What is the rental vacancy rate in the Town of Ulysses, NY?

Name: Vacancy rate in the Town of Ulysses, NY, 2020–2024
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The rental vacancy rate in the Town of Ulysses, NY is 0.9% (±1.3 points) (2020–2024 American Community Survey).

The homeowner vacancy rate is 0.0% (±2.7 points).

264 (±120) homes, 10.1% of all housing units, were vacant, a count that includes seasonal homes and homes being sold or rented.

In the Town of Ulysses, the rental vacancy rate went from 8.2% in 2015–2019 to 0.9% in 2020–2024 (−7.3 percentage points), a measurable decrease.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Rental vacancy rate: 0.9% (±1.3 points)
Homeowner vacancy rate: 0.0% (±2.7 points)
Vacant homes: 264 (±120)

Vacancy in the Town of Ulysses against Tompkins County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Town of Ulysses	Tompkins County	New York	United States
Rental vacancy rate	0.9% (±1.3 points)	2.8% (±1.1 points)	3.8% (±0.1 points)	5.5%
Homeowner vacancy rate	0.0% (±2.7 points)	0.9% (±0.7 points)	1.1% (±0.1 points)	0.9%
Vacant housing units	264 (±120)	4,541 (±576)	862,595 (±12,628)	14,547,859

The rental vacancy rate is the share of rental homes that are vacant and for rent; it leaves out homes already rented but not yet moved into, and seasonal homes.

In the Town of Ulysses, the rental vacancy rate is lower than in Tompkins County (2.8%).

It is also lower than in New York (3.8%).

It is lower than the national figure (5.5%).

Rental vacancy rate in places near the Town of Ulysses

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with the Town of Ulysses
Place	Distance	Rental vacancy rate	Compared with this place
Town of Ulysses	—	0.9% (±1.3 points)	—
Village of Trumansburg	3.0 mi	1.9% (±2.8 points)	Not measurably different
Town of Enfield	4.9 mi	0.0% (±14.3 points)	Not measurably different
Northwest Ithaca	5.6 mi	0.0% (±7.8 points)	Not measurably different
Town of Lansing	5.7 mi	0.0% (±1.8 points)	Not measurably different
South Lansing	6.3 mi	0.0% (±19.0 points)	Not measurably different
Town of Covert	6.4 mi	0.0% (±24.4 points)	Not measurably different
Village of Lansing	6.8 mi	0.0% (±2.9 points)	Not measurably different
Village of Cayuga Heights	7.3 mi	13.7% (±13.4 points)	Not measurably different

None of the nearby places differs measurably from this one on this figure.

Distance is measured in a straight line between the Census Bureau’s internal points for each place.

Rental vacancy rate across Tompkins County, place by place

Rank	Place	Rental vacancy rate
1	Town of Newfield	17.9% (±14.7 points)
2	Town of Ithaca	3.9% (±3.4 points)
3	Ithaca	3.5% (±1.8 points)
4	Town of Ulysses	0.9% (±1.3 points)
5	Town of Dryden	0.1% (±0.1 points)
6 (tie)	Town of Caroline	0.0% (±7.1 points)
6 (tie)	Town of Danby	0.0% (±21.3 points)
6 (tie)	Town of Enfield	0.0% (±14.3 points)
6 (tie)	Town of Groton	0.0% (±7.0 points)
6 (tie)	Town of Lansing	0.0% (±1.8 points)

A New York town includes the villages and hamlets inside it, so the figures for the Town of Ulysses include them.

Survey years: 2020–2024 (American Community Survey 5-year estimates), compared with 2015–2019.

Margins of error are at the 90% confidence level.

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Questions about Town of Ulysses

Is it hard to find a rental in the Town of Ulysses?

The rental vacancy rate in the Town of Ulysses, NY is 0.9% (±1.3 points); a low rate means few rental homes stand empty and for rent at any time, which usually means more competition for each one.

Is the rental market in the Town of Ulysses tighter than it was?

In the Town of Ulysses, the rental vacancy rate went from 8.2% in 2015–2019 to 0.9% in 2020–2024 (−7.3 percentage points), a measurable decrease.

How many homes are vacant in the Town of Ulysses?

An estimated 264 (±120) housing units, 10.1% of the total, including seasonal homes and homes waiting to be sold or rented.

Sources

To check these figures in the Census Bureau’s own API, request the variables below from the 2024 ACS 5-year data profile (acs/acs5/profile) for Ulysses town, Tompkins County, New York (county subdivision:75990, in state:36 county:109).

Each estimate (E or PE) has a margin of error beside it (M or PM).

The 2015–2019 figures are DP04_0005E, DP04_0005M from the 2019 release.

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DP04_0005E, DP04_0005M, DP04_0004E, DP04_0004M, DP04_0003E, DP04_0003M, DP04_0003PE, DP04_0003PM

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