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Wage Policies

Overall Wage Policy Score: 69.89
The average living wage for the state of New York is $35.98/hr, while the states minimum wage is $12.5/hr, which can be set above the state standard, and is extended to farm workers. This gives New York a minimum wage score of 66.97 compared to all other states.
The minimum wage for tipped employees is $8.35/hr, which gives New York a minimum wage for tipped employees score of 57.2 compared to all other states.
The weekly unemployment (UI) benefit for New York is $250, resulting in a UI benefit score of 50.49 compared to all other states.

Worker Protection Policies

Overall Worker Protection Score: 92.86

✓ New York does provide accommodations for pregnant workers.
✓ New York does offer protections for workplace breastfeeding.
✓ New York does mandate equal pay across gender and race.
✓ New York does prohibit pay secrecy practices in the workplace.
✓ New York does restrict access to salary history to reduce gender and racial bias.
✓ New York does provide some form of paid family leave.
✓ New York does provide some form of paid sick leave.
X New York does not provide flexible scheduling of worker shifts.
✓ New York does mandate pay reporting or "call-in" pay by employers.
✓ New York does provide split shift pay regulation.
X New York does not provide workers advanced notice of shift scheduling.
✓ New York does provide some form of sexual harassment protection in state law.
✓ New York does extend workers compensation mandates to farmworkers.
✓ New York does extend worker protections to domestic workers.

Right To Organize Policies

Overall Right To Organize Score: 100

✓ New York does not have a "right-to-work" law.
✓ New York does legalize project labor agreements to ensure a fair wage to workers on contract.
✓ New York does protect workers against wage theft retaliation.
✓ New York does require collective bargaining for public workers.
✓ New York does provide collective bargaining for teachers.
✓ New York does provide wage negotiations for teachers.

Data from Oxfam America, Inc.
A global organization that fights inequality to end poverty and injustice.

Voting

Tompkins County voted Democratic in the 2020 Presidential Election with a very significant difference of 66.99% between the winner and runner up.

Voting Results by Party

Democratic: 73.01%
Republican: 24.1%
Other: 1.07%
Libertarian: 1.03%
Green: 0.79%

Nearby Locations

Additional Location Details

Zip Code(s) : 13068
Latitude : 42.494018
Longitude : -76.372300
TimeZone : Eastern (GMT -05:00)
Daylight Saving : Yes
Region : Northeast
Average Elevation : 1030 ft.
Area Code(s) : 607

Demographic Details

Average # of People Per Household : 2.41
Male Population Estimate : 50.84%
Female Population Estimate : 49.16%
Median Age : 39.0
Male Median Age : 36.7
Female Median Age : 40.3

White Population Estimate : 96.59%
Black Population Estimate : 3.22%
Hispanic Population Estimate : 2.29%
Asian Population Estimate : 0.95%
Hawaiian Population Estimate : 0.09%
Indian Population Estimate : 1.29%
Other Population Estimate : 0.80%

Crime Details

NOTE: Crime is available at the County level so this doesn't necessarily represent the city of Freeville specifically.
Average # of Homicides for Tompkins County: About 2 per 100,000 People
(last recorded in 2016)
Average # of Violent Crimes for Tompkins County: About 123 per 100,000 People
(last recorded in 2021)
Tompkins County is about 54% lower than the national average of about 4 homicides per 100,000 people, and about 57% lower than the national average of about 288 violent crimes per 100,000 people.