Rank

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Chemung, New York

Score 3.89 / 10· population 81,325

Chemung County runs along the Pennsylvania line at the south end of the Finger Lakes; outside Elmira, its one city, it divides into 11 towns, Horseheads and Big Flats among them. In the 2020-2024 Census estimates, health care and social assistance employed 6,461 residents and manufacturing 5,410. Owner households had a median income of $84,384 in 2024, and their median property tax bill of $3,547 equaled 4.2 percent of it, against 3.2 percent nationwide.

Sources
  • Chemung County is in the Southern Tier along the Pennsylvania border, at the southern end of the Finger Lakes Region; the City of Elmira is the only city in its municipality list ny.gov
  • The Department of Taxation and Finance equalization-rate list for rate year 2025 shows Chemung County with one city, Elmira, and 11 towns: Ashland, Baldwin, Big Flats, Catlin, Chemung, Elmira, Erin, Horseheads, Southport, Van Etten and Veteran data.ny.gov
  • Health care and social assistance employed 6,461 residents and manufacturing employed 5,410 (Census ACS 2020-2024 five-year estimates, which Data USA labels 2024) datausa.io
  • ACS 2024 1-year, tables B25103 and B25119: median real estate taxes paid $3,547 and median household income of owner-occupied households $84,384 in Chemung County (taxes equal 4.2% of income); United States $3,211 and $100,721 (3.2%) api.censusreporter.org

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Eleven factors

Government behavior

  1. Fraser Institute state ranking (state)4.4
  2. 2A (state)0.0
  3. GOP + LP vote for President5.8
  4. Sales tax2.7
  5. Property tax0.0

Environment

  1. Air quality6.4
  2. Floods / hurricanes2.8

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate8.4
  2. Life expectancy5.0
  3. Government employees2.0
  4. Single-parent households3.5

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