New York · Census place 3641223
Lansing, New York
Lansing is a village in Tompkins County, New York with an estimated 3,893 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 197th largest of 419 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 3,893
- #197 of 419 in New York
- Change since 2020
- +4.4%
- +165 people
- Land area
- 4.6 sq mi
- + 0.02 sq mi water
- Density
- 844 / sq mi
- State median 3,760
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Lansing population, 2020 to 2024
Lansing added 165 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +4.4%. In the latest year it moved by +4.
Lansing covers 4.61 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 844 people per square mile of land. The median New York place of 5,000+ has 3,760, so Lansing is less dense than the typical town.
What county Lansing is in
All of Lansing's residents live in Tompkins County, which had 105,602 residents in 2024. Lansing holds 3.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Lansing
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Lansing by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 14850. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a village that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Lansing is
The Census internal point of Lansing is at 42.490200, -76.486500. Albany, the capital, is 139.3 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Cayuga Heights, NY (3,949 people), 1.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Syracuse, NY, 41.8 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 42.490200, -76.486500
- DMS
- 42°29'24.72"N 76°29'11.40"W
- UTM
- 18N 377839.7E 4705275.4N
- Geohash
- dr99ex05r
- Plus code
- 87J5FGR7+3C
Daylight in Lansing
At 42.49° N, Lansing gets about 15 h 18 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 04 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 14 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Lansing
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New York, measured between internal points. The closest is Cayuga Heights, 1.6 miles away, with 3,949 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Lansing, NY?
3,893 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 165 (4.4%) from 3,728 in July 2020.
What county is Lansing in?
Tompkins County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Lansing?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 14850.
How far is Lansing from Albany?
139.3 miles (224.2 km) in a straight line, heading E from Lansing.
What is the nearest larger city to Lansing?
Cayuga Heights, NY, with 3,949 residents, 1.6 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.