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Homer, NY

3,114 Population
1.9 square miles 1,617.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.8 ±3.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Cortland, NY Micro Area: 37 ±0.6
  • about the same as the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$42,900 ±$5,994 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Cortland, NY Micro Area: $34,752 ±$1,053
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New York: $50,712 ±$237
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$72,472 ±$10,536 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Cortland, NY Micro Area: $70,418 ±$2,912
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New York: $85,974 ±$402
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

6.2% ±3.5% (192  ±108) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the Cortland, NY Micro Area: 12.8% † 5,440 (±1.6% / ±694)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New York: 14% 2,711,742 (±0.2% / ±29,111)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.3 minutes ±4.2 (35,080  ±8,080) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Cortland, NY Micro Area: 22.3 463,310 (±0.8 / ±20,919)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in New York: 32.6 258,262,370 (±0.1 / ±834,810)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,463 ±146 Number of households
  • the Cortland, NY Micro Area: 18,999 ±384
  • New York: 7,722,646 ±12,717
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.2 (3,070  ±54) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Cortland, NY Micro Area: 2.2 42,549 (±0.1 / ±59)
  • 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

12.9% ±10.4% (89  ±74) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Cortland, NY Micro Area: 4.6% † 532 (±1.4% / ±164)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 4.9% 228,276 (±0.1% / ±4,383)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,463 ±146 Number of housing units
  • the Cortland, NY Micro Area: 20,841 ±64
  • New York: 8,585,241 ±652
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$165,200 ±$9,285 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Cortland, NY Micro Area: $162,100 ±$3,172
  • about two-fifths of the amount in New York: $423,800 ±$1,627
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

14.7% ±8% (446  ±241.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Cortland, NY Micro Area: 15.7% † 7,210 (±1.6% / ±739.7)
  • 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

92.9% ±11.7% (2,006  ±295.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Cortland, NY Micro Area: 91.9% 26,930 (±3.2% / ±943.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 88% 12,332,714 (±0.2% / ±30,517.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
42.8% ±8.9% (924  ±203.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Cortland, NY Micro Area: 29.1% 8,542 (±1.9% / ±557)
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 40.2% 5,638,631 (±0.1% / ±20,283)
  • about 20 percent higher than 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

3.3% ±3.6% (104  ±111) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Cortland, NY Micro Area: 2.8% 1,313
  • 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

9.3% ±4.4% (229  ±108) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Cortland, NY Micro Area: 6.2% † 2,343 (±0.7% / ±246)
  • 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)
229 Total veterans ±108 205 Male ±96 24 Female ±24

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