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South Lansing CDP, New York: commercial real estate data.
South Lansing CDP is a Census CDP of 1,496 people across 2.76 square miles of land, in Tompkins County. 59.8 percent of occupied homes are owned.
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South Lansing
What South Lansing is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area2.76 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land542 plus or minus 216
- County holding the largest share of its areaTompkins County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
South Lansing
How many people live in South Lansing
- Population1,496 plus or minus 595
- Median age30.5 plus or minus 16.8
- Population under 18245 plus or minus 120
- Share under 1816.4 percent plus or minus 4.7
- Population 65 and over235 plus or minus 130
- Share 65 and over15.7 percent plus or minus 6.1
- Households498 plus or minus 122
- Family households388 plus or minus 117
- Share of households that are families77.9 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
South Lansing
Income and work in South Lansing
- Per capita income$44,658 plus or minus $12,446
- Civilian labor force1,024 plus or minus 612
- Employed848 plus or minus 402
- Unemployed176 plus or minus 245
- Unemployment rate17.2 percent plus or minus 21.6
- Adults 25 and over789 plus or minus 215
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher97.3 percent plus or minus 22.2
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher45.8 percent plus or minus 13.5
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree16.1 percent plus or minus 8.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
South Lansing
Housing in South Lansing
- Housing units498 plus or minus 122
- Occupied units498 plus or minus 122
- Vacant units0
- Vacancy rate0.0 percent
- Owner occupied298 plus or minus 101
- Renter occupied200 plus or minus 114
- Ownership rate59.8 percent plus or minus 14.0
- Median owner-occupied home value$350,400
- Single family units295 plus or minus 102
- Share single family59.2 percent plus or minus 14.4
- Units in buildings of two or more203 plus or minus 142
- Share in buildings of two or more40.8 percent plus or minus 26.7
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1986
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
South Lansing
How South Lansing gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute767 plus or minus 399
- Commuting under 15 minutes184 plus or minus 125
- Share commuting under 15 minutes24.0 percent plus or minus 10.5
- Commuting 30 minutes or more75 plus or minus 97
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more9.8 percent plus or minus 11.6
- Drove alone86.8 percent plus or minus 21.3
- Carpooled3.7 percent plus or minus 5.5
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home9.6 percent plus or minus 6.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Tompkins County, not South Lansing
Tompkins County context, not South Lansing figures
These are Tompkins County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as South Lansing measurements.
- Establishments in Tompkins County2,230
- Employment at those establishments, Tompkins County50,869
- Covered employment, Tompkins County48,051
- Average annual pay, Tompkins County$69,770
- Average weekly wage, Tompkins County$1,342
- Housing units permitted, Tompkins County337
- Of those, single family, Tompkins County145
- County product, 2024, Tompkins County$7,966,282,000
- County product change over the prior year, Tompkins County6.1 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Tompkins County$70,441
Every figure in this section is published for Tompkins County as a whole and is not a measurement of South Lansing. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- No SBA approvals are recorded to a borrower address in this place in either FOIA release.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- The American Community Survey does not publish a median household income for this place, which happens where the sample is too small to support one.
- No median gross rent is published for this place.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
South Lansing questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in South Lansing, New York?
1,496, in 498 households. South Lansing CDP covers 2.76 square miles of land, which is 542 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is South Lansing in?
Tompkins County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
Are the county figures on this page South Lansing figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Tompkins County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of South Lansing.
Is zoning published for South Lansing?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.