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Big Flats, NY

5,651 Population
16.7 square miles 338.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.7 ±5.3 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Elmira, NY Metro Area: 42 ±0.4
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$57,406 ±$7,554 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Elmira, NY Metro Area: $37,273 ±$1,537
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New York: $50,712 ±$237
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$89,286 ±$9,951 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Elmira, NY Metro Area: $63,716 ±$2,911
  • a little higher than the amount in New York: $85,974 ±$402
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

4.8% ±2.8% (271  ±156) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Elmira, NY Metro Area: 16.3% 12,857 (±1.4% / ±1,081)
  • about one-third of the rate in New York: 14% 2,711,742 (±0.2% / ±29,111)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

16.8 minutes ±1.9 (35,140  ±6,464) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Elmira, NY Metro Area: 20.2 651,890 (±0.7 / ±27,592)
  • about half the figure in New York: 32.6 258,262,370 (±0.1 / ±834,810)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,594 ±218 Number of households
  • the Elmira, NY Metro Area: 35,262 ±439
  • New York: 7,722,646 ±12,717
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.2 (5,585  ±388) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Elmira, NY Metro Area: 2.2 78,528 (±0 / ±105)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,227,424
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2% ±2.4% (20  ±24) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Elmira, NY Metro Area: 5.4% † 924 (±1.3% / ±223)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New York: 4.9% 228,276 (±0.1% / ±4,383)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,611 ±219 Number of housing units
  • the Elmira, NY Metro Area: 39,252 ±68
  • New York: 8,585,241 ±652
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$224,400 ±$19,971 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Elmira, NY Metro Area: $141,100 ±$6,793
  • about half the amount in New York: $423,800 ±$1,627
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6.8% ±3.1% (379  ±177.3) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Elmira, NY Metro Area: 9.4% † 7,638 (±1.1% / ±867.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New York: 9.9% 1,939,072 (±0.1% / ±17,964.9)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

99.2% ±9.6% (4,125  ±489.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Elmira, NY Metro Area: 90.7% 53,000 (±2.6% / ±1,502.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 88% 12,332,714 (±0.2% / ±30,517.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
56.2% ±7.6% (2,336  ±354.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than double the rate in the Elmira, NY Metro Area: 27.2% 15,901 (±1.3% / ±761.2)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New York: 40.2% 5,638,631 (±0.1% / ±20,283)
  • about 1.5 times 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

10.5% ±4.9% (592  ±278) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Elmira, NY Metro Area: 3.5% 2,866
  • about half the rate in New York: 22.8% 4,526,014
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

12.3% ±3.4% (538  ±155) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Elmira, NY Metro Area: 8.7% 5,658 (±0.7% / ±443)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 3.7% 581,776 (±0% / ±5,645)
  • about double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
538 Total veterans ±155 521 Male ±152 17 Female ±20

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