Cayuga Heights is a city of 4,000 people in New York. 81% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, against 36% nationally. That is roughly 94% ahead of the New York median. Median household income runs $166,526, well clear of the $82,259 US median. That puts it in the top 1% of US cities for household income. People stay put here: 73% were in the same home a year ago.
At a glance
Wealthier
median household income $166,526, above the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 34.3
US median: 38.9
More educated
81% 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 Cayuga Heights
What changed most since 1990
Median home value (2024 dollars)$510,735 → $433,000(−15%)US over the same years: +67%
Asian share7.7% → 20.5%(+12.8 pts)US over the same years: +3.1 pts
Poverty rate17.6% → 11.2%(−6.4 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
Cayuga Heights's population equals 3.8% of Tompkins County's. Its number of residents 65 and older equals 7.4% of the county's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 7.0% 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)0%(0)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)17%(33)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era20.1%(39)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War8.8%(17)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II10.8%(21)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 194 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
Cayuga Heights, decade by decade
Cayuga Heights 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
3,613
$122,485
$510,735
82.8%
27.3
2000
3,273
$135,272
$359,413
88.3%
37.1
2010
3,729
$114,187
$469,406
86.6%
49.1
2020
4,114
$116,659
$478,028
80.7%
62.2
2024
4,000
$166,526
$433,000
81.3%
66.2
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.
