Lansing, NY

Census Place

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2024 Population
3,876
US Senator
Chuck Schumer
Democratic Party
US Senator
Kirsten Gillibrand
Democratic Party
2024 Median Age
27.7
5.78% 1-year decrease
2024 Poverty Rate
23.6%
51.5% 1-year increase
2024 Median Household Income
$72,364
4.66% 1-year decline
2024 Median Property Value
$516,900
28% 1-year growth
2024 Employed Population
2,535
11.7% 1-year growth

About

None of the households in Lansing, NY reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

85.9% of the residents in Lansing, NY are U.S. citizens.

In 2024, the median property value in Lansing, NY was $516,900, and the homeownership rate was 23.4%.

Most people in Lansing, NY drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 15.7 minutes. The average car ownership in Lansing, NY was 1 car per household.

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Population & Diversity

Lansing, NY is home to a population of 3.88k people, from which 85.9% are citizens. As of 2024, 22.1% of Lansing, NY residents were born outside of the country (855 people).

In 2024, there were 2.64 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (2.49k people) in Lansing, NY than any other race or ethnicity. There were 940 Asian (Non-Hispanic) and 183 Two Races Excluding Other, & Three or More Races (Non-Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Population & Diversity

Citizenship

85.9%
2024 Citizenship
81.2%
2023 Citizenship

As of 2024, 85.9% of Lansing, NY residents were US citizens, which is lower than the national average of 93.2%. In 2023, the percentage of US citizens in Lansing, NY was 81.2%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been increasing.

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Diversity

Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in Lansing, NY
  1. White (Non-Hispanic)
    2.49k ± 456
  2. Asian (Non-Hispanic)
    940 ± 319
  3. Two Races Excluding Other, & Three or More Races (Non-Hispanic)
    183 ± 144
3.51%
Hispanic Population
136 people

In 2024, there were 2.64 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (2.49k people) in Lansing, NY than any other race or ethnicity. There were 940 Asian (Non-Hispanic) and 183 Two Races Excluding Other, & Three or More Races (Non-Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

3.51% of the people in Lansing, NY are hispanic (136 people).

The following chart shows the 8 races represented in Lansing, NY as a share of the total population.

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Global Diversity

The PUMS dataset is not available at the Place level, so we are showing data for New York.
Most Common Origin
  1. Dominican Republic
    493,200 ± 17,027 people
  2. China
    410,969 ± 15,575 people
  3. Jamaica
    234,174 ± 11,811 people

In 2023, the most common birthplace for the foreign-born residents of New York was Dominican Republic, the natal country of 493,200 New York residents, followed by China with 410,969 and Jamaica with 234,174.

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Foreign-Born Population

22.1%
2024 Foreign-Born Population
855 people
29.7%
2023 Foreign-Born Population
1.14k people

As of 2024, 22.1% of Lansing, NY residents (855 people) were born outside of the United States, which is approximately the same as the national average of 14%. In 2023, the percentage of foreign-born citizens in Lansing, NY was 29.7%, meaning that the rate has been decreasing.

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Military

Veterans

Vietnam
Most Common Service Period
9 ± 24

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Economy

The economy of Lansing, NY employs 2.54k people. In 2024, the largest industries in Lansing, NY were Educational Services (707 people), Health Care & Social Assistance (608 people), and Retail Trade (429 people), and the highest paying industries were Public Administration ($132,890), Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services ($112,727), and Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services ($112,727).

Employment

Occupations

2.54k
2024 Value
± 662
11.7%
1 Year growth
± 30.8%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Lansing, NY grew at a rate of 11.7%, from 2.27k employees to 2.54k employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Lansing, NY, are Education Instruction, & Library Occupations (497 people), Healthcare Support Occupations (398 people), and Sales & Related Occupations (379 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Lansing, NY.

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Unemployment Insurance Claims

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for New York.

