Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.

Safety91#295/3,096
Economy48#1,635/3,143
Housing1#3,104/3,140
Health99#46/3,144
Healthcare80#645/3,143
Environment75#786/3,108
Education100#7/3,144
Infrastructure97#86/3,144
Community53#1,468/3,144
Leisure & amenities84#491/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Tompkins County, New York ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Bachelor's degree or higher · high58.8%
99/100New York 40.2%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Some college · high84.2%
99/100New York 71.0%United States 67.8%2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Public transit commuters · high4.6%
98/100New York 21.6%United States 3.2%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08301
Firearm deaths · low6.5 /100k
98/100New York 4.2 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimateProvisional data
Public EV charging ports · high25.3 /10k
97/100New York 10.8 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of Energy
Uninsured residents (under 65) · low4.8%
97/100New York 5.9%United States 9.8%2024U.S. Census BureauModel-based estimate

Weaknesses

Effective property tax rate · high2.11%
1/100New York 1.30%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Time spent in the emergency room · high244 min
2/100New York 202 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Child care cost burden · high44.3%
2/100New York 37.7%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Dental care shortage · high20.0
3/100New York 3.7United States 5.7Oct 2026Health Resources and Services Administration
Severe housing problems · high20.9%
3/100New York 22.5%United States 16.8%2017-2021University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Rent as share of income · high34.5%
3/100New York 31.2%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Cost of buying a home todayWorsening
30.0% (Dec 2021) → 43.9% (Aug 2026)
+14 pts5 yearsUS 26.4% → 34.1%
Child care cost burdenWorsening
31.5% (2020 & 2021) → 44.3% (2023 & 2024)
+13 pts3 yearsUS 24.5% → 27.9%
Access to exercise opportunitiesImproving
76.9% (2010 & 2021) → 89.1% (2022 & 2024)
+12 pts3 yearsUS 79.8% → 84.5%
Drug overdose deathsImproving
19.8 /100k (2021) → 10.2 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−48%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /100k
Preventable hospital staysImproving
2,649 /100k (2019) → 1,615 /100k (2023)
−39%4 yearsUS 3,767 /100k → 2,769 /100k
Violent crime rateImproving
162 /100k (2020) → 100 /100k (2025)
−38%5 yearsUS 389 /100k → 328 /100k

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Tompkins County, New York improved on 9 of 33 measures with a comparison and declined on 2. 20 moved within the margin of error and 2 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2020 with 2025); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved9

Bachelor's++5.2 points53.5% → 58.8%
Violent crime−38%162 /100k → 100 /100k
Unemployment−2.2 points5.7% → 3.5%
Household income+22%$59,176 → $72,326
Weekly wage+21%$1,145 → $1,388

