Elma Center vs Sloan

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

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

Sloan has the higher population (3,757 vs 3,091 in Elma Center). Elma Center has the higher median household income ($115,859 vs $69,954 in Sloan). Elma Center has the higher median home value ($409,000 vs $120,000 in Sloan).

Population, income & housing

	Elma Center	Sloan
Population	3,091	3,757
Median age	40.6 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$115,859	$69,954
Median home value	$409,000	$120,000
Median gross rent	$1,367	$1,081
Housing units	1,347	1,609
Homeownership rate	86.9%	75.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.3%	18.4%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elma Center	Sloan
Population	3,301 → 3,091 (-6.4%)	3,562 → 3,757 (+5.5%)
Median household income	$91,875 → $115,859 (+26.1%)	$48,825 → $69,954 (+43.3%)
Median home value	$274,600 → $409,000 (+48.9%)	$78,600 → $120,000 (+52.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,092 → $1,367 (+25.2%)	$647 → $1,081 (+67.1%)

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

Sloan

Population

3,5623,757

Median household income

$48,825$69,954

Median home value

$78,600$120,000

Median gross rent

$647$1,081

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elma Center	Sloan
Under 5	13.3%	6.1%
5 to 17	13.9%	14.5%
18 to 24	3.1%	6.4%
25 to 34	10.1%	12.1%
35 to 44	13.9%	19.2%
45 to 54	5.6%	12.1%
55 to 64	12.6%	15.1%
65 to 74	16.6%	10.8%
75 and over	11.1%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elma Center	Sloan
White (non-Hispanic)	99.8%	82.7%
Black or African American	0.2%	4.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	7.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elma Center	Sloan
No high school diploma	1.4%	10.0%
High school graduate	25.2%	33.6%
Some college or associate's	21.1%	38.0%
Bachelor's degree	24.2%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	28.1%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elma Center	Sloan
Drove alone	81.0%	68.4%
Carpooled	7.8%	12.8%
Public transit	0.0%	1.1%
Walked	0.1%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.1%	13.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elma Center	Sloan
1-unit, detached	83.7%	63.8%
1-unit, attached	7.4%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	30.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.7%
20 or more units	3.8%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Elma Center	Sloan
Poverty rate	2.2%	12.6%
Average household size	2.59	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	28	18
Median year structure built	1980	1947