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Chemung County, NY

81,325 Population
407.3 square miles 199.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.5 ±1 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in New York: 40.2 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$35,400 ±$2,686 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New York: $48,847 ±$350
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$59,617 ±$4,436 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New York: $82,095 ±$500
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

18.1% ±3.3% (14,213  ±2,593) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New York: 14.2% 2,702,955 (±0.3% / ±50,606)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

19.7 minutes ±0.7 (651,670  ±28,356) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about three-fifths of the figure in New York: 32.8 266,142,800 (±0.1 / ±921,890)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

35,591 ±968 Number of households
  • New York: 7,809,267 ±17,008
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.2 ±0.1 (78,169  ±311) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 2.4 18,954,246
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

3% ±1.8% (503  ±298) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New York: 4.9% 223,651 (±0.2% / ±9,540)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

39,373 ±144 Number of housing units
  • New York: 8,631,232 ±832
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$139,600 ±$12,385 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-third of the amount in New York: $420,200 ±$4,220
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

7.8% ±1.8% (6,313  ±1,458.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New York: 9.6% 1,865,276 (±0.2% / ±35,369.7)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

92.5% ±5.2% (53,794  ±3,065.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 88.3% 12,264,360 (±0.4% / ±57,263.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
27.5% ±3% (16,021  ±1,733.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New York: 40.6% 5,642,907 (±0.3% / ±38,336)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

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

3.5% (2,826  ±1,110) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in New York: 23.1% 4,517,996
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

7.1% ±1.4% (4,569  ±887) Population with veteran status
  • about double the rate in New York: 3.6% 563,400 (±0.1% / ±10,870)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
4,569 Total veterans ±887 4,182 Male ±828 387 Female ±331

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