Horseheads vs West Elmira

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

Horseheads 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.

Horseheads has the higher population (6,494 vs 4,691 in West Elmira). West Elmira has the higher median household income ($107,359 vs $59,267 in Horseheads). West Elmira has the higher median home value ($192,900 vs $133,400 in Horseheads).

Population, income & housing

	Horseheads	West Elmira
Population	6,494	4,691
Median age	46.0 yrs	46.2 yrs
Median household income	$59,267	$107,359
Median home value	$133,400	$192,900
Median gross rent	$1,126	$1,435
Housing units	3,459	2,082
Homeownership rate	62.6%	88.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.4%	52.0%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Horseheads	West Elmira
Population	6,446 → 6,494 (+0.7%)	4,655 → 4,691 (+0.8%)
Median household income	$50,443 → $59,267 (+17.5%)	$73,701 → $107,359 (+45.7%)
Median home value	$116,000 → $133,400 (+15.0%)	$132,600 → $192,900 (+45.5%)
Median gross rent	$978 → $1,126 (+15.1%)	$1,024 → $1,435 (+40.1%)

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

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)

	Horseheads	West Elmira
Under 5	4.2%	4.4%
5 to 17	11.8%	17.4%
18 to 24	10.1%	5.1%
25 to 34	13.1%	8.4%
35 to 44	10.1%	13.2%
45 to 54	12.8%	18.8%
55 to 64	13.2%	9.3%
65 to 74	11.1%	14.3%
75 and over	13.6%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Horseheads	West Elmira
White (non-Hispanic)	84.2%	92.0%
Black or African American	3.2%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	4.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.2%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Horseheads	West Elmira
No high school diploma	3.3%	2.1%
High school graduate	35.4%	18.6%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	17.2%	31.5%
Graduate or professional degree	11.1%	20.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Horseheads	West Elmira
Drove alone	81.2%	81.2%
Carpooled	11.8%	5.1%
Public transit	2.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	10.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Horseheads	West Elmira
1-unit, detached	65.2%	90.4%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.0%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	14.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.1%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Horseheads	West Elmira
Poverty rate	10.4%	4.1%
Average household size	1.97	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	16	19
Median year structure built	1958	1949