City of Ithaca NY
Mapping & Demographics

Welcome to the City of Ithaca's Demographics, Mapping and Geographic Information System (GIS) Data Center. Through this site, the City serves its staff, elected officials, and citizens, as well as contractors, consultants, agencies, students, researchers and companies with an interest in the City. If you do not find what you need at this site, please contact any of our City departments for additional help. See the chart below for specific resources.

Quick Demographics (City of Ithaca- 2000)

Population Total Households Total Families Median Household Income Median Family Income
28,775 10,287 2,958 21,441 42,304

Services

Interactive Mapping

PLEASE NOTE: The Ithacamaps web GIS application has been replaced. For interactive mapping please try the two links below.

New County-wide Public Interactive Mapping

View properties, election districts, water resources and other features and boundaries of Tompkins County.

NEW  Interactive Mapping for City Staff

Contact Ruth Aslanis for further information on using or test-driving new City-specific sites for City of Ithaca staff. These sites are provided in collaboration with Tompkins County GIS.
Aerial Photography Use our new web mapping application to view aerial images.   Select General County Map.
Demographics View and download data and publications: Census data compiled in user friendly formats; Neighborhood Statistics Program 1990 and 2000; Resource List.
Survey Control Points Contact the Dept. of Engineering for assistance at (607) 274-6530. See GIS Data for a file of control points and elevations.
Paper Maps

Several departments hold map collections. Contact the Department directly for assistance.
CONTACT:
Engineering - (607) 274-6530;
Water and Sewer - (607) 272-1717; Planning and Development - (607) 274-6550. View a list of Planning & Development Dept maps on our Mapping and Demographics page.

Electronic Maps See Electronic Maps page for ready made maps in pdf and jpg formats.
Map Making Services City staff produce maps by request for projects related to community development or education. Requests are considered on a case by case basis and there is a plotting fee. Contact Ruth Aslanis for further information.
GIS at the City of Ithaca A quick history of GIS at the City of Ithaca.
Download GIS data Download w/o charge: ArcView, Mapinfo and ACAD files; files come without warranty; for more info contact us.
GIS Users Group For the regional GIS Users Group, SynerGIS contact a representative or join the group list serve: search for SynerGIS at yahoogroups.com
Additional Resources Tompkins County GIS Division
American Factfinder: The U.S. Census' web application
City of Ithaca Home Page City home page