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West Elmira, NY

4,691 Population
3 square miles 1,544 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.2 ±3.2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Elmira, NY Metro Area: 41.9 ±0.4
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New York: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$51,968 ±$6,834 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Elmira, NY Metro Area: $35,624 ±$1,484
  • a little higher than the amount in New York: $49,520 ±$230
$107,359 ±$11,560 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in the Elmira, NY Metro Area: $63,469 ±$2,608
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in New York: $84,578 ±$372

4.1% ±4% (193  ±189) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Elmira, NY Metro Area: 15.8% 12,500 (±1.4% / ±1,098)
  • about one-third of the rate in New York: 13.7% 2,656,674 (±0.1% / ±27,351)

19.1 minutes ±6.8 (44,405  ±17,224) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than 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

2,014 ±192 Number of households
  • the Elmira, NY Metro Area: 34,916 ±486
  • New York: 7,668,956 ±12,766
2.3 ±0.3 (4,671  ±369) 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

2.9% ±3.9% (33  ±45) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Elmira, NY Metro Area: 5.6% † 963 (±1.3% / ±228)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New York: 4.9% 230,168 (±0.1% / ±4,006)

Housing

2,082 ±189 Number of housing units
  • the Elmira, NY Metro Area: 39,143 ±76
  • New York: 8,539,536 ±1,410

$192,900 ±$11,663 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Elmira, NY Metro Area: $132,100 ±$5,852
  • about half the amount in New York: $403,000 ±$1,347

6.7% ±5.6% (314  ±261.3) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Elmira, NY Metro Area: 9.1% † 7,466 (±1.1% / ±877.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New York: 10.1% 1,981,213 (±0.1% / ±18,773.1)

Social

97.9% ±8.3% (3,357  ±420.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Elmira, NY Metro Area: 90.9% 53,124 (±2.5% / ±1,451.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 87.9% 12,297,601 (±0.2% / ±31,621.6)
52% ±7% (1,783  ±291.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double the rate in the Elmira, NY Metro Area: 26.9% 15,715 (±1.4% / ±820.9)
  • about 1.3 times 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

3.3% ±2.2% (156  ±103) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in the Elmira, NY Metro Area: 3.6% 2,951
  • less than a fifth of the rate in New York: 22.6% 4,499,147

7.6% ±3.8% (277  ±141) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Elmira, NY Metro Area: 9% 5,860 (±0.7% / ±467)
  • about double the rate in New York: 3.9% 607,728 (±0% / ±6,791)
277 Total veterans ±141 277 Male ±141 N/A Female ±13

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