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Southport town, Chemung County, NY

9,150 Population
46.4 square miles 197.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.3 ±5.3 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Chemung County: 42 ±0.4
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$40,214 ±$4,778 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Chemung County: $37,273 ±$1,537
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New York: $50,712 ±$237
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$62,813 ±$7,480 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Chemung County: $63,716 ±$2,911
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New York: $85,974 ±$402
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

14.8% ±4.3% (1,326  ±383) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Chemung County: 16.3% 12,857 (±1.4% / ±1,081)
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 14% 2,711,742 (±0.2% / ±29,111)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

20.3 minutes ±2 (81,710  ±9,861) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Chemung County: 20.2 651,890 (±0.7 / ±27,592)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in New York: 32.6 258,262,370 (±0.1 / ±834,810)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

4,357 ±208 Number of households
  • Chemung County: 35,262 ±439
  • New York: 7,722,646 ±12,717
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.1 (8,944  ±46) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Chemung County: 2.2 78,528 (±0 / ±105)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,227,424
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.2% ±5.3% (88  ±77) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Chemung County: 5.4% † 924 (±1.3% / ±223)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New York: 4.9% 228,276 (±0.1% / ±4,383)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

4,862 ±232 Number of housing units
  • Chemung County: 39,252 ±68
  • New York: 8,585,241 ±652
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$123,200 ±$14,061 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Chemung County: $141,100 ±$6,793
  • about one-quarter of the amount in New York: $423,800 ±$1,627
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

5.6% ±1.8% (505  ±161.8) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Chemung County: 9.4% † 7,638 (±1.1% / ±867.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New York: 9.9% 1,939,072 (±0.1% / ±17,964.9)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90.7% ±7.4% (6,553  ±565.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Chemung County: 90.7% 53,000 (±2.6% / ±1,502.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 88% 12,332,714 (±0.2% / ±30,517.5)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
18.7% ±3.5% (1,348  ±252.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Chemung County: 27.2% 15,901 (±1.3% / ±761.2)
  • about half the rate in New York: 40.2% 5,638,631 (±0.1% / ±20,283)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

2.4% ±1.4% (221  ±126) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Chemung County: 3.5% 2,866
  • about 10 percent of the rate in New York: 22.8% 4,526,014
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.8% ±2.6% (760  ±200) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Chemung County: 8.7% 5,658 (±0.7% / ±443)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 3.7% 581,776 (±0% / ±5,645)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
760 Total veterans ±200 760 Male ±200 N/A Female ±19

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