Cost of living in Tompkins County
Simple answer
A 2-bedroom fair-market rent is $1,709 a month.
That HUD number covers Tompkins County, New York, from October 2026 through September 2027. Towns in the county can still have different rents on the ground.
- Studio
- $1,198
- 1 bed
- $1,427
- 2 bed
- $1,709
- 3 bed
- $2,040
- 4 bed
- $2,631
This county is in the Ithaca, NY area. BEA's 2024 price index there is 103.3 (U.S. = 100).
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Towns in this county
- Ithaca · 32,814 people
- South Hill · 6,951 people
- Cayuga Heights · 4,000 people
- Lansing · 3,876 people
- Northeast Ithaca · 2,661 people
- Northwest Ithaca · 2,225 people
- East Ithaca · 1,918 people
- Groton · 1,834 people
- Dryden · 1,671 people
- Trumansburg · 1,665 people
- Forest Home · 1,303 people