Tompkins County, New York (NY)

Races in Tompkins County, New York:

Mean price in 2016:

Detached houses: $223,410

Here:	$223,410
State:	$357,272

Townhouses or other attached units: $491,223

Here:	$491,223
State:	$568,104

In 2-unit structures: $164,765

Here:	$164,765
State:	$561,049

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $519,738

Here:	$519,738
State:	$650,258

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $137,755

Here:	$137,755
State:	$816,667

Mobile homes: $74,313

Here:	$74,313
State:	$72,941

Crime in 2005 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 12
• Robberies: 8
• Assaults: 7
• Burglaries: 128
• Thefts: 335
• Auto thefts: 25

Crime in 2004 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 1
• Rapes: 8
• Robberies: 1
• Assaults: 3
• Burglaries: 93
• Thefts: 363
• Auto thefts: 9

1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016

Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2016: $5,056 (2.3%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2016: $4,081 (2.4%)

Area name: Ithaca, NY MSA
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Tompkins County is $628 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $735 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $889 a month.

Cities in this county include: Ithaca, South Hill, Newfield, Ulysses, Lansing, Enfield, Cayuga Heights, Danby, Caroline, Northeast Ithaca.

Neighboring counties: Bannock County, Idaho , Newport County, Rhode Island , Goshen County, Wyoming , Ozaukee County, Wisconsin , Morrill County, Nebraska , Williams County, Ohio .

Current college students: 27,205
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 94.6%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 51.7%

Number of foreign born residents: 14,437 (36.9% naturalized citizens)

Note: State values scaled to Tompkins County population

• 8,7212010 or later
• 2,9482000 to 2009
• 2,2111990 to 1999
• 1,8021980 to 1989
• 4881970 to 1979
• 1,275Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 17.8 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 91.4%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 21,493
• One, attached: 1,450
• Two: 4,275
• 3 or 4: 3,310
• 5 to 9: 3,191
• 10 to 19: 2,090
• 20 to 49: 1,549
• 50 or more: 1,929
• Mobile homes: 3,158

Housing units in Tompkins County with a mortgage: 11,476 (471 second mortgage, 1,711 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 9,255

Religion statistics for Tompkins County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Tompkins County:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• New York Hurricane Sandy, Incident Period: October 27, 2012 to November 09, 2012, Emergency Declared EM-3351: October 28, 2012, FEMA Id: 3351, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• New York Remnants of Tropical Storm Lee, Incident Period: September 07, 2011 to September 11, 2011, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4031: September 13, 2011, FEMA Id: 4031, Natural disaster type: Tropical Storm
• New York Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: June 26, 2006 to July 10, 2006, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1650: July 01, 2006, FEMA Id: 1650, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• New York Hurricane Katrina Evacuation, Incident Period: August 29, 2005 to October 01, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3262: September 30, 2005, FEMA Id: 3262, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• New York Power Outage, Incident Period: August 14, 2003 to August 16, 2003, Emergency Declared EM-3186: August 23, 2003, FEMA Id: 3186, Natural disaster type: Power Outage
• New York Virus Threat, Incident Period: May 22, 2000 to November 01, 2000, Emergency Declared EM-3155: October 11, 2000, FEMA Id: 3155, Natural disaster type: Other
• New York Severe Storms, Incident Period: May 03, 2000 to August 12, 2000, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1335: July 21, 2000, FEMA Id: 1335, Natural disaster type: Storm
• New York Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: June 25, 1998 to July 10, 1998, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1233: July 07, 1998, FEMA Id: 1233, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• New York Severe Storms/Flooding, Incident Period: November 08, 1996 to November 15, 1996, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1148: December 09, 1996, FEMA Id: 1148, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• New York Severe Storms/Flooding, Incident Period: January 19, 1996 to January 30, 1996, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1095: January 24, 1996, FEMA Id: 1095, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• 5 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

7.90% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($38,271 average adjusted gross income)

0.09% of residents moved from foreign countries ($414 average AGI)

Tompkins County:	0.09%
New York average:	0.08%

3.68% relocated from other counties in New York ($17,012 average AGI)
4.13% relocated from other states ($20,844 average AGI)

Tompkins County:	4.13%
New York average:	2.01%

from Cortland County, NY	0.47% ($35,000 average AGI)
from Tioga County, NY	0.28% ($26,442)
from Cayuga County, NY	0.23% ($29,747)
from New York County, NY	0.23% ($59,785)
from Broome County, NY	0.23% ($35,338)
from Chemung County, NY	0.22% ($40,892)
from Schuyler County, NY	0.21% ($28,686)

9.42% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($42,028 average adjusted gross income)

0.33% of residents moved to foreign countries ($1,038 average AGI)

Tompkins County:	0.33%
New York average:	0.11%

3.80% relocated to other counties in New York ($14,322 average AGI)
5.29% relocated to other states ($26,668 average AGI)

