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Census Tract 1, Chemung, NY

2,693 Population
1.6 square miles 1,673.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.1 ±8.3 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Elmira: 36.5 ±0.9
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Chemung County: 42 ±0.4
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1

Economics

$25,873 ±$5,203 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Elmira: $23,686 ±$1,785
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Chemung County: $37,273 ±$1,537
  • about half the amount in New York: $50,712 ±$237
$43,271 ±$4,429 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Elmira: $43,120 ±$3,211
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Chemung County: $63,716 ±$2,911
  • about half the amount in New York: $85,974 ±$402

21.8% ±8.8% (584  ±263) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Elmira: 30.2% † 7,132 (±3.3% / ±785)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Chemung County: 16.3% 12,857 (±1.4% / ±1,081)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New York: 14% 2,711,742 (±0.2% / ±29,111)

27.7 minutes ±16.1 (21,185  ±7,499) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Elmira: 18.8 159,860 (±1.6 / ±17,796)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Chemung County: 20.2 651,890 (±0.7 / ±27,592)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New York: 32.6 258,262,370 (±0.1 / ±834,810)

Families

1,316 ±314 Number of households
  • Elmira: 10,532 ±364
  • Chemung County: 35,262 ±439
  • New York: 7,722,646 ±12,717
2 ±0.6 (2,655  ±544) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Elmira: 2.2 23,504 (±0.1 / ±85)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Chemung County: 2.2 78,528 (±0 / ±105)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,227,424

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

1,567 ±310 Number of housing units
  • Elmira: 12,676 ±338
  • Chemung County: 39,252 ±68
  • New York: 8,585,241 ±652

$61,900 ±$8,234 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Elmira: $93,000 ±$5,108
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Chemung County: $141,100 ±$6,793
  • less than a fifth of the amount in New York: $423,800 ±$1,627

5.8% ±3.9% (156  ±109.7) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Elmira: 14.5% † 3,774 (±2.4% / ±637.7)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Chemung County: 9.4% † 7,638 (±1.1% / ±867.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New York: 9.9% 1,939,072 (±0.1% / ±17,964.9)

Social

80.5% ±4.5% (1,558  ±358.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Elmira: 81.9% 14,356 (±4.5% / ±856.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Chemung County: 90.7% 53,000 (±2.6% / ±1,502.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 88% 12,332,714 (±0.2% / ±30,517.5)
12.5% ±5.6% (241  ±120.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Elmira: 18.1% † 3,166 (±2.2% / ±385.9)
  • about half the rate in Chemung County: 27.2% 15,901 (±1.3% / ±761.2)
  • about one-third of 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

8.3% ±4.4% (224  ±126) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Elmira: 3.7% † 983 (±0.8% / ±212)
  • more than double the rate in Chemung County: 3.5% 2,866
  • about one-third of the rate in New York: 22.8% 4,526,014

13.4% ±8.9% (290  ±202) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in Elmira: 6.1% † 1,233 (±1.4% / ±288)
  • about 1.5 times 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)
290 Total veterans ±202 290 Male ±202 N/A Female ±14

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