Ithaca is home to 2,817 people in Michigan. Home values have more than doubled since 2000, reaching $133,200. The foreign-born share is 1%. 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. At a median age of 42.5, this is an older place than the country as a whole. Median rent is $819 a month.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $63,109, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 42.5
US median: 38.9
Less educated
26% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Stable housing
home values roughly flat, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Ithaca
What changed most since 1990
White share95.2% → 85.9%(−9.3 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Poverty rate9.7% → 16.8%(+7.0 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
Hispanic share4.8% → 8.7%(+3.9 pts)US over the same years: +9.9 pts
Ithaca's population equals 6.8% of Gratiot County's. Its number of people who work from home equals 0.8% of the county's. Its number of households without a car equals 3.6% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)18.9%(35)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)3.8%(7)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era41.1%(76)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War6.5%(12)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II6.5%(12)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 185 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Ithaca, decade by decade
Ithaca population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
3,009
$63,770
$92,163
12.5%
11.4
2000
3,098
$63,840
$122,233
12.6%
16.0
2010
2,910
$56,165
$126,882
13.2%
21.1
2020
2,853
$63,291
$111,508
18.5%
25.9
2024
2,817
$63,109
$133,200
26.3%
31.7
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
