Tax parcel lookup for Ithaca and the southern tip of Cayuga Lake
Tompkins County sits at the southern end of Cayuga Lake, anchored by Ithaca — home to Cornell University and Ithaca College, and known for the gorges and waterfalls that cut through the city itself. Beyond Ithaca, the county spreads into rural hill towns typical of the southern Finger Lakes.
NY Property Peek's dataset includes over 35,000 individual tax parcels across Tompkins County, each with details like year built, square footage, bedroom and bathroom counts, and school district where available — pulled from New York State's statewide tax parcel records.
View the interactive map for Tompkins County →NY Property Peek holds 35,369 tax parcel records for Tompkins County, spread across 16 towns, cities and villages and 15 school districts. The median Tompkins County parcel sits on 1.13 acres, has 1,683 sq ft of finished living space, and dates to 1967. The median full market value on file is $265,000.
Construction dates for the 24,980 Tompkins County parcels whose records name a year built.
| Built | Parcels | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Before 1900 | 3,943 | 16% |
| 1900–1949 | 4,859 | 19% |
| 1950–1979 | 6,914 | 28% |
| 1980–1999 | 5,062 | 20% |
| 2000 or later | 4,202 | 17% |
The most common property classes among the 35,361 Tompkins County parcels that carry one. New York State assigns every parcel a class code describing how it is used.
| Property class | Parcels | Share |
|---|---|---|
| One family year-round residence | 18,716 | 53% |
| Two family year-round residence | 2,539 | 7% |
| Residential vacant land | 2,276 | 6% |
| Recreational use | 1,533 | 4% |
| Apartments | 1,038 | 3% |
Where Tompkins County's parcels are, by the municipality each one is assessed in.
| Municipality | Parcels | Share of county |
|---|---|---|
| City of Ithaca | 5,476 | 15% |
| Dryden | 4,903 | 14% |
| Town of Ithaca | 4,355 | 12% |
| Lansing | 3,809 | 11% |
| Newfield | 2,411 | 7% |
| Danby | 2,043 | 6% |
| Caroline | 2,016 | 6% |
| Ulysses | 1,979 | 6% |
Every figure above is counted directly from the 35,369 Tompkins County records in this site's copy of New York State's statewide tax parcel dataset — none of it is estimated or modelled. Assessment records are a snapshot of what each assessor filed, so an individual parcel can be out of date or incomplete. Nothing here is a title search or a legal description of a property.