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Elmira, NY

26,257 Population
7.3 square miles 3,620.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.5 ±0.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Elmira, NY Metro Area: 42 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$23,686 ±$1,785 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Elmira, NY Metro Area: $37,273 ±$1,537
  • about half the amount in New York: $50,712 ±$237
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$43,120 ±$3,211 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Elmira, NY Metro Area: $63,716 ±$2,911
  • about half the amount in New York: $85,974 ±$402
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

30.2% ±3.3% (7,132  ±785) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in the Elmira, NY Metro Area: 16.3% 12,857 (±1.4% / ±1,081)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 14% 2,711,742 (±0.2% / ±29,111)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

18.8 minutes ±1.6 (159,860  ±17,796) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Elmira, NY Metro Area: 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 two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

10,532 ±364 Number of households
  • the Elmira, NY Metro Area: 35,262 ±439
  • New York: 7,722,646 ±12,717
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (23,504  ±85) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Elmira, NY Metro Area: 2.2 78,528 (±0 / ±105)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,227,424
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.1% ±1.6% (246  ±98) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Elmira, NY Metro Area: 5.4% † 924 (±1.3% / ±223)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New York: 4.9% 228,276 (±0.1% / ±4,383)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

12,676 ±338 Number of housing units
  • the Elmira, NY Metro Area: 39,252 ±68
  • New York: 8,585,241 ±652
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$93,000 ±$5,108 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Elmira, NY Metro Area: $141,100 ±$6,793
  • about one-fifth of the amount in New York: $423,800 ±$1,627
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

14.5% ±2.4% (3,774  ±637.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Elmira, NY Metro Area: 9.4% † 7,638 (±1.1% / ±867.1)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New York: 9.9% 1,939,072 (±0.1% / ±17,964.9)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

81.9% ±4.5% (14,356  ±856.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Elmira, NY Metro Area: 90.7% 53,000 (±2.6% / ±1,502.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 88% 12,332,714 (±0.2% / ±30,517.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
18.1% ±2.2% (3,166  ±385.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Elmira, NY Metro Area: 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

3.7% ±0.8% (983  ±212) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Elmira, NY Metro Area: 3.5% 2,866
  • less than a fifth of the rate in New York: 22.8% 4,526,014
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.1% ±1.4% (1,233  ±288) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Elmira, NY Metro Area: 8.7% 5,658 (±0.7% / ±443)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New York: 3.7% 581,776 (±0% / ±5,645)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,233 Total veterans ±288 1,115 Male ±274 118 Female ±72

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