Declined2

Transit use−2 points6.7% → 4.6%
Price / income+0.5×3.4× → 3.9×

All 33 measures

Change of every measure of Tompkins County, New York between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	5.4 /10k2020	5.8 /10k2025	+6.7%	Within the margin of error	53%
Average commute time	19.4 min2015-2019	20.1 min2020-2024	+0.7 min	Within the margin of error	43%
Average weekly wage	$1,1452020	$1,3882025	+21%	Improved	31%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.5%2015-2019	58.8%2020-2024	+5.2 points	Improved	86%
Broadband subscriptions	85.3%2015-2019	90.6%2020-2024	+5.4 points	Improved	12%
Child poverty rate	14.3%2019	12.5%2024	−1.8 points	Within the margin of error	55%
Distance to an airport	49 mi2020	49 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	18.0 /100k2020	10.2 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−43%	Within the margin of error	69%
Effective property tax rate	2.32%2015-2019	2.11%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	76%
Firearm deaths	6.0 /100k2020	6.5 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+8.3%	Within the margin of error	36%
Grocery stores	1.9 /10k2020	1.8 /10k2025	−3.7%	Within the margin of error	39%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.4 /10k2020	1.6 /10k2025	+15%	Within the margin of error	68%
High school diploma or higher	94.4%2015-2019	95.6%2020-2024	+1.1 points	Within the margin of error	33%
Home price to income ratio	3.4×2015-2019	3.9×2020-2024	+0.5×	Declined	35%
Homicide rate	2.3 /100k2020	1.9 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−17%	Within the margin of error	38%
Income adjusted for local prices	$43,0982019	$54,6762024	+27%	Improved	20%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4962015-2019	0.4832020-2024	−0.013	Within the margin of error	74%
Median household income	$59,1762019	$72,3262024	+22%	Improved	35%
New business applications	5.9 /1k2020	7.5 /1k2025	+28%	Improved	31%
Pharmacies	1.5 /10k2020	1.2 /10k2025	−18%	Within the margin of error	28%
Poverty rate	16.9%2019	17.3%2024	+0.4 points	Within the margin of error	32%
Property crime rate	1,913 /100k2020	1,452 /100k2025	−24%	Improved	31%
Public libraries	0.6 /10k2019	0.6 /10k2024	−2.3%	Within the margin of error	41%
Public transit commuters	6.7%2015-2019	4.6%2020-2024	−2 points	Declined	8%
Rent as share of income	36.5%2015-2019	34.5%2020-2024	−2 points	Within the margin of error	76%
Rent-burdened households	60.6%2015-2019	58.6%2020-2024	−2 points	Within the margin of error	66%
Restaurants and bars	10.8 /10k2020	9.6 /10k2025	−11%	Within the margin of error	24%
Students per teacher	10.2×2019	10.1×2024	−0.1×	Little change	28%
Suicide rate	10.0 /100k2020	11.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+18%	Within the margin of error	23%
Traffic deaths	8.0 /100k2015-2019	6.3 /100k2020-2024	−21%	Within the margin of error	79%
Unemployment rate	5.7%2020	3.5%2025	−2.2 points	Improved	41%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	4.7%2019	4.8%2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	24%
Violent crime rate	162 /100k2020	100 /100k2025	−38%	Improved	77%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2303 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 3144 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Counties like Tompkins County, New York five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Tompkins County, New York in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Tompkins County, New York itself moved +0.3 points in standing on average over the same 32 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

104,537 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69
50–59
40–49
30–39
20–29
10–19
Under 10

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 10–19 women (+1.2 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

104,537 residents

Tompkins County, New York
New York share

White74%77,012
Black3.6%3,804
Hispanic or Latino6.6%6,886

Education

61,195 residents (±308)

Tompkins County, New York
New York share

No high school diploma4.4%2,722
High school or GED17%10,188
Some college13%7,730

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

43,263 households (±611)

Tompkins County, New York
New York share

Under $25k17%7,289
$25k–50k19%8,259
$50k–75k14%6,258
$75k–100k12%5,273
$100k–150k16%6,939
$150k–200k9.5%4,109
$200k or more12%5,136

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under $25k (−5.4 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

43,263 households (±611)

Tompkins County, New York
New York share

Own54%23,422
Rent46%19,841

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

19,206 households (±820)

Tompkins County, New York
New York share

Under $7508.6%1,646
$750–1,00014%2,721
$1,000–1,50033%6,398

Home values

23,422 homes (±635)

Tompkins County, New York
New York share

Under $150k17%3,980
$150k–250k25%5,739
$250k–400k32%7,572

Age of homes

47,804 homes (±131)

Tompkins County, New York
New York share

2010 or later9.4%4,516
2000–20097.9%3,761
1980–199925%12,100

Size of homes

47,804 homes (±131)

Tompkins County, New York
New York share

Studio4.8%2,295
1 bedroom15%7,202
2 bedrooms25%11,851

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

49,438 workers (±1,181)

Tompkins County, New York
New York share

Drive alone52%25,562
Carpool9.3%4,602
Public transit4.6%2,296
Walk11%5,637
Bike1.8%†882
Work from home20%9,886
Other1.2%†573

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+12.7 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

39,552 workers (±1,335)

