Southport vs West Elmira

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

Southport 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.

Southport has the higher population (6,435 vs 4,691 in West Elmira). West Elmira has the higher median household income ($107,359 vs $62,060 in Southport). West Elmira has the higher median home value ($192,900 vs $101,200 in Southport).

Population, income & housing

	Southport	West Elmira
Population	6,435	4,691
Median age	48.4 yrs	46.2 yrs
Median household income	$62,060	$107,359
Median home value	$101,200	$192,900
Median gross rent	$1,105	$1,435
Housing units	3,644	2,082
Homeownership rate	75.0%	88.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.6%	52.0%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Southport	West Elmira
Population	6,972 → 6,435 (-7.7%)	4,655 → 4,691 (+0.8%)
Median household income	$49,645 → $62,060 (+25.0%)	$73,701 → $107,359 (+45.7%)
Median home value	$81,500 → $101,200 (+24.2%)	$132,600 → $192,900 (+45.5%)
Median gross rent	$793 → $1,105 (+39.3%)	$1,024 → $1,435 (+40.1%)

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

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)

	Southport	West Elmira
Under 5	2.6%	4.4%
5 to 17	12.8%	17.4%
18 to 24	6.4%	5.1%
25 to 34	13.9%	8.4%
35 to 44	10.6%	13.2%
45 to 54	8.4%	18.8%
55 to 64	19.2%	9.3%
65 to 74	12.6%	14.3%
75 and over	13.5%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Southport	West Elmira
White (non-Hispanic)	91.8%	92.0%
Black or African American	3.1%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	4.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Southport	West Elmira
No high school diploma	8.9%	2.1%
High school graduate	39.5%	18.6%
Some college or associate's	33.0%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	5.9%	31.5%
Graduate or professional degree	12.7%	20.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Southport	West Elmira
Drove alone	86.9%	81.2%
Carpooled	8.8%	5.1%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.2%	10.2%
Other means	1.9%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Southport	West Elmira
1-unit, detached	77.6%	90.4%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.7%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.1%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Southport	West Elmira
Poverty rate	14.3%	4.1%
Average household size	2.09	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	18	19
Median year structure built	1955	1949