Ira, New York
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Population change since 2000: -9.1%
Males: 1,120 | (50.8%) |
Females: 1,086 | (49.2%) |
Median resident age: | 41.0 years |
New York median age: | 40.7 years |
Zip codes: 13033.
Ira: | $78,618 |
NY: | $79,557 |
Estimated per capita income in 2022: $33,323 (it was $16,954 in 2000)
Ira town income, earnings, and wages data
Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $176,851 (it was $77,900 in 2000)
Ira: | $176,851 |
NY: | $400,400 |
Mean prices in 2022: all housing units: $208,264; detached houses: $225,118; townhouses or other attached units: $236,740; in 2-unit structures: $244,571; in 3-to-4-unit structures: $414,744; in 5-or-more-unit structures: $633,100; mobile homes: $69,131
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Ira, NY
- 2,11495.8%White alone
- 462.1%Two or more races
- 200.9%Hispanic
- 120.5%Black alone
- 110.5%American Indian alone
- 20.09%Asian alone
- 10.05%Native Hawaiian and Other
Pacific Islander alone
Races in Ira detailed stats: ancestries, foreign born residents, place of birth
Latest news from Ira, NY collected exclusively by city-data.com from local newspapers, TV, and radio stations
Ancestries: Irish (19.6%), English (18.9%), German (17.4%), United States (13.9%), French (9.2%), Italian (8.1%).
Current Local Time: EST time zone
Land area: 34.8 square miles.
Population density: 63 people per square mile (very low).
32 residents are foreign born
This town: | 1.3% |
New York: | 20.4% |
Ira town: | 2.1% ($1,638) |
New York: | 1.9% ($2,847) |
Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Clay, NY (17.4 miles , pop. 58,805).
Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Rochester, NY (54.6 miles , pop. 219,773).
Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Bronx, NY (212.9 miles , pop. 1,332,650).
Nearest cities:
Latitude: 43.21 N, Longitude: 76.53 W
Area code commonly used in this area: 315
Single-family new house construction building permits:
- 2022: 4 buildings, average cost: $267,000
- 2021: 3 buildings, average cost: $283,300
- 2019: 4 buildings, average cost: $124,500
- 2018: 5 buildings, average cost: $181,000
- 2017: 5 buildings, average cost: $181,000
- 2016: 5 buildings, average cost: $181,000
- 2015: 6 buildings, average cost: $109,000
- 2014: 6 buildings, average cost: $109,000
- 2013: 8 buildings, average cost: $109,000
- 2012: 6 buildings, average cost: $109,000
- 2011: 8 buildings, average cost: $109,000
- 2010: 10 buildings, average cost: $109,000
- 2009: 5 buildings, average cost: $109,000
- 2008: 4 buildings, average cost: $109,000
- 2007: 7 buildings, average cost: $109,000
- 2006: 10 buildings, average cost: $109,100
- 2005: 10 buildings, average cost: $108,500
- 2004: 13 buildings, average cost: $111,600
- 2003: 11 buildings, average cost: $80,000
- 2002: 11 buildings, average cost: $80,000
- 2001: 17 buildings, average cost: $90,000
- 2000: 12 buildings, average cost: $60,000
- 1999: 6 buildings, average cost: $80,000
- 1998: 10 buildings, average cost: $60,000
- 1997: 11 buildings, average cost: $68,200
Here: | 4.2% |
New York: | 4.4% |
- Educational services (10.5%)
- Construction (8.1%)
- Health care (6.0%)
- Accommodation & food services (5.0%)
- Groceries & related products merchant wholesalers (4.9%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting (4.7%)
- Professional, scientific, technical services (4.3%)
- Construction (14.3%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting (6.7%)
- Educational services (5.7%)
- Machinery (4.6%)
- Groceries & related products merchant wholesalers (4.6%)
- Public administration (4.2%)
- Building material & garden equipment & supplies dealers (4.1%)
- Educational services (16.2%)
- Health care (11.8%)
- Accommodation & food services (6.6%)
- Professional, scientific, technical services (5.6%)
- Groceries & related products merchant wholesalers (5.2%)
- Administrative & support & waste management services (5.0%)
- Finance & insurance (5.0%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6.4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5.0%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary, and middle school teachers (4.1%)
- Other production occupations, including supervisors (4.0%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (3.9%)
- Other office and administrative support workers, including supervisors (3.3%)
- Other management occupations, except farmers and farm managers (3.1%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (11.4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6.8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair workers, including supervisors (5.5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5.4%)
- Other production occupations, including supervisors (4.1%)
- Farmers and farm managers (4.1%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (3.7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary, and middle school teachers (7.7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers, including supervisors (5.8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5.4%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4.6%)
- Registered nurses (4.3%)
- Other production occupations, including supervisors (3.9%)
- Other management occupations, except farmers and farm managers (3.5%)
Average climate in Ira, New York
Based on data reported by over 4,000 weather stations
(lower is better)
Air Quality Index (AQI) level in 2023 was 57.0. This is better than average.