Tompkins County, New York
New York share

Under 15 min36%14,341
15–29 min46%18,191
30–44 min11%4,434

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Ithaca, NY

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Tompkins County has 2,230 employer establishments, 213 for every 10,000 residents (0.86× the US rate of 248; 0.78× New York's), with 50,869 paid employees at an average annual pay of $51,629. The Census Bureau also counts 8,145 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 2,230; 8,145 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 213; US 248 · New York 274
Paid employees: 50,869
Average annual pay: $51,629; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Tompkins County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Restaurants and other eating places	192	18.4	1.00×About typical	3,000	$25,198	21
Ambulatory health care services	188	18	0.86×About typical	2,097	$78,237	548
Lessors of real estate	122	11.7	0.95×About typical	637	$50,024	795
Specialty trade contractors	99	9.5	0.61×Fewer than typical	634	$67,756	313
Full-service restaurants	90	8.6	1.12×About typical	1,586	$26,330	10
Offices of physicians	68	6.5	1.01×About typical	817	$111,984	97
Limited-service restaurants	64	6.1	0.76×Fewer than typical	869	$21,104	9
Religious organizations	62	5.9	1.07×About typical	357	$24,779	—
Construction of buildings	61	5.8	0.77×Fewer than typical	285	$54,481	170
Services to buildings and dwellings	61	5.8	0.87×About typical	310	$38,019	285
Offices of other health practitioners	57	5.5	0.90×About typical	259	$53,100	368
Schools, colleges and instruction	51	4.9	1.39×More than typical	22,515	$46,124	618

Rank places for an industry

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 104,453 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $16.5M on contracts performed in Tompkins County, New York: $158 per resident (US $1,995).

Obligations: $16.5M; −8.5% vs FY2025
Per resident: $158; US $1,995
Sole-source: 27%; US 30%
Single offer: 5.3%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of the Navy$3.9M24%
Departmental Offices$2.5M15%
Department of Veterans Affairs$2.1M13%
National Aeronautics and Space Administration$1.8M11%
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$1.3M7.8%
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service$1M6.2%
Department of the Army$841.9K5.1%
Agricultural Research Service$656.6K4.0%

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

21.2MFY2017
27.7MFY2018
29.3MFY2019
27.6MFY2020
29.3MFY2021
34MFY2022
17.2MFY2023
20.2M

Top industries (NAICS)

Scientific research and development services · 5417$7M43%
Colleges, universities, and professional schools · 6113$2.5M15%
Outpatient care centers · 6214$1.9M12%
Other professional, scientific, and technical services · 5419$1.8M11%
Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing · 3345$1.1M6.7%

Largest awards

THE PURPOSE OF THE MATURED, ENHANCED TPCP TECHNOLOGIES FOR IMPROVED SECURITY METIS EFFORT IS TO BUILD A FLEET OF RELEVANT TOOLS AND CAPABILITIES BASED ON UNIVERSITY PERFORMERS INITIAL PROOFS OF CONCEPT THAT ALIGN WITH TASK AREAS IN THE TPCP BAA.$32.5M
GRAMMATECH, INC.· Tompkins County, NY· Research & development· Apr 23, 2021 – May 29, 2026· N0001421C1032
REAFFIRM: REVERSE ENGINEER, ANALYZE, AND FIX FIRMWARE$3.4M
GRAMMATECH, INC.· Tompkins County, NY· Research & development· Nov 27, 2024 – Sep 24, 2026· 140D0425C0004
DHA SBIR DIRECT PHASE II H2D-0219 SAMPLE COLLECTION AND PROCESSING METHODS TO SUPPORT BATTLEFIELD WOUND INFECTION DIAGNOSTICS$3M
JAN BIOTECH, INC.· Tompkins County, NY· Research & development· Sep 12, 2024 – Jun 1, 2026· HT942524C0079

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026.

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Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $767.3M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Tompkins County, New York: $7,375 per resident (US $12,957).

