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Elmira, NY Urban Area

61,238 Population
31.7 square miles 1,931.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.8 ±0.7 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$35,469 ±$1,964 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$59,785 ±$2,509 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

19.1% ±1.7% (11,132  ±988) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

18.5 minutes ±1.1 (438,930  ±29,942) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

26,553 ±589 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (57,914  ±815) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.7% ±1.4% (741  ±190) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

29,908 ±411 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$127,400 ±$7,792 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.7% ±1.4% (6,490  ±841.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90.1% ±2.8% (38,908  ±1,372) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
26.3% ±1.5% (11,375  ±663.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of 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

3.9% ±0.6% (2,386  ±372) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.4% ±0.8% (4,045  ±410) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
4,045 Total veterans ±410 3,670 Male ±389 375 Female ±129

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