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Census Tract 2, Chemung, NY

2,777 Population
0.6 square miles 4,784.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.7 ±7.5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Elmira: 36.5 ±0.9
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Chemung County: 42 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1

Economics

$23,319 ±$3,355 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Elmira: $23,686 ±$1,785
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Chemung County: $37,273 ±$1,537
  • about half the amount in New York: $50,712 ±$237
$53,221 ±$8,005 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Elmira: $43,120 ±$3,211
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Chemung County: $63,716 ±$2,911
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New York: $85,974 ±$402

20% ±8.9% (556  ±261) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Elmira: 30.2% † 7,132 (±3.3% / ±785)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Chemung County: 16.3% 12,857 (±1.4% / ±1,081)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New York: 14% 2,711,742 (±0.2% / ±29,111)

16.1 minutes ±4 (16,695  ±5,315) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Elmira: 18.8 159,860 (±1.6 / ±17,796)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Chemung County: 20.2 651,890 (±0.7 / ±27,592)
  • about half the figure in New York: 32.6 258,262,370 (±0.1 / ±834,810)

Families

1,071 ±127 Number of households
  • Elmira: 10,532 ±364
  • Chemung County: 35,262 ±439
  • New York: 7,722,646 ±12,717
2.6 ±0.3 (2,777  ±427) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Elmira: 2.2 23,504 (±0.1 / ±85)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Chemung County: 2.2 78,528 (±0 / ±105)
  • a little higher than the figure in New York: 2.5 19,227,424

3.8% ±5.1% (22  ±30) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Elmira: 4.1% † 246 (±1.6% / ±98)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Chemung County: 5.4% † 924 (±1.3% / ±223)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New York: 4.9% 228,276 (±0.1% / ±4,383)

Housing

1,295 ±138 Number of housing units
  • Elmira: 12,676 ±338
  • Chemung County: 39,252 ±68
  • New York: 8,585,241 ±652

$96,300 ±$4,591 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Elmira: $93,000 ±$5,108
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Chemung County: $141,100 ±$6,793
  • about one-quarter of the amount in New York: $423,800 ±$1,627

9.8% ±5.8% (271  ±164.8) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Elmira: 14.5% † 3,774 (±2.4% / ±637.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Chemung County: 9.4% † 7,638 (±1.1% / ±867.1)
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 9.9% 1,939,072 (±0.1% / ±17,964.9)

Social

86.8% ±6.7% (1,565  ±240.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Elmira: 81.9% 14,356 (±4.5% / ±856.1)
  • 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)
23.3% ±6% (420  ±121.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Elmira: 18.1% † 3,166 (±2.2% / ±385.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Chemung County: 27.2% 15,901 (±1.3% / ±761.2)
  • about three-fifths 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

0.7% ±1.1% (20  ±31) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Elmira: 3.7% † 983 (±0.8% / ±212)
  • about one-fifth 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

3.8% ±2.1% (71  ±40) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Elmira: 6.1% † 1,233 (±1.4% / ±288)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Chemung County: 8.7% 5,658 (±0.7% / ±443)
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 3.7% 581,776 (±0% / ±5,645)
71 Total veterans ±40 71 Male ±40 N/A Female ±14

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