Big Flats vs Elmira

A side-by-side comparison of Big Flats and Elmira: population, income, housing, and more.

Big Flats and Elmira are places in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Elmira has the higher population (26,349 vs 5,846 in Big Flats). Big Flats has the higher median household income ($101,771 vs $43,089 in Elmira). Big Flats has the higher median home value ($224,000 vs $88,200 in Elmira).

Population, income & housing

	Big Flats	Elmira
Population	5,846	26,349
Median age	45.4 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$101,771	$43,089
Median home value	$224,000	$88,200
Median gross rent	$1,394	$871
Housing units	2,465	12,685
Homeownership rate	85.6%	51.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.3%	18.7%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	9.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Big Flats	Elmira
Population	5,215 → 5,846 (+12.1%)	27,402 → 26,349 (-3.8%)
Median household income	$83,198 → $101,771 (+22.3%)	$36,909 → $43,089 (+16.7%)
Median home value	$163,600 → $224,000 (+36.9%)	$74,500 → $88,200 (+18.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,161 → $1,394 (+20.1%)	$729 → $871 (+19.5%)

Big Flats

Population

5,2155,846

Median household income

$83,198$101,771

Median home value

$163,600$224,000

Median gross rent

$1,161$1,394

Elmira

Population

27,40226,349

Median household income

$36,909$43,089

Median home value

$74,500$88,200

Median gross rent

$729$871

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Big Flats	Elmira
Under 5	5.9%	5.2%
5 to 17	15.5%	17.8%
18 to 24	5.8%	10.8%
25 to 34	10.3%	13.9%
35 to 44	12.0%	13.1%
45 to 54	12.0%	11.3%
55 to 64	15.8%	12.7%
65 to 74	8.4%	10.2%
75 and over	14.3%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Big Flats	Elmira
White (non-Hispanic)	92.0%	71.9%
Black or African American	0.5%	13.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	4.4%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.7%
Two or more races	0.8%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Big Flats	Elmira
No high school diploma	1.4%	17.2%
High school graduate	21.1%	36.0%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	26.7%	9.9%
Graduate or professional degree	25.6%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Big Flats	Elmira
Drove alone	83.7%	67.7%
Carpooled	3.8%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	3.9%
Walked	0.0%	6.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	12.5%	8.9%
Other means	0.0%	3.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Big Flats	Elmira
1-unit, detached	86.0%	49.4%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	30.6%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	9.7%
20 or more units	1.8%	6.7%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Big Flats	Elmira
Poverty rate	3.6%	26.9%
Average household size	2.36	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	18	20
Median year structure built	1974	1938