Corning vs Hornell

A side-by-side comparison of Corning and Hornell: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Corning has the higher population (10,666 vs 8,173 in Hornell). Corning has the higher median household income ($61,017 vs $46,321 in Hornell). Corning has the higher median home value ($148,300 vs $86,600 in Hornell).

Population, income & housing

	Corning	Hornell
Population	10,666	8,173
Median age	36.3 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$61,017	$46,321
Median home value	$148,300	$86,600
Median gross rent	$976	$769
Housing units	5,829	4,171
Homeownership rate	50.7%	49.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.8%	19.0%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	11.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Corning	Hornell
Population	10,696 → 10,666 (-0.3%)	8,281 → 8,173 (-1.3%)
Median household income	$50,321 → $61,017 (+21.3%)	$42,562 → $46,321 (+8.8%)
Median home value	$112,800 → $148,300 (+31.5%)	$67,500 → $86,600 (+28.3%)
Median gross rent	$821 → $976 (+18.9%)	$667 → $769 (+15.3%)

Corning

Population

10,69610,666

Median household income

$50,321$61,017

Median home value

$112,800$148,300

Median gross rent

$821$976

Hornell

Population

8,2818,173

Median household income

$42,562$46,321

Median home value

$67,500$86,600

Median gross rent

$667$769

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Corning	Hornell
Under 5	5.5%	4.7%
5 to 17	12.7%	14.9%
18 to 24	9.4%	9.2%
25 to 34	20.8%	15.3%
35 to 44	10.9%	12.3%
45 to 54	12.3%	9.6%
55 to 64	13.1%	11.8%
65 to 74	9.9%	13.3%
75 and over	5.5%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Corning	Hornell
White (non-Hispanic)	88.3%	90.5%
Black or African American	3.1%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.7%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.4%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Corning	Hornell
No high school diploma	5.2%	8.6%
High school graduate	24.8%	37.3%
Some college or associate's	28.3%	35.2%
Bachelor's degree	20.0%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	21.8%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Corning	Hornell
Drove alone	73.4%	72.3%
Carpooled	6.5%	8.4%
Public transit	0.5%	1.4%
Walked	6.1%	8.0%
Bicycle	1.8%	3.6%
Worked from home	11.3%	5.1%
Other means	0.4%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Corning	Hornell
1-unit, detached	48.2%	57.7%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	25.8%	29.2%
5 to 19 units	11.8%	6.0%
20 or more units	9.2%	6.2%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Corning	Hornell
Poverty rate	15.8%	21.6%
Average household size	1.98	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	17	17
Median year structure built	1944	1938