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Elmira, NY

26,349 Population
7.3 square miles 3,633.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.5 ±0.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Elmira, NY Metro Area: 41.9 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$23,664 ±$1,680 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Elmira, NY Metro Area: $35,624 ±$1,484
  • about half the amount in New York: $49,520 ±$230
$43,089 ±$4,697 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Elmira, NY Metro Area: $63,469 ±$2,608
  • about half the amount in New York: $84,578 ±$372

26.9% ±3.7% (6,352  ±879) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Elmira, NY Metro Area: 15.8% 12,500 (±1.4% / ±1,098)
  • about double the rate in New York: 13.7% 2,656,674 (±0.1% / ±27,351)

19.7 minutes ±1.6 (178,090  ±19,690) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Elmira, NY Metro Area: 19.7 651,670 (±0.7 / ±28,356)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in New York: 32.8 266,142,800 (±0.1 / ±921,890)

Families

10,577 ±356 Number of households
  • the Elmira, NY Metro Area: 34,916 ±486
  • New York: 7,668,956 ±12,766
2.2 ±0.1 (23,611  ±84) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Elmira, NY Metro Area: 2.3 79,130 (±0 / ±104)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,274,232

5.2% ±2% (297  ±115) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Elmira, NY Metro Area: 5.6% † 963 (±1.3% / ±228)
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 4.9% 230,168 (±0.1% / ±4,006)

Housing

12,685 ±349 Number of housing units
  • the Elmira, NY Metro Area: 39,143 ±76
  • New York: 8,539,536 ±1,410

$88,200 ±$3,985 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Elmira, NY Metro Area: $132,100 ±$5,852
  • about one-fifth of the amount in New York: $403,000 ±$1,347

12.4% ±2.1% (3,227  ±554.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Elmira, NY Metro Area: 9.1% † 7,466 (±1.1% / ±877.2)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New York: 10.1% 1,981,213 (±0.1% / ±18,773.1)

Social

82.8% ±4.5% (14,437  ±863.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Elmira, NY Metro Area: 90.9% 53,124 (±2.5% / ±1,451.9)
  • a little less than the rate in New York: 87.9% 12,297,601 (±0.2% / ±31,621.6)
18.7% ±2.3% (3,257  ±406.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Elmira, NY Metro Area: 26.9% 15,715 (±1.4% / ±820.9)
  • about half the rate in New York: 39.6% 5,535,503 (±0.2% / ±20,933.1)

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

3.8% ±1% (1,003  ±268) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Elmira, NY Metro Area: 3.6% 2,951
  • about one-fifth of the rate in New York: 22.6% 4,499,147

6.5% ±1.3% (1,310  ±272) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Elmira, NY Metro Area: 9% 5,860 (±0.7% / ±467)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New York: 3.9% 607,728 (±0% / ±6,791)
1,310 Total veterans ±272 1,159 Male ±266 151 Female ±79

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