City: | 57.0 |
U.S.: | 72.6 |
Carbon Monoxide (CO) [ppm] level in 2012 was 0.295. This is about average. Closest monitor was 20.4 miles away from the city center.
City: | 0.295 |
U.S.: | 0.251 |
Ozone [ppb] level in 2023 was 31.2. This is about average. Closest monitor was 6.3 miles away from the city center.
City: | 31.2 |
U.S.: | 33.3 |
Earthquake activity:
Ira-area historical earthquake activity is significantly above New York state average. It is 68% smaller than the overall U.S. average.On 10/7/1983 at 10:18:46, a magnitude 5.3 (5.1 MB, 5.3 LG, 5.1 ML, Class: Moderate, Intensity: VI - VII) earthquake occurred 121.1 miles away from Ira center
On 4/20/2002 at 10:50:47, a magnitude 5.3 (5.3 ML, Depth: 3.0 mi) earthquake occurred 167.6 miles away from Ira center
On 4/20/2002 at 10:50:47, a magnitude 5.2 (5.2 MB, 4.2 MS, 5.2 MW, 5.0 MW) earthquake occurred 165.8 miles away from the city center
On 9/25/1998 at 19:52:52, a magnitude 5.2 (4.8 MB, 4.3 MS, 5.2 LG, 4.5 MW, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 230.5 miles away from the city center
On 8/23/2011 at 17:51:04, a magnitude 5.8 (5.8 MW, Depth: 3.7 mi) earthquake occurred 373.8 miles away from Ira center
On 1/31/1986 at 16:46:43, a magnitude 5.0 (5.0 MB) earthquake occurred 261.2 miles away from the city center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB), local magnitude (ML), surface-wave magnitude (MS), moment magnitude (MW)
Natural disasters:
The number of natural disasters in Cayuga County (15) is near the US average (15).Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 8
Emergencies Declared: 6
Causes of natural disasters: Floods: 5, Storms: 4, Hurricanes: 2, Blizzard: 1, Heavy Rain: 1, Ice Storm: 1, Landslide: 1, Power Outage: 1, Snow: 1, Tropical Storm: 1, Wind: 1, Other: 2 (Note: some incidents may be assigned to more than one category).
Hospitals and medical centers near Ira:
- HOSPITALS HOME HEALTH CARE HHA (Home Health Center, about 10 miles away; FULTON, NY)
- MICHAUD RESIDENTIAL HEALTH SERVICES INC (Nursing Home, about 10 miles away; FULTON, NY)
- SYRACUSE HOME ASSOCIATION (Nursing Home, about 11 miles away; BALDWINSVILLE, NY)
- UNIV. DIALYSIS CTR @ OSWEGO (Dialysis Facility, about 14 miles away; OSWEGO, NY)
- ST. JOSEPH'S - SENECA (Dialysis Facility, about 16 miles away; LIVERPOOL, NY)
- CAYUGA COUNTY NURSING HOME (Nursing Home, about 16 miles away; AUBURN, NY)
Operable nuclear power plants near Ira:
- 19 miles: James A. FitzPatrick in Scriba, NY.
- 19 miles: Nine Mile Point 1 and 2 in Scriba, NY.
