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Elmira, NY Metro Area

81,115 Population
407.3 square miles 199.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.4 ±1.2 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$40,189 ±$3,368 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$66,527 ±$3,397 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

14% ±2.3% (10,938  ±1,781) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

20.2 minutes ±0.7 (651,890  ±27,592) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

36,029 ±1,227 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.2 ±0.1 (77,692  ±78) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

3.8% ±2.4% (637  ±394) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

39,424 ±45 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$146,800 ±$8,239 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

9.4% ±2% (7,561  ±1,586.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

90.5% ±5.4% (53,318  ±3,205.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
28.5% ±3.1% (16,784  ±1,855.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

3.6% (2,890  ±794) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

7.2% ±1.5% (4,623  ±978) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
4,623 Total veterans ±978 3,809 Male ±799 814 Female ±519

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