Tompkins County:	5.29%
New York average:	2.38%

to Cortland County, NY	0.48% ($29,871 average AGI)
to New York County, NY	0.46% ($43,277)
to Tioga County, NY	0.33% ($31,545)
to Middlesex County, MA	0.27% ($46,304)
to Cayuga County, NY	0.25% ($28,894)
to Onondaga County, NY	0.25% ($44,694)
to Schuyler County, NY	0.21% ($28,027)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 10.3
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 8.9
Births per 1000 population from 2007 to 2014: 1.0

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 6.0
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 5.9
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2014: 6.4

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 5.4
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 6.1

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Tompkins County

All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 11%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 7%

Household type by relationship:

• In family households: 60,480 (10,390 male householders, 9,925 female householders)

  15,717 spouses, 18,596 children (17,317 natural, 706 adopted, 573 stepchildren), 1,071 grandchildren, 238 brothers or sisters, 763 parents, 1,264 other relatives, 2,516 non-relatives

• In nonfamily households: 30,352 (7,910 male householders (5,275 living alone)), 9,458 female householders (6,797 living alone)), 12,984 nonrelatives
• In group quarters: 14,039

Size of family households: 10,683 2-persons, 3,337 3-persons, 4,295 4-persons, 1,441 5-persons, 410 6-persons, 149 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 12,072 1-person, 3,684 2-persons, 802 3-persons, 676 4-persons, 31 5-persons, 103 7-or-more-persons.

9,766 married couples with children.
3,519 single-parent households (774 men, 2,745 women).

85.7% of residents of Tompkins speak English at home.
2.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (84% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 3% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
3.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (85% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
6.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (69% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.9% of residents speak other language at home (75% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 10% speak English not well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $664,592,000 ($6,637 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $26,624,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $166,264,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $82,745,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $1,748,000
Federal grants: $373,765,000
Federal procurement contracts: $16,383,000 ($3,932,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $23,688,000 ($4,250,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $157,337,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $11,721,000
Federal Government insurance: $34,882,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:

Here:	-23 per 1000 residents
State:	-52 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 10.27 millions of gallons per day (11% from ground, 89% from surface)

Note: State values scaled to Tompkins County population

• 3602014 or later
• 1,2072010 to 2013
• 3,5762000 to 2009
• 6,4811990 to 1999
• 5,8931980 to 1989
• 5,3201970 to 1979
• 4,8201960 to 1969
• 3,7561950 to 1959
• 9531940 to 1949
• 10,0791939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Tompkins County, New York

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

Note: State values scaled to Tompkins County population

• 01 room
• 1132 rooms
• 3383 rooms
• 1,6134 rooms
• 2,8915 rooms
• 4,5286 rooms
• 3,6497 rooms
• 2,6778 rooms
• 4,9229+ rooms

Note: State values scaled to Tompkins County population

• 1,9731 room
• 2,1182 rooms
• 2,9773 rooms
• 4,2814 rooms
• 2,8895 rooms
• 1,0646 rooms
• 6017 rooms
• 3338 rooms
• 7169+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Tompkins County, New York

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

Note: State values scaled to Tompkins County population

• 0no bedroom
• 5711 bedroom
• 3,0092 bedrooms
• 10,0063 bedrooms
• 5,9354 bedrooms
• 1,2105+ bedrooms

Note: State values scaled to Tompkins County population

• 2,281no bedroom
• 4,8271 bedroom
• 5,1472 bedrooms
• 3,3793 bedrooms
• 1,0314 bedrooms
• 2875+ bedrooms

Cars and other vehicles available in Tompkins County, New York in houses/condos/apartments

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

Note: State values scaled to Tompkins County population

• 382no vehicle
• 5,1271 vehicle
• 11,0542 vehicles
• 2,6363 vehicles
• 1,0834 vehicles
• 4495+ vehicles

Note: State values scaled to Tompkins County population

• 5,167no vehicle
• 8,0401 vehicle
• 2,9792 vehicles
• 4443 vehicles
• 2494 vehicles
• 735+ vehicles

71.8% of Tompkins County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 33% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 48% lived in New York.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 56,953
• Other state: 31,397
• Northeast: 11,989
• Midwest: 6,451
• South: 8,128
• West: 4,829

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 1,631
• Number of aged recipients: 166
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 1,465
• Number of recipients under 18: 214
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 1,106
• Number of recipients older than 64: 311
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 736
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 758

Tompkins County on our top lists:

• #19 on the list of "Top 101 counties with highest percentage of residents voting for 3rd party candidates in the 2012 Presidential Election (pop. 50,000+)"
• #45 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating to foreign countries in 2011 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #49 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest number of people moving out compared to moving in (pop. 50,000+)"
• #62 on the list of "Top 101 counties with highest percentage of residents voting for Obama (Democrat) in the 2012 Presidential Election (pop. 50,000+)"
• #66 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating to foreign countries in 2011"
• #73 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest increase in the number of deaths per 1000 residents 2000-2006 to 2007-2013 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #82 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating to other counties in 2011 (pop. 50,000+)"