With 82,147 people, Elmira is a metro area. Home values have more than doubled since 2000, reaching $141,100. The foreign-born share is 3%. 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. At a median age of 42.0, this is an older place than the country as a whole. The average commute runs 20 minutes.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $63,716, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 42.0
US median: 38.9
Less educated
27% 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
What changed most since 1990
Median home value (2024 dollars)$127,444 → $141,100(+11%)US over the same years: +67%
Population95,195 → 82,147(−14%)US over the same years: +35%
White share92.2% → 84.0%(−8.2 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Among the 27 metro and micro areas based in New York
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)14.2%(804)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)25.3%(1,432)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era35.2%(1,994)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War4.3%(244)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II1.4%(81)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 5,658 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, decade by decade
Elmira 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
95,195
$62,726
$127,444
15.4%
18.3
2000
91,070
$66,336
$120,594
18.6%
22.9
2010
88,830
$64,019
$123,573
20.9%
28.8
2020
84,148
$66,520
$131,991
23.6%
38.8
2024
82,147
$63,716
$141,100
27.2%
35.9
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.