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Ira:
- SUNY College at Oswego (about 17 miles; Oswego, NY; Full-time enrollment: 7,550)
- Cayuga County Community College (about 19 miles; Auburn, NY; FT enrollment: 3,141)
- Onondaga Community College (about 22 miles; Syracuse, NY; FT enrollment: 8,920)
- Syracuse University (about 24 miles; Syracuse, NY; FT enrollment: 20,717)
- SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (about 24 miles; Syracuse, NY; FT enrollment: 2,044)
- Le Moyne College (about 25 miles; Syracuse, NY; FT enrollment: 3,041)
- Hobart William Smith Colleges (about 34 miles; Geneva, NY; FT enrollment: 2,476)
Points of interest:
Notable locations in Ira: Ira Corners (A), Benton Corners (B), Stewart B Lang Memorial Library (C), Cato Fire Department (D). Display/hide their locations on the map
Churches in Ira include: Cato Union Church (A), Saint Patrick's Church (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Union Hill Cemetery (1), Dutton Cemetery (2), Marble Ridge Cemetery (3), White Cemetery (4), Ferris Cemetery (5), Mosher Cemetery (6). Display/hide their locations on the map
Lakes and swamps: Mud Pond (A), Beaver Meadows (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
This town: | 2.7 people |
New York: | 2.6 people |
This town: | 73.1% |
Whole state: | 63.5% |
This town: | 11.5% |
Whole state: | 6.8% |
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
This town: | 7.0% |
Whole state: | 14.6% |
This town: | 2.7% |
Whole state: | 7.4% |
For population 15 years and over in Ira:
- Never married: 23.7%
- Now married: 62.2%
- Separated: 1.8%
- Widowed: 4.9%
- Divorced: 7.5%
For population 25 years and over in Ira:
- High school or higher: 85.9%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 11.8%
- Graduate or professional degree: 5.1%
- Unemployed: 5.7%
- Mean travel time to work (commute): 29.2 minutes
Here: | 8.8 |
New York average: | 14.2 |
Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results
Religion statistics for Ira, NY (based on Cayuga County data)
Religion | Adherents | Congregations |
---|---|---|
Catholic | 23,937 | 10 |
Mainline Protestant | 6,462 | 38 |
Evangelical Protestant | 2,886 | 31 |
Other | 502 | 5 |
Orthodox | 150 | 1 |
Black Protestant | 119 | 1 |
None | 45,970 | - |
Food Environment Statistics:
Cayuga County: | 2.12 / 10,000 pop. |
New York: | 4.13 / 10,000 pop. |
Cayuga County: | 0.25 / 10,000 pop. |
New York: | 0.06 / 10,000 pop. |
Here: | 0.50 / 10,000 pop. |
State: | 0.92 / 10,000 pop. |
Here: | 3.50 / 10,000 pop. |
State: | 1.68 / 10,000 pop. |
This county: | 7.25 / 10,000 pop. |
New York: | 8.82 / 10,000 pop. |
Cayuga County: | 8.0% |
State: | 8.2% |
This county: | 25.6% |
New York: | 23.8% |
Cayuga County: | 12.2% |
State: | 15.6% |
Strongest AM radio stations in Ira:
- WFBL (1050 AM; 2 kW; BALDWINSVILLE, NY; Owner: BUCKLEY BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WHEN (620 AM; 5 kW; SYRACUSE, NY; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WAMF (1300 AM; 1 kW; FULTON, NY; Owner: DONALD H. DEROSA)
- WSYR (570 AM; 5 kW; SYRACUSE, NY; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WDCW (1390 AM; 5 kW; SYRACUSE, NY; Owner: KIMTRON, INC.)
- WHAM (1180 AM; 50 kW; ROCHESTER, NY; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
- WNSS (1260 AM; 5 kW; SYRACUSE, NY; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WACK (1420 AM; 5 kW; NEWARK, NY; Owner: PEMBROOK PINES, INC.)
- WGY (810 AM; 50 kW; SCHENECTADY, NY; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WSGO (1440 AM; 1 kW; OSWEGO, NY; Owner: GALAXY COMMUNICATIONS, L.P.)
- WWLF (1340 AM; 1 kW; AUBURN, NY; Owner: WOLF RADIO, INC)
- WWKB (1520 AM; 50 kW; BUFFALO, NY; Owner: ENTERCOM BUFFALO LICENSE, LLC)
- WSIV (1540 AM; 2 kW; E. SYRACUSE, NY; Owner: CRAM COMMUNICATIONS LLC)
Strongest FM radio stations in Ira:
- WBBS (104.7 FM; FULTON, NY; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
- WSEN-FM (92.1 FM; BALDWINSVILLE, NY; Owner: BUCKLEY BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WRVO (89.9 FM; OSWEGO, NY; Owner: STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK)
- WMHR (102.9 FM; SYRACUSE, NY; Owner: MARS HILL BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
- WTKV (105.5 FM; OSWEGO, NY; Owner: GALAXY COMMUNICATIONS, L.P.)
- WZUN (102.1 FM; PHOENIX, NY; Owner: GALAXY COMMUNICATIONS, L.P.)
- WPHR (106.9 FM; AUBURN, NY; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WKRH (106.5 FM; MINETTO, NY; Owner: GALAXY COMMUNICATIONS, L.P.)
- WBXL (90.5 FM; BALDWINSVILLE, NY; Owner: BALDWINSVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DIST.)
- WYYY (94.5 FM; SYRACUSE, NY; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WCNY-FM (91.3 FM; SYRACUSE, NY; Owner: THE PUB. B/C COUNC. OF CEN. NY, INC.)
- WNTQ (93.1 FM; SYRACUSE, NY; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WCOV-FM (93.7 FM; CLYDE, NY; Owner: FAMILY LIFE MINISTRIES, INC.)
- W251AK (98.1 FM; NEDROW, NY; Owner: PATHWAY COMMUNITY RADIO, INC.)
