Eden vs Elma Center

A side-by-side comparison of Eden and Elma Center: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Eden has the higher population (3,164 vs 3,091 in Elma Center). Elma Center has the higher median household income ($115,859 vs $85,707 in Eden). Elma Center has the higher median home value ($409,000 vs $231,200 in Eden).

Population, income & housing

	Eden	Elma Center
Population	3,164	3,091
Median age	47.6 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$85,707	$115,859
Median home value	$231,200	$409,000
Median gross rent	$812	$1,367
Housing units	1,295	1,347
Homeownership rate	86.1%	86.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.9%	52.3%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eden	Elma Center
Population	3,311 → 3,164 (-4.4%)	3,301 → 3,091 (-6.4%)
Median household income	$77,115 → $85,707 (+11.1%)	$91,875 → $115,859 (+26.1%)
Median home value	$172,400 → $231,200 (+34.1%)	$274,600 → $409,000 (+48.9%)
Median gross rent	$642 → $812 (+26.5%)	$1,092 → $1,367 (+25.2%)

Eden

Population

3,3113,164

Median household income

$77,115$85,707

Median home value

$172,400$231,200

Median gross rent

$642$812

Elma Center

Population

3,3013,091

Median household income

$91,875$115,859

Median home value

$274,600$409,000

Median gross rent

$1,092$1,367

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eden	Elma Center
Under 5	5.4%	13.3%
5 to 17	16.0%	13.9%
18 to 24	6.9%	3.1%
25 to 34	10.9%	10.1%
35 to 44	8.1%	13.9%
45 to 54	13.7%	5.6%
55 to 64	17.9%	12.6%
65 to 74	11.2%	16.6%
75 and over	10.0%	11.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eden	Elma Center
White (non-Hispanic)	92.1%	99.8%
Black or African American	1.6%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eden	Elma Center
No high school diploma	3.4%	1.4%
High school graduate	33.4%	25.2%
Some college or associate's	37.3%	21.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.0%	24.2%
Graduate or professional degree	10.9%	28.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eden	Elma Center
Drove alone	81.6%	81.0%
Carpooled	6.0%	7.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	11.1%
Other means	4.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eden	Elma Center
1-unit, detached	85.4%	83.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	7.4%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	7.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Eden	Elma Center
Poverty rate	11.5%	2.2%
Average household size	2.43	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	26	28
Median year structure built	1969	1980