Big Flats vs West Elmira

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

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

Big Flats has the higher population (5,846 vs 4,691 in West Elmira). West Elmira has the higher median household income ($107,359 vs $101,771 in Big Flats). Big Flats has the higher median home value ($224,000 vs $192,900 in West Elmira).

Population, income & housing

	Big Flats	West Elmira
Population	5,846	4,691
Median age	45.4 yrs	46.2 yrs
Median household income	$101,771	$107,359
Median home value	$224,000	$192,900
Median gross rent	$1,394	$1,435
Housing units	2,465	2,082
Homeownership rate	85.6%	88.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.3%	52.0%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Big Flats	West Elmira
Population	5,215 → 5,846 (+12.1%)	4,655 → 4,691 (+0.8%)
Median household income	$83,198 → $101,771 (+22.3%)	$73,701 → $107,359 (+45.7%)
Median home value	$163,600 → $224,000 (+36.9%)	$132,600 → $192,900 (+45.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,161 → $1,394 (+20.1%)	$1,024 → $1,435 (+40.1%)

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

West Elmira

Population

4,6554,691

Median household income

$73,701$107,359

Median home value

$132,600$192,900

Median gross rent

$1,024$1,435

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Big Flats	West Elmira
Under 5	5.9%	4.4%
5 to 17	15.5%	17.4%
18 to 24	5.8%	5.1%
25 to 34	10.3%	8.4%
35 to 44	12.0%	13.2%
45 to 54	12.0%	18.8%
55 to 64	15.8%	9.3%
65 to 74	8.4%	14.3%
75 and over	14.3%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Big Flats	West Elmira
White (non-Hispanic)	92.0%	92.0%
Black or African American	0.5%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.4%	4.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Big Flats	West Elmira
No high school diploma	1.4%	2.1%
High school graduate	21.1%	18.6%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	26.7%	31.5%
Graduate or professional degree	25.6%	20.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Big Flats	West Elmira
Drove alone	83.7%	81.2%
Carpooled	3.8%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.5%	10.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Big Flats	West Elmira
1-unit, detached	86.0%	90.4%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.8%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Big Flats	West Elmira
Poverty rate	3.6%	4.1%
Average household size	2.36	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	18	19
Median year structure built	1974	1949