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Elba town, Genesee County, NY

2,210 Population
35.6 square miles 62 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.8 ±5.6 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Genesee County: 42.4 ±0.4
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$35,460 ±$3,242 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Genesee County: $37,602 ±$977
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New York: $50,712 ±$237
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$91,875 ±$21,157 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Genesee County: $73,314 ±$2,536
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New York: $85,974 ±$402
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

8.2% ±4.9% (181  ±111) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Genesee County: 10.6% † 6,023 (±1.4% / ±774)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New York: 14% 2,711,742 (±0.2% / ±29,111)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23.4 minutes ±1.7 (22,615  ±4,495) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Genesee County: 23.5 601,525 (±1.2 / ±35,506)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in New York: 32.6 258,262,370 (±0.1 / ±834,810)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

770 ±97 Number of households
  • Genesee County: 24,873 ±296
  • New York: 7,722,646 ±12,717
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.8 ±0.2 (2,182  ±297) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Genesee County: 2.3 56,238 (±0 / ±35)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New York: 2.5 19,227,424
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

8.9% ±5.7% (44  ±30) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Genesee County: 5.6% † 655 (±1.7% / ±194)
  • nearly double the rate in New York: 4.9% 228,276 (±0.1% / ±4,383)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

798 ±98 Number of housing units
  • Genesee County: 26,176 ±69
  • New York: 8,585,241 ±652
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$149,700 ±$17,138 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Genesee County: $170,500 ±$3,426
  • about one-third of the amount in New York: $423,800 ±$1,627
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

3.6% ±2% (78  ±44.3) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Genesee County: 8% † 4,558 (±1.2% / ±659.4)
  • about one-third of the rate in New York: 9.9% 1,939,072 (±0.1% / ±17,964.9)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.2% ±15.9% (1,375  ±160) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Genesee County: 93% 38,747 (±2.9% / ±1,205)
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 88% 12,332,714 (±0.2% / ±30,517.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
24.3% ±6.4% (358  ±104.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Genesee County: 23.8% 9,931 (±1.4% / ±578.6)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New York: 40.2% 5,638,631 (±0.1% / ±20,283)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

6.9% ±4.9% (152  ±111) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Genesee County: 2.7% 1,554
  • about one-third of the rate in New York: 22.8% 4,526,014
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.7% ±2.5% (93  ±42) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Genesee County: 7.3% † 3,369 (±0.9% / ±392)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New York: 3.7% 581,776 (±0% / ±5,645)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
93 Total veterans ±42 91 Male ±42 2 Female ±3

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