Cost of living in Lansing, New York
Lansing, New York has about 3,876 people. Typical rent is $1,726 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $72,364 a year. Both figures are Census 2020–2024 medians, not a listing or your pay. This site does not approve or deny benefits. A missing figure stays blank. We do not guess it.
Simple answer
Typical rent is $1,726 a month.
Lansing is a village in New York. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $72,364 a year.
- People
- 3,876
- Census average, 2020–2024
- Typical rent
- $1,726
- Median gross rent, includes utilities
- Typical pay
- $72,364
- Median household income, yearly
- Typical home
- $516,900
- Median home value
- 2-bedroom fair rent
- $1,709
- Ithaca, NY MSA
Lansing, New York has about 3,876 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.
A typical home is worth about $516,900.
HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Tompkins County is $1,709 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Lansing. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.
In the Ithaca, NY metro area, prices sit at 103.3 when the U.S. average is 100. That is a 2024 BEA index.
New York taxes wages. A typical combined sales tax is 8.5% as of January 1, 2026. That mix is statewide, not Lansing's exact store tax.
Some places in New York add a local wage tax. In 2023 the state average was about 1.60% of income. That is not a Lansing bill.
In July 2026, a typical New York home paid 29.90¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Lansing's bill.
In 2025, all-grades gas in New York averaged $3.18 a gallon. EIA prints this yearly price for only some states.
Among 745 places we list in New York with a rent figure, 317 have higher typical rent than Lansing.
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Typical rent $832
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EBT nearby
USDA has a live map of stores that take SNAP. We did not copy that store list here. The downloadable file is a history file for 2005 through 2025, so the live map is the one to use.
Locator page updated 2026-09-11. Last checked 2026-10-16.
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Census 2020-2024. HUD rents for October 2026–September 2027. BEA prices for 2024. Taxes as of January 1, 2026. Checked 2026-10-16. 15,000 places are in this guide.