Elmira vs Southport

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

Elmira and Southport 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 6,435 in Southport). Southport has the higher median household income ($62,060 vs $43,089 in Elmira). Southport has the higher median home value ($101,200 vs $88,200 in Elmira).

Population, income & housing

	Elmira	Southport
Population	26,349	6,435
Median age	36.5 yrs	48.4 yrs
Median household income	$43,089	$62,060
Median home value	$88,200	$101,200
Median gross rent	$871	$1,105
Housing units	12,685	3,644
Homeownership rate	51.4%	75.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.7%	18.6%
Unemployment rate	9.4%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elmira	Southport
Population	27,402 → 26,349 (-3.8%)	6,972 → 6,435 (-7.7%)
Median household income	$36,909 → $43,089 (+16.7%)	$49,645 → $62,060 (+25.0%)
Median home value	$74,500 → $88,200 (+18.4%)	$81,500 → $101,200 (+24.2%)
Median gross rent	$729 → $871 (+19.5%)	$793 → $1,105 (+39.3%)

Elmira

Population

27,40226,349

Median household income

$36,909$43,089

Median home value

$74,500$88,200

Median gross rent

$729$871

Southport

Population

6,9726,435

Median household income

$49,645$62,060

Median home value

$81,500$101,200

Median gross rent

$793$1,105

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elmira	Southport
Under 5	5.2%	2.6%
5 to 17	17.8%	12.8%
18 to 24	10.8%	6.4%
25 to 34	13.9%	13.9%
35 to 44	13.1%	10.6%
45 to 54	11.3%	8.4%
55 to 64	12.7%	19.2%
65 to 74	10.2%	12.6%
75 and over	5.0%	13.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elmira	Southport
White (non-Hispanic)	71.9%	91.8%
Black or African American	13.1%	3.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.7%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elmira	Southport
No high school diploma	17.2%	8.9%
High school graduate	36.0%	39.5%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.9%	5.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	12.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elmira	Southport
Drove alone	67.7%	86.9%
Carpooled	8.3%	8.8%
Public transit	3.9%	0.4%
Walked	6.6%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.9%	1.2%
Other means	3.6%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elmira	Southport
1-unit, detached	49.4%	77.6%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	30.6%	14.7%
5 to 19 units	9.7%	2.8%
20 or more units	6.7%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Elmira	Southport
Poverty rate	26.9%	14.3%
Average household size	2.23	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	20	18
Median year structure built	1938	1955