHAMTON, NY;
FT enrollment: 11,498)
- BROOME COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 49 miles;
BINGHAMTON, NY; FT enrollment: 4,081)
- LE MOYNE COLLEGE (about 51 miles; SYRACUSE, NY; FT
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)
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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