Elmira Heights is home to 4,110 people in New York. 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, below the 36% national rate. Home values have more than doubled since 2000, reaching $104,800. 24.6% of locals live below the federal poverty line. 52% of homes are owner-occupied. That trails the New York median by roughly 32%.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $58,125, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 42.1
US median: 38.9
Less educated
19% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Stable housing
home values roughly flat, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Elmira Heights
What changed most since 1990
Poverty rate9.0% → 24.6%(+15.6 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
Black share1.1% → 9.1%(+8.0 pts)US over the same years: +0.2 pts
Elmira Heights's population equals 5.0% of Chemung County's. Its number of residents living in poverty equals 7.5% of the county's. Its number of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher equals 3.3% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)16.7%(43)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)14%(36)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era17.1%(44)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War4.7%(12)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 258 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Elmira Heights, decade by decade
Elmira Heights population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
4,359
$50,137
$102,483
8.0%
4.0
2000
4,170
$52,855
$99,827
12.3%
8.6
2010
4,097
$45,315
$101,995
12.4%
15.9
2020
3,916
$58,560
$100,963
18.0%
29.0
2024
4,110
$58,125
$104,800
18.6%
43.4
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
