Big Flats vs Horseheads

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

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

Horseheads has the higher population (6,494 vs 5,846 in Big Flats). Big Flats has the higher median household income ($101,771 vs $59,267 in Horseheads). Big Flats has the higher median home value ($224,000 vs $133,400 in Horseheads).

Population, income & housing

	Big Flats	Horseheads
Population	5,846	6,494
Median age	45.4 yrs	46.0 yrs
Median household income	$101,771	$59,267
Median home value	$224,000	$133,400
Median gross rent	$1,394	$1,126
Housing units	2,465	3,459
Homeownership rate	85.6%	62.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.3%	28.4%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Big Flats	Horseheads
Population	5,215 → 5,846 (+12.1%)	6,446 → 6,494 (+0.7%)
Median household income	$83,198 → $101,771 (+22.3%)	$50,443 → $59,267 (+17.5%)
Median home value	$163,600 → $224,000 (+36.9%)	$116,000 → $133,400 (+15.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,161 → $1,394 (+20.1%)	$978 → $1,126 (+15.1%)

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

Horseheads

Population

6,4466,494

Median household income

$50,443$59,267

Median home value

$116,000$133,400

Median gross rent

$978$1,126

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Big Flats	Horseheads
Under 5	5.9%	4.2%
5 to 17	15.5%	11.8%
18 to 24	5.8%	10.1%
25 to 34	10.3%	13.1%
35 to 44	12.0%	10.1%
45 to 54	12.0%	12.8%
55 to 64	15.8%	13.2%
65 to 74	8.4%	11.1%
75 and over	14.3%	13.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Big Flats	Horseheads
White (non-Hispanic)	92.0%	84.2%
Black or African American	0.5%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.4%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	8.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Big Flats	Horseheads
No high school diploma	1.4%	3.3%
High school graduate	21.1%	35.4%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	26.7%	17.2%
Graduate or professional degree	25.6%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Big Flats	Horseheads
Drove alone	83.7%	81.2%
Carpooled	3.8%	11.8%
Public transit	0.0%	2.3%
Walked	0.0%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	12.5%	4.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Big Flats	Horseheads
1-unit, detached	86.0%	65.2%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	13.0%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	14.5%
20 or more units	1.8%	5.1%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Big Flats	Horseheads
Poverty rate	3.6%	10.4%
Average household size	2.36	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	18	16
Median year structure built	1974	1958