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Horseheads town, Chemung County, NY

19,011 Population
35.6 square miles 533.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.7 ±2.6 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Chemung County: 41.9 ±0.4
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New York: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$39,374 ±$4,537 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Chemung County: $35,624 ±$1,484
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New York: $49,520 ±$230
$67,513 ±$4,117 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Chemung County: $63,469 ±$2,608
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New York: $84,578 ±$372

12.2% ±2.7% (2,274  ±506) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters 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)

17.6 minutes ±1.6 (148,190  ±15,965) 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

8,460 ±334 Number of households
  • Chemung County: 34,916 ±486
  • New York: 7,668,956 ±12,766
2.2 ±0.1 (18,504  ±41) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Chemung County: 2.3 79,130 (±0 / ±104)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,274,232

9.4% ±3.9% (367  ±153) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Chemung County: 5.6% † 963 (±1.3% / ±228)
  • nearly double the rate in New York: 4.9% 230,168 (±0.1% / ±4,006)

Housing

9,048 ±315 Number of housing units
  • Chemung County: 39,143 ±76
  • New York: 8,539,536 ±1,410

$150,500 ±$12,216 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Chemung County: $132,100 ±$5,852
  • about two-fifths of the amount in New York: $403,000 ±$1,347

10.4% ±2.8% (1,952  ±527.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Chemung County: 9.1% † 7,466 (±1.1% / ±877.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 10.1% 1,981,213 (±0.1% / ±18,773.1)

Social

95.6% ±4.8% (13,255  ±751.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little 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)
27.9% ±2.4% (3,872  ±348.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Chemung County: 26.9% 15,715 (±1.4% / ±820.9)
  • about two-thirds 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

4.6% ±1.1% (866  ±214) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Chemung County: 3.6% 2,951
  • about one-fifth of the rate in New York: 22.6% 4,499,147

11.4% ±1.5% (1,748  ±232) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 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)
1,748 Total veterans ±232 1,513 Male ±216 235 Female ±89

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