† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
——
D+60R+60
1 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupIthaca, NYNew YorkUnited States
English13.6%5.6%9.5%
Irish12.6%10.5%9.4%
German12.2%8.6%12.5%
Italian7.4%10.9%4.8%
American3.6%4.2%5.3%
Polish3.3%3.9%2.2%
Dutch2.5%——
French2.3%1.3%1.6%
Chinese4.0%3.6%1.3%
Asian Indian2.4%1.9%1.4%
Korean0.6%0.6%0.4%
Bangladeshi0.3%0.6%—
Japanese0.2%0.2%0.2%
Pakistani0.2%0.4%—
Burmese0.2%——
Mexican1.3%2.5%11.3%
Puerto Rican1.3%5.1%1.8%
Dominican0.5%4.6%0.7%
Cuban0.4%—0.7%
Guatemalan0.4%0.5%0.5%
Ecuadorian0.3%1.6%—
Argentinean0.2%——
Peruvian0.2%——
African American†2.7%8.0%9.9%
Jamaican0.2%1.6%0.4%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Ithaca, NY
New York
United States
Median age
32.3
39.9
39.1
Age 18–24
27.4%
9.0%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
16.3%
18.0%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Ithaca, NY
New York
United States
Median household income
$74,024
$85,974
$84,427
Poverty rate
16.4%
14.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
58.8%
40.0%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Ithaca, NY
New York
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
17.4%
30.9%
22.3%
Spanish
4.0%
14.8%
13.6%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic
1.7%
2.0%
0.7%
Other Indo-European
2.9%
4.0%
2.0%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)
3.5%
3.2%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Ithaca, NY
New York
United States
Catholic
6.9%
30.8%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
8.6%
5.1%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
70.2%
48.7%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
6.4%
3.8%
5.2%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Ithaca, NY
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−14.9%
1896
−20.0%
1900
−16.1%
1904
−17.0%
1908
−14.7%
1912
+12.8%
1916
−14.8%
1920
−44.4%
1924
−50.0%
1928
−47.1%
1932
−31.7%
1936
−30.5%
1940
−33.2%
1944
−28.1%
1948
−39.1%
1952
−49.5%
1956
−56.6%
1960
−32.7%
1964
+27.9%
1968
−12.3%
1972
−17.5%
1976
−9.3%
1980
−1.6%
1984
+2.9%
1988
+17.8%
1992
+28.0%
1996
+24.9%
2000
+21.1%
2004
+31.2%
2008
+42.1%
2012
+40.6%
2016
+43.4%
2020
+49.2%
2024
+50.0%
DemocraticRepublican
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
74.4%Harris34,631
24.4%Trump11,354
1.2%
D+50.0
D+0.8
D+51.5
46,532
D
73.5%Biden33,619
24.3%Trump11,096
2.2%
D+49.2
D+5.9
D+44.8
45,735
D
67.7%Clinton28,890
24.3%Trump10,371
8.0%
D+43.4
D+2.8
D+41.3
42,678
D
68.5%Obama27,244
27.9%Romney11,107
3.6%
D+40.6
R+1.5
D+36.7
39,781
D
70.1%Obama29,826
28.0%McCain11,927
1.9%
D+42.1
D+10.9
D+34.8
42,552
D
64.2%Kerry27,229
33.0%Bush13,994
2.8%
D+31.2
D+10.1
D+33.7
42,421
D
54.4%Gore21,807
33.3%Bush13,351
12.2%
D+21.1
R+3.8
D+20.6
40,060
D
56.0%Clinton20,772
31.1%Dole11,532
13.0%
D+24.9
R+3.1
D+16.4
37,124
D
55.7%Clinton23,197
27.7%Bush11,520
16.7%
D+28.0
D+10.3
D+22.5
41,660
D
58.5%Dukakis21,455
40.7%Bush14,932
0.9%
D+17.8
D+14.9
D+25.5
36,699
D
51.2%Mondale19,357
48.3%Reagan18,255
0.4%
D+2.9
D+4.5
D+21.1
37,777
R
40.3%Carter11,970
42.0%Reagan12,448
17.7%
R+1.6
D+7.6
D+8.1
29,668
R
44.7%Carter12,808
53.9%Ford15,463
1.4%
R+9.3
D+8.3
R+11.3
28,671
R
41.1%McGovern12,344
58.7%Nixon17,605
0.2%
R+17.5
R+5.2
D+5.6
30,011
R
41.0%Humphrey10,343
53.3%Nixon13,446
5.8%
R+12.3
R+40.2
R+11.6
25,248
D
63.9%Johnson16,103
36.0%Goldwater9,070
0.1%
D+27.9
D+60.6
D+5.3
25,202
R
33.6%Kennedy8,659
