Poverty Rate in Tompkins County, NY
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
16.4%
Rank #2,191/3,222 · #54 in NY
32th
Tompkins 16.4%
NY 14.0% +16.8%
US 12.6% +29.8%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Tompkins County's poverty rate of 16.4% compares to all 3,222 U.S. counties. Values range from 1.4% to 63.6%.
Distribution of Poverty Rate Across All Counties
Ranking Context
Counties ranked closest to Tompkins County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,188 | Mecklenburg County, VA | 16.3% |
| #2,189 | Polk County, GA | 16.4% |
| #2,190 | Somerset County, MD | 16.4% |
| #2,191 | Tompkins County, NY | 16.4% |
| #2,192 | Webster County, MS | 16.4% |
| #2,193 | White County, IL | 16.4% |
| #2,194 | Siskiyou County, CA | 16.4% |
About Poverty Rate
Tompkins County, New York has a poverty rate of 16.4%, ranking #2,191 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 29.8% above the national value of 12.6%. Within New York, it ranks #54 of 62. This places it in the 32th percentile nationally.
Percentage of the population living below the federal poverty line. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 5-Year Estimates. All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.