Ithaca 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.
Northeast
Ithaca
Tompkins County, NY
Population
31,359
Walk Score
96 · Walker's Paradise
Median rent
$1,391
Median home value
$324,300
[[Municipal corporation
1821
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On the National Register
Historic districts
- Cornell Heights Historic District · listed 1989
- De Witt Park Historic District · listed 1971
- East Hill Historic District · listed 1986
- Ithaca Downtown Historic District (Additional Documentation) · listed 2005
- Stewart Park · listed 2023
Notable landmarks
- Bailey Hall · listed 1984
- Bates, Rufus and Flora, House · listed 2010
- Biggs Memorial Hospital Cottage
- Biggs Memorial Hospital Cottage · listed 2020
- Boardman House · listed 1971
- Caldwell Hall · listed 1984
- Cascadilla School Boathouse · listed 1991
- Cayuga Preventorium · listed 2021
- CG 40300 (motor lifeboat) · listed 2021
- Clinton Hall · listed 1988
- Clinton House · listed 1971
- Comstock Hall · listed 1984
- Deke House · listed 1991
- Dennis-Newton House · listed 2016
- East Robert Hall · listed 1984
- Enfield Falls Mill and Miller's House · listed 1979
- Fernow Hall · listed 1984
- Hayt's Chapel and Schoolhouse · listed 2005
- Ithaca Gas and Electric Corporation Building · listed 1990
- Ithaca Pottery Site · listed 1979
- Jamieson and McKinney Block · listed 1990
- Lehigh Valley Railroad Station · listed 1974
- Llenroc · listed 1980
- Morrill Hall, Cornell University · listed 1966
- Rice Hall · listed 1984
- …and 11 more
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