Assistance · FY2026: $767.3M; −7.6% vs FY2025
Per resident: $7,375; US $12,957
Loan face value: $7.2M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.1%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$376.1M49%
93.859 · Biomedical Research and Research Training$31.2M4.1%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$31M4.0%
47.049 · Mathematical and Physical Sciences$25.6M3.3%
84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$24.2M3.2%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$22.9M3.0%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$19.9M2.6%
14.871 · Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers$12.7M1.7%

Top recipients (organizations)

CORNELL UNIVERSITY$203.2M26%
ITHACA, NY
CORNELL UNIVERSITY$25.5M3.3%
ITHACA, NY
ITHACA HOUSING AUTHORITY$14.4M1.9%
ITHACA, NY
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION NEW YORK$9.8M1.3%
ALBANY, NY
COUNTY OF TOMPKINS$9.1M

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$441.5M58%
National Institutes of Health$82.8M11%
Department of Health and Human Services
National Science Foundation$61.8M8.0%
National Institute of Food and Agriculture$37M4.8%
Department of Agriculture
Department of Education$31.5M4.1%

Assistance by fiscal year

855.8MFY2021
751MFY2022
782.2MFY2023
826.9MFY2024
830.5MFY2025
767.3MFY2026

County aggregates

61%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

How Tompkins County, New York compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Tompkins County, New York
United States
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Tompkins County, New York and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Tompkins County, New York	United States
FY2017	$206	$1,436
FY2018	$271	$1,552
FY2019	$288	$1,654
FY2020	$261	$1,880
FY2021	$286	$1,810
FY2022	$326	$1,917
FY2023	$165	$2,079
FY2024	$193	$2,047
FY2025	$173	$2,165
FY2026	$158 (partial year)	$1,912
FY2027	$0 (partial year)	—

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Tompkins County, New York and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Tompkins County, New York	United States
FY2017	$0.49	$93.28
FY2018	$4.31	$105
FY2019	$3.42	$128
FY2020	$1.95	$145
FY2021	$23.68	$117

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Tompkins County, New York and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Tompkins County, New York	United States
FY2021	$4,050	$5,748
FY2022	$3,305	$5,221
FY2023	$3,130	$5,364
FY2024	$3,328	$5,501
FY2025	$2,962	$5,732
FY2026	$2,568

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Tompkins County, New York and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Tompkins County, New York	United States
FY2021	$96.20	$298
FY2022	$243	$357
FY2023	$78.12	$301
FY2024	$90.86	$319
FY2025	$212	$360
FY2026	$181

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Tompkins County, New York and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Tompkins County, New York	United States
FY2021	$150	$239
FY2022	$175	$185
FY2023	$189	$229
FY2024	$174	$229
FY2025	$177	$249
FY2026	$157

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Tompkins County, New York and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Tompkins County, New York	United States
FY2021	$741	$2,304
FY2022	$443	$2,197
FY2023	$636	$2,274
FY2024	$877	$2,267
FY2025	$693	$2,397
FY2026	$861

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Tompkins County, New York and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Tompkins County, New York	United States
FY2021	$920	$1,186
FY2022	$286	$465
FY2023	$6.73	$76.52
FY2024	$62.24	$120
FY2025	$25.68	$148
FY2026	$52.63

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Tompkins County, New York
United States
Years with money loaded

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Tompkins County, New York and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Tompkins County, New York	United States
2014	−2.4%	2.0%
2015

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

No jump in federal money met the criteria in the years loaded, so there is no comparison for this place.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/36109

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Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Tompkins County, New York is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Josh RileyD-NY-19 · 100% of residentsWith party 89%Missed 1.8%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

Metro area

The metro or micro area Tompkins County belongs to. A county is in at most one.

