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Real estate businesses in the Ithaca, NY metro area
How the Ithaca, NY metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for real estate businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 71 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #33 of 387 scored metro areas
#7 of 13 scored metro areas based in New York
- Listings
- 103
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 45
- +12.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $772.5M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $17,857 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 173
- 73% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 23.8
- 38% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 104,047
- −1.4% since 2020
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What this means
The Ithaca metro area scores 71 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for real estate businesses, ranking #33 of 387 scored metro areas and #7 of 13 scored metro areas based in New York. That puts it in the top 10% of metro areas for real estate businesses.
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in the Ithaca metro area comes to about $772.5M a year: $17,857 per household, 7% above the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 73% above the U.S. figure. The spending figure is all rent and homeowner costs, a measure of housing demand, not money real estate businesses take in.
There are 103 real estate businesses on map listings in the Ithaca metro area as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 6% across the U.S. That is 23.8 per 10,000 households, 38% below the U.S. rate of 38.5.
In 2023, official counts showed 45 businesses with payroll in the Ithaca metro area classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors, up 12.5% from 2019. That is one for every 961 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Ithaca metro area declined 1.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Ithaca metro area compares
The same measures for New York and the whole U.S. Housing spending per listing divides all rent and homeowner costs by the listings counted: a measure of housing demand for each business, not money any of them take in, so it is shown against the U.S. (100) only. Households per establishment divides households by the official count.
| Measure | Ithaca metro area | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 23.8 | 31.8 | 38.5 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 173 | 138 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 961 | 456 | 414 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +12.5% | +4.7% | +15.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.4% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $17,857 | $19,048 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $74,024 | $85,974 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 71 | 61 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 45+12.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 198
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $12.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 331Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 1030 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 178The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in the Ithaca metro area, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.
Population and households in the Ithaca metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 104,047−1.4% since 2020
- Households
- 43,263
- Median age
- 36.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 54%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 475 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 220
- Median household income
- $74,024+22.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $102,718
- Median home value
- $290,900
- Jobs located here
- 46,926
- Daytime population
- 111,478Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in New York
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | 76 | 1,038 | 27.1 | 160 | +1.9% | #16 of 387 |
| 2Binghamton, NY | 75 | 157 | 15.3 | 251 | −1.3% | #18 of 387 |
| 3Utica-Rome, NY | 74 | 192 | 15.9 | 245 | −2.0% | #21 of 387 |
| 4Kingston, NY | 73 | 206 | 27.7 | 156 | +1.1% | #27 of 387 |
| 5Elmira, NY | 72 | 57 | 16.2 | 235 | −3.9% | #29 of 387 |
| 6Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY | 72 | 1,017 | 20.3 | 198 | −0.8% | #31 of 387 |
| 7Ithaca, NY | 71 | 103 | 23.8 | 173 | −1.4% | #33 of 387 |
| 8Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY | 71 | 769 | 30.2 | 151 | +3.0% | #34 of 387 |
| 9Syracuse, NY | 69 | 645 | 23.8 | 171 | −1.3% | #39 of 387 |
| 10Rochester, NY | 67 | 1,118 | 25.1 | 163 | −0.7% | #51 of 387 |
Other business types in the Ithaca metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many real estate businesses are in the Ithaca, NY metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 103 real estate businesses in the Ithaca metro area. None of them are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokers, property managers, mortgage brokers and lenders, and home inspectors. Official counts show 45 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in 2023, up 12.5% from 2019. Official counts also show 331 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Ithaca, NY metro area spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $772.5M a year, or $17,857 per household. That is 7% above the U.S. average (an index of 107, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 103 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is 73% above the U.S. figure. That figure is all rent and homeowner costs, used as a measure of housing demand; it is not money real estate businesses take in. It is estimated from the incomes of the 43,263 households in the Ithaca metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Ithaca, NY metro area compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?
The Ithaca metro area has 23.8 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 38% below the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 173, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, the Ithaca metro area would have about 178, against 103 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 961 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. The official count rose 12.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +15.8% for the U.S.
How fast is the Ithaca, NY metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Ithaca metro area at 104,047 people in 2025, down 1.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 43,263 households. Median household income in the Ithaca metro area is $74,024, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.9%, before inflation.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. The Ithaca metro area scores 71 for real estate businesses (upper middle), #33 of 387 scored metro areas.
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