Ithaca
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1850
General view of Ithaca, Cayuga Lake in the distance, 1850
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About Ithaca
City in New York, United StatesIthaca () is a city in the U.S. state of New York. It is situated on the southern shore of Cayuga Lake in the Finger Lakes region of Upstate New York. With a population of 32,108 as of the 2020 census, Ithaca is the largest community in the Ithaca metropolitan statistical area, which includes all 103,558 residents of Tompkins County, of which it is the county seat. The city is named after the Greek island of Ithaca, home of the protagonist Odysseus in Homer's Odyssey. Ithaca is a college town best known for hosting Cornell University, an Ivy League university founded in 1865, as well as Ithaca College. Until the late 18th century, present-day Ithaca was inhabited by the Cayuga people of the…
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How Ithaca ranks
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Housing in Ithaca
The median sale price was $385,000 in May 2026.
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Safety in Ithaca
Safety Grade C-
Ithaca reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 82% report less.
Health in Ithaca
Health Grade A
Healthier than 90% of U.S. towns on seven CDC estimates.
Compared with New York
of 32 measures CDC estimates. The other 7 are too close to call.
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Schools in Ithaca
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The public schools Ithaca’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 62% of New York’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within NY. Ratings are from neighbors.