Ithaca, NY92Central county

Cities and towns in Tompkins County

Places whose residents live mostly in Tompkins County, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-06
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
Air Quality Index Annual Summary by CountyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2025
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

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Calendar years	Tompkins County, New York	United States
2014	−4.6%	−4.2%
2015	−1.7%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+5.8%	+3.3%
2018	+8.9%	+6.8%
2019	+10.8%	+10.5%
2020	+19.1%	+19.4%
2021	+26.3%	+26.1%
2022	+32.4%	+30.6%
2023	+36.5%	+35.0%
2024	+39.6%	+41.0%
2025	+44.4%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Tompkins County, New York	United States
2014	−4.1%	−5.5%
2015	+0.8%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+5.8%	+4.1%
2018	+8.6%	+8.9%
2019	+13.7%	+13.5%
2020	+29.2%	+20.8%
2021	+28.4%	+32.1%
2022	+29.6%	+35.4%
2023	+37.4%	+42.9%
2024	+43.8%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Tompkins County, New York	United States
2014	2.9/1k	3.3/1k
2015	2.7/1k	3.7/1k
2016	5.6/1k	3.7/1k
2017	4.6/1k	3.9/1k
2018	7.9/1k	4.1/1k
2019	8.1/1k	4.2/1k
2020	3.1/1k	4.4/1k
2021	6.3/1k	5.2/1k
2022	2.3/1k	5.0/1k
2023	3.3/1k	4.5/1k
2024	3.2/1k	4.3/1k
2025	4.5/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Tompkins County, New York	United States
2014	−7.0%	−6.9%
2015	+0.1%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+1.4%	+4.7%
2018	+2.9%	+7.5%
2019	+6.1%	+14.0%
2020	+17.1%	+16.9%
2021	+17.3%	+21.0%
2022	+29.1%	+29.7%
2023	+22.3%	+34.9%
2024	+29.7%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Tompkins County, New York	United States
2014	−8.0% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−2.8% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+4.1% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+6.1% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+7.2% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+15.6% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+28.3% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+40.5% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+50.2% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+59.0% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+62.6% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Tompkins County, New York	United States
2014	4.4%	6.2%
2015	4.4%	5.3%
2016	4.1%	4.9%
2017	4.2%	4.4%
2018	3.5%	3.9%
2019	3.5%	3.7%
2020	5.7%	8.1%
2021	3.9%	5.4%
2022	3.0%	3.7%
2023	3.2%	3.6%
2024	3.4%	4.0%
2025	3.5%	4.3%

Calendar years	Tompkins County, New York	United States
2014	18.7%	15.5%
2015	20.1%	14.7%
2016	18.5%	14.0%
2017	18.6%	13.4%
2018	16.8%	13.1%
2019	16.9%	12.3%
2020	12.4%	11.9%
2021	16.2%	12.8%
2022	16.0%	12.6%
2023	15.7%	12.5%
2024	17.3%	12.1%

Calendar years	Tompkins County, New York	United States
2015	—	−3.3% (Dec 2015)
2016	—	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	—	+4.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	—	+8.8% (Dec 2018)
2019	— (Dec 2019)	+13.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	— (Dec 2020)	+15.2% (Dec 2020)
2021	— (Dec 2021)	+32.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	— (Dec 2022)	+42.1% (Dec 2022)
2023	— (Dec 2023)	+46.3% (Dec 2023)
2024	— (Dec 2024)	+50.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	— (Dec 2025)	+53.5% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Tompkins County, New York	United States
2014	8.1%	13.5%
2015	6.4%	10.9%
2016	5.6%	10.0%
2017	5.3%	10.2%
2018	4.8%	10.4%
2019	4.7%	10.8%
2020	4.5%	10.4%
2021	4.9%	10.2%
2022	4.7%	9.5%
2023	4.6%	9.5%
2024	4.8%	9.8%

Calendar years	Tompkins County, New York	United States
2014	6.1/1k	8.5/1k
2015	5.8/1k	8.7/1k
2016	5.6/1k	9.1/1k
2017	5.7/1k	9.8/1k
2018	5.9/1k	10.7/1k
2019	6.0/1k	10.6/1k
2020	5.9/1k	13.1/1k
2021	7.8/1k	16.2/1k
2022	7.6/1k	15.1/1k
2023	7.9/1k	16.2/1k
2024	7.0/1k	15.4/1k
2025	7.5/1k	16.6/1k

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