66.3%Nixon17,061
0.1%
R+32.7
D+23.9
R+32.8
25,733
R
21.7%Stevenson5,475
78.3%Eisenhower19,749
0.0%
R+56.6
R+7.1
R+41.2
25,224
R
25.1%Stevenson6,285
74.6%Eisenhower18,673
0.2%
R+49.5
R+10.4
R+38.8
25,019
R
28.0%Truman5,721
67.1%Dewey13,719
4.9%
R+39.1
R+11.0
R+43.6
20,444
R
35.8%Roosevelt7,174
63.9%Dewey12,805
0.4%
R+28.1
D+5.1
R+35.6
20,053
R
32.8%Roosevelt7,118
66.0%Willkie14,325
1.2%
R+33.2
R+2.7
R+43.2
21,693
R
33.8%Roosevelt7,007
64.3%Landon13,332
2.0%
R+30.5
D+1.3
R+54.7
20,746
R
32.7%Roosevelt6,180
64.4%Hoover12,185
2.9%
R+31.7
D+15.4
R+49.5
18,916
R
25.7%Smith5,114
72.8%Hoover14,471
1.4%
R+47.1
D+2.9
R+29.6
19,866
R
23.0%Davis3,701
73.0%Coolidge11,766
4.1%
R+50.0
R+5.7
R+24.8
16,123
R
25.7%Cox3,487
70.1%Harding9,508
4.3%
R+44.4
R+29.5
R+18.2
13,573
R
40.0%Wilson3,455
54.8%Hughes4,736
5.2%
R+14.8
R+27.6
R+18.0
8,638
D
40.4%Wilson3,272
27.6%Taft2,237
32.0%
D+12.8
D+27.5
R+6.8
8,103
R
40.4%Bryan3,734
55.1%Taft5,090
4.4%
R+14.7
D+2.3
R+5.1
9,232
R
39.3%Parker3,780
56.3%Roosevelt5,414
4.4%
R+17.0
R+0.9
D+2.7
9,615
R
39.7%Bryan3,852
55.8%McKinley5,409
4.5%
R+16.1
D+3.9
R+8.5
9,696
R
38.1%Bryan3,506
58.1%McKinley5,342
3.8%
R+20.0
R+5.1
R+13.9
9,200
R
38.6%Cleveland3,404
53.5%Harrison4,717
7.9%
R+14.9
—
R+16.6
8,813
Congressional elections · 3 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2024
D
75.7%34,484
23.6%10,738
45,572
2022
D
73.8%25,928
25.5%8,956
35,153
2018
D
77.2%28,818
22.5%8,399
37,328
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2026D+37.3
vs
Presidential vote · 2024D+50.0
Registration leans Democratic; the presidential vote runs 13 points more Republican.
Domestic migration in Ithaca, NY in Ithaca, NY: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−898
2012
−216
2013
−133
2014
−1,198
2015
−1,381
2016
−1,072
2017
−1,028
2018
−794
2019
−797
2021
−2,823
2022
+1,046
2023
−401
2024
−878
2025
−996
Home to Cornell University and Ithaca College, this small upstate metro returns presidential margins that rank among the most lopsided in the country, driven by a student and faculty population that dominates the local electorate.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 50.0 points in 2024 and a Republican high of 56.6 points in 1956. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 0.8 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 50.0 points.
A population of 104,537, a 74% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $74,024 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Ann Arbor, MI and Corvallis, OR.
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In 2024, Ithaca, NY, New York voted Democratic by 50.0 points (D+50.0), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 46,532 votes cast, 34,631 went Democratic and 11,354 went Republican.
When did Ithaca, NY, New York last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Ithaca, NY, New York voted Republican was 1980.
How many people live in Ithaca, NY, New York?
Ithaca, NY, New York has a population of 104,537 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Ithaca, NY, New York?
Median household income in Ithaca, NY, New York is $74,024 — below the national median of $80,734. The New York state median is $85,974.
What is the political history of Ithaca, NY, New York?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Ithaca, NY, New York from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 13 went Democratic and 21 went Republican.
