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Chemung town, Chemung County, NY

2,214 Population
49.5 square miles 44.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.3 ±5.8 Median age
  • about 10 percent 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

$33,511 ±$5,456 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Chemung County: $35,624 ±$1,484
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New York: $49,520 ±$230
$55,875 ±$8,931 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Chemung County: $63,469 ±$2,608
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New York: $84,578 ±$372

12.6% ±5% (275  ±115) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Chemung County: 15.8% 12,500 (±1.4% / ±1,098)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 13.7% 2,656,674 (±0.1% / ±27,351)

24.7 minutes ±5.2 (20,275  ±6,134) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Chemung County: 19.7 651,670 (±0.7 / ±28,356)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in New York: 32.8 266,142,800 (±0.1 / ±921,890)

Families

910 ±111 Number of households
  • Chemung County: 34,916 ±486
  • New York: 7,668,956 ±12,766
2.4 ±0.1 (2,166  ±286) Persons per household
  • a little 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

1.3% ±2% (6  ±9) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Chemung County: 5.6% † 963 (±1.3% / ±228)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New York: 4.9% 230,168 (±0.1% / ±4,006)

Housing

1,043 ±117 Number of housing units
  • Chemung County: 39,143 ±76
  • New York: 8,539,536 ±1,410

$128,100 ±$18,519 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Chemung County: $132,100 ±$5,852
  • about one-third of the amount in New York: $403,000 ±$1,347

5.6% ±3.1% (124  ±71.3) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths 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

88% ±5.1% (1,322  ±168.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Chemung County: 90.9% 53,124 (±2.5% / ±1,451.9)
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 87.9% 12,297,601 (±0.2% / ±31,621.6)
22% ±6% (331  ±97.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Chemung County: 26.9% 15,715 (±1.4% / ±820.9)
  • about three-fifths of 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

0.9% ±0.8% (19  ±18) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Chemung County: 3.6% 2,951
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in New York: 22.6% 4,499,147

10.6% ±3.2% (181  ±59) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 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)
181 Total veterans ±59 159 Male ±57 22 Female ±18

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