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Chemung town, Chemung County, NY

2,361 Population
49.5 square miles 47.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.4 ±6.4 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Chemung County: 42 ±0.4
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1

Economics

$35,249 ±$5,430 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Chemung County: $37,273 ±$1,537
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New York: $50,712 ±$237
$64,837 ±$6,870 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Chemung County: $63,716 ±$2,911
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New York: $85,974 ±$402

8.5% ±4% (197  ±96) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Chemung County: 16.3% 12,857 (±1.4% / ±1,081)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New York: 14% 2,711,742 (±0.2% / ±29,111)

24.9 minutes ±3.7 (22,220  ±5,886) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Chemung County: 20.2 651,890 (±0.7 / ±27,592)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in New York: 32.6 258,262,370 (±0.1 / ±834,810)

Families

950 ±116 Number of households
  • Chemung County: 35,262 ±439
  • New York: 7,722,646 ±12,717
2.4 ±0.2 (2,309  ±319) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Chemung County: 2.2 78,528 (±0 / ±105)
  • about the same as the figure in New York: 2.5 19,227,424

1.1% ±1.5% (5  ±7) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Chemung County: 5.4% † 924 (±1.3% / ±223)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in New York: 4.9% 228,276 (±0.1% / ±4,383)

Housing

1,046 ±117 Number of housing units
  • Chemung County: 39,252 ±68
  • New York: 8,585,241 ±652

$134,300 ±$19,673 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Chemung County: $141,100 ±$6,793
  • about one-third of the amount in New York: $423,800 ±$1,627

5.4% ±3.1% (126  ±74) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Chemung County: 9.4% † 7,638 (±1.1% / ±867.1)
  • about half the rate in New York: 9.9% 1,939,072 (±0.1% / ±17,964.9)

Social

87.2% ±1% (1,401  ±172.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Chemung County: 90.7% 53,000 (±2.6% / ±1,502.5)
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 88% 12,332,714 (±0.2% / ±30,517.5)
21% ±5.3% (337  ±94.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Chemung County: 27.2% 15,901 (±1.3% / ±761.2)
  • about half the rate in New York: 40.2% 5,638,631 (±0.1% / ±20,283)

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

0.9% ±0.8% (22  ±20) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Chemung County: 3.5% 2,866
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in New York: 22.8% 4,526,014

10.9% ±2.9% (197  ±58) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Chemung County: 8.7% 5,658 (±0.7% / ±443)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 3.7% 581,776 (±0% / ±5,645)
197 Total veterans ±58 182 Male ±57 15 Female ±15

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