Population
23609
Students
10021
Employees
Financials
| $1B | Payroll |
| $225M | Student spending |
| $77M | Visitor spending |
| $150M | Purchasing in Tompkins and adjacent counties (by location of vendor). |
| $40M | Construction spending in Tompkins and adjacent counties (by location of prime contractor). |
| $7.14M | Contributions to local governments, Ithaca City School District, nonprofit organizations and public transit. |
| $5.6M | Property taxes paid directly by Cornell and by lessees for activity on Cornell-owned land. Taxes paid on Cornell-related properties ranks third in Tompkins County. |
| $3.9M | Municipal fees paid (water, sewer, storm water: $2.6 million; other: $1.3 million). Cornell operates its own water system for most of the campus and serves as a backup to municipal water systems. |
| $337M | Federal, state and corporate research funding spent locally. |
| $750K | Cornell’s United Way goal, which is 40% of the countywide campaign. |
| $20.24M | Venture capital raised in 2019 by the companies of Rev: Ithaca Startup Works, founded by Cornell (with Ithaca College and Tompkins Cortland Community College). Rev companies created 105 new local jobs in 2019. |
| $8.9M | Venture capital and investments raised by Cornell’s McGovern Family Center for Venture Development in the Life Sciences’ Ithaca-based clients in 2019. These companies created 10 new local jobs in 2019. |
NOTE: Numbers for students, employees, and payroll are for Cornell’s Ithaca Campus only.