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3101of 3,144

Tompkins, New York

Score 4.08 / 10· population 103,558

Tompkins County is in New York's Finger Lakes region, where Ithaca has Cornell University and, on South Hill above the city center, Ithaca College. In 2024 the median property tax bill was $6,540, about twice the $3,211 national median. Life expectancy in 2020 to 2022 was 80.9 years, nearly four years above the 77.1 national figure.

Sources
  • Ithaca College is in the Finger Lakes region of New York State ithaca.edu
  • Ithaca College sits on South Hill overlooking the heart of Ithaca ithaca.edu
  • Cornell University is located in Ithaca, New York cornell.edu
  • The city of Ithaca is in Tompkins County, NY censusreporter.org
  • Median real estate taxes paid in Tompkins County were $6,540 (ACS 2024 1-year) api.censusreporter.org
  • Median real estate taxes paid in the United States were $3,211 (ACS 2024 1-year) api.censusreporter.org
  • Life expectancy in Tompkins County was 80.9 years, against 77.1 for the United States (County Health Rankings 2025 release) countyhealthrankings.org
  • The 2025 County Health Rankings release used 2020-2022 data for life expectancy countyhealthrankings.org

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Eleven factors

Government behavior

  1. Fraser Institute state ranking (state)4.4
  2. 2A (state)0.0
  3. GOP + LP vote for President2.5
  4. Sales tax2.7
  5. Property tax0.0

Environment

  1. Air quality6.5
  2. Floods / hurricanes1.4

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate8.9
  2. Life expectancy10.0
  3. Government employees7.3
  4. Single-parent households4.3

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