- WVOA-FM (103.9 FM; MEXICO, NY; Owner: RENARD COMMUNICATIONS CORP.)
- W278AH (103.5 FM; SYRACUSE, JAMESVILLE, NY; Owner: CALVARY CHAPEL OF THE FINGER LAKES, INC.)
- WWHT (107.9 FM; SYRACUSE, NY; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WOLF-FM (96.7 FM; OSWEGO, NY; Owner: WOLF RADIO, INC.)
- WLTI (105.9 FM; SYRACUSE, NY; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WLLW (99.3 FM; SENECA FALLS, NY; Owner: AUBURN BROADCASTING, INC.)
TV broadcast stations around Ira:
- WSPX-TV (Channel 56; SYRACUSE, NY; Owner: PAXSON SYRACUSE LICENSE, INC.)
- WCNY-TV (Channel 24; SYRACUSE, NY; Owner: PUBLIC BROADCASTING COUNCIL OF CENTRAL NEW YORK)
- WSTM-TV (Channel 3; SYRACUSE, NY; Owner: WSTM LICENSE SUBSIDIARY, INC.)
- WNYS-TV (Channel 43; SYRACUSE, NY; Owner: RKM MEDIA, INC.)
- WIXT-TV (Channel 9; SYRACUSE, NY; Owner: CENTRAL NY NEWS, INC.)
- WSYT (Channel 68; SYRACUSE, NY; Owner: WSYT LICENSEE L.P.)
- W11BP (Channel 11; SYRACUSE, ETC., NY; Owner: RENARD COMMUNICATIONS CORP.)
- WTVH (Channel 5; SYRACUSE, NY; Owner: WTVH LICENSE, INC.)
- WTVU-LP (Channel 22; SYRACUSE, NY; Owner: RENARD COMMUNICATIONS CORP.)
- WOBX-LP (Channel 35; SYRACUSE, NY; Owner: METRO TV, INC.)
- WBLZ-LP (Channel 13; SYRACUSE, NY; Owner: RENARD COMMUNICATIONS CORP.)
- WSTQ-LP (Channel 14; SYRACUSE, NY; Owner: FEDERAL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- W51BA (Channel 51; SYRACUSE, NY; Owner: RENARD COMMUNICATIONS CORP.)
- W30AJ (Channel 30; SYRACUSE, NY; Owner: JOHN MESTER INCOME FAMILY TRUST)
- WMBO-LP (Channel 60; SYRACUSE, ETC., NY; Owner: METRO TV, INC.)
- W48AO (Channel 48; AUBURN, NY; Owner: SONNY PERSAD)
Medal of Honor Recipients
Medal of Honor Recipient born in Ira: Samuel P. Kenyon.
- National Bridge Inventory (NBI) Statistics
- 7Number of bridges
- 39ft / 12.2mTotal length
- $5,754,000Total costs
- 6,049Total average daily traffic
- 252Total average daily truck traffic
- 7,914Total future (year 2036) average daily traffic
FCC Registered Antenna Towers:
8 (See the full list of FCC Registered Antenna Towers in Ira)FCC Registered Broadcast Land Mobile Towers:
1- North Rd (Lat: 43.222278 Lon: -76.553000), Call Sign: KTC994,
Assigned Frequencies: 46.1000 MHz, Grant Date: 04/21/2012, Expiration Date: 06/30/2022, Cancellation Date: 09/03/2022, Registrant: Finger Lakes Communications, 305 Clark Street, Auburn, NY 13021, Phone: (315) 252-9478, Email:
FCC Registered Microwave Towers:
1- IRA, Southard Road (Lat: 43.193667 Lon: -76.497694), Overall height: 85.3 m, Call Sign: WHO336, Licensee ID: L00129200,
Assigned Frequencies: 6034.15 MHz, 5974.85 MHz, 6004.50 MHz, 5945.20 MHz, 6004.50 MHz, 6063.80 MHz, 6034.15 MHz, 6123.10 MHz, 6093.45 MHz, 6152.75 MHz, Grant Date: 02/27/2001, Expiration Date: 02/01/2011, Cancellation Date: 09/07/2007, Certifier: Michael J Shortley Iii, Registrant: Global Crossing North American Networks, Inc.
- 52.2%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
- 27.5%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 16.7%Wood
- 1.9%Electricity
- 1.0%Utility gas
- 0.4%Coal or coke
- 0.3%Other fuel
- 57.8%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
- 17.6%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 13.7%Electricity
- 8.8%Wood
- 2.0%Other fuel
Ira compared to New York state average:
- Median house value significantly below state average.
- Unemployed percentage below state average.
- Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- Renting percentage significantly below state average.
- Length of stay since moving in significantly above state average.
- Number of rooms per house significantly below state average.
- House age significantly below state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.