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Big Flats town, Chemung County, NY

7,657 Population
44.5 square miles 172.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.7 ±4.3 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Chemung County: 41.9 ±0.4
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New York: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$55,099 ±$6,741 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Chemung County: $35,624 ±$1,484
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New York: $49,520 ±$230
$99,215 ±$14,791 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Chemung County: $63,469 ±$2,608
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in New York: $84,578 ±$372

4.6% ±2.6% (348  ±197) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Chemung County: 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)

18 minutes ±3.2 (57,180  ±6,750) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Chemung County: 19.7 651,670 (±0.7 / ±28,356)
  • about half the figure in New York: 32.8 266,142,800 (±0.1 / ±921,890)

Families

3,133 ±214 Number of households
  • Chemung County: 34,916 ±486
  • New York: 7,668,956 ±12,766
2.4 ±0.2 (7,589  ±31) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Chemung County: 2.3 79,130 (±0 / ±104)
  • a little less than the figure in New York: 2.5 19,274,232

2.4% ±2.4% (38  ±38) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Chemung County: 5.6% † 963 (±1.3% / ±228)
  • about half the rate in New York: 4.9% 230,168 (±0.1% / ±4,006)

Housing

3,192 ±212 Number of housing units
  • Chemung County: 39,143 ±76
  • New York: 8,539,536 ±1,410

$215,400 ±$16,181 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Chemung County: $132,100 ±$5,852
  • about half the amount in New York: $403,000 ±$1,347

6% ±2.4% (456  ±185) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Chemung County: 9.1% † 7,466 (±1.1% / ±877.2)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New York: 10.1% 1,981,213 (±0.1% / ±18,773.1)

Social

98.8% ±8.2% (5,474  ±505.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Chemung County: 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)
49.2% ±6.3% (2,728  ±367) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double the rate in Chemung County: 26.9% 15,715 (±1.4% / ±820.9)
  • about 25 percent higher than 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

7.2% ±4.5% (548  ±345) Foreign-born population
  • about double the rate in Chemung County: 3.6% 2,951
  • about one-third of the rate in New York: 22.6% 4,499,147

10.2% ±3% (612  ±181) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Chemung County: 9% 5,860 (±0.7% / ±467)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 3.9% 607,728 (±0% / ±6,791)
612 Total veterans ±181 595 Male ±177 17 Female ±27

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