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The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

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Industries

Employment by Industries

2.54k
2024 Value
± 662
11.7%
1 Year growth
± 30.8%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Lansing, NY grew at a rate of 11.7%, from 2.27k employees to 2.54k employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Lansing, NY, are Educational Services (707 people), Health Care & Social Assistance (608 people), and Retail Trade (429 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Lansing, NY, though some of these residents may live in Lansing, NY and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

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Median Earnings by Industry

$39,263
Median earning men ± $26,350
$38,958
Median earning women ± $28,821

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services ($86,250), Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($51,120), and Arts, Entertainment, & Recreation, & Accommodations & Food Services ($42,857).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services ($113,750), Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($54,609), and Arts, Entertainment, & Recreation, & Accommodations & Food Services ($10,395).

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Employment by Industry Sector

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for New York.
Y-Axis
2.74%
Year-over-year growth
Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 9.56M people employed in New York. This represents a 2.74% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 19.7%.

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Housing & Living

The median property value in Lansing, NY was $516,900 in 2024, which is 1.55 times larger than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $403,900 to $516,900, a 28% increase. The homeownership rate in Lansing, NY is 23.4%, which is lower than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Lansing, NY have an average commute time of 15.7 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Lansing, NY is lower than the national average, with an average of 1 car per household.

Housing

Property

$516,900
Median Property Value 2024
±$84,235
$414
Median Property Taxes
±$152

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Lansing, NY the largest share of households pay taxes in the $3k+ range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Lansing, NY compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

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Rent vs Own

23.4%
Homeownership
2024
62.5%
Homeowners with Mortgage
2024

In 2024, 23.4% of the housing units in Lansing, NY were occupied by their owner. This percentage declined from the previous year's rate of 26.3%.

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Equity

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.
$72,364
Median Household Income
± $14,147
1.77k
Number of Households
± 462

In 2024, the median household income of the 1.77k households in Lansing, NY declined from $72,364 from the previous year's value of $75,901.

The following chart displays the households in Lansing, NY distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $60k - $75k range.

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Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Lansing, NY is from New York.
0.493
2023 Wage GINI in New York
0.494
2022 Wage GINI in New York

In 2023, the income inequality in New York was 0.493 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.0797% decline from 2022 to 2023, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for New York was higher than than the national average of 0.476. In other words, wages are distributed less evenly in New York in comparison to the national average.

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Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2024
  1. Drove Alone (35.5%)
  2. Carpooled (21.6%)
  3. Worked At Home (16%)

In 2024, 35.5% of workers in Lansing, NY drove alone to work, followed by those who carpooled to work (21.6%) and those who worked at home (16%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

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Commute Time

15.7 minutes
Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Lansing, NY have a shorter commute time (15.7 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 0% of the workforce in Lansing, NY have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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Car Ownership

1 car
Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Lansing, NY distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Lansing, NY have 1 car.

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Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

23.6% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Lansing, NY (906 out of 3.84k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is higher than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females 18 - 24, followed by Males 18 - 24 and then Females 25 - 34.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Lansing, NY is White, followed by Two Or More and Other.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

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Health

98.3% of the population of Lansing, NY has health coverage, with 45.5% on employee plans, 28.3% on Medicaid, 4.98% on Medicare, 18.8% on non-group plans, and 0.834% on military or VA plans.

Primary care physicians in New York see 1,245 patients per year on average, which represents a 0% change from the previous year (1,245 patients). Compare this to dentists who see 1205 patients per year, and mental health providers who see 265 patients per year.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 49% were men and 51% were women.

Coverage

Health Care Diversity

In 2024, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 21.7% under 18 years, 42.2% between 18 and 34 years, 27.7% between 35 and 64 years, and 8.39% over 64 years.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 49% were men and 51% were women.

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Uninsured People

1.67%
Uninsured
45.5%
Employer Coverage
28.3%
Medicaid
4.98%
Medicare
18.8%
Non-Group
0.834%
Military or VA

Between 2023 and 2024, the percent of uninsured citizens in Lansing, NY declined by 50.1% from 3.34% to 1.67%.

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