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Gas stations in the Elmira, NY metro area
How the Elmira, NY metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for gas stations: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 15 out of 100: Low
Ranked #377 of 387 scored metro areas
#13 of 13 scored metro areas based in New York
- Listings
- 40
- 31 chain locations (78%)
- Official establishments
- 34
- 0.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $63.2M
- On gasoline and other fuels · $1,792 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.6M
- 34% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.3
- 4% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 80,415
- −3.9% since 2020
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What this means
For gas stations, the Elmira metro area has a Groundwork market score of 15 (low): #377 of 387 scored metro areas and #13 of 13 scored metro areas based in New York. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
As of September 2026, map listings count 40 gas stations in the Elmira metro area. Chain locations make up 78% of them, against 84% across the U.S. That comes to 11.3 for every 10,000 households, 4% above the U.S. rate of 10.9.
Household spending on gasoline and other fuels in the Elmira metro area comes to about $63.2M a year: $1,792 per household, 31% below the U.S. average. Spread across 40 gas stations, that is $1.6M per station, 34% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
Official counts show 34 businesses with payroll classed as gasoline stations in the Elmira metro area in 2023, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 1,037 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $50K have gone to businesses classed as gasoline stations in the Elmira metro area. Population estimates put the population change in the Elmira metro area from 2020 to 2025 at −3.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Elmira metro area compares
The same measures for New York and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all gasoline and other fuels by the gas stations counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.
| Measure | Elmira metro area | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.3 | 6.9 | 10.9 |
| Spending per listing | $1.6M | $2.1M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,037 | 1,743 | 1,184 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | 0.0% | −10.9% | −3.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.9% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on gasoline and other fuels | $1,792 | $1,450 | $2,595 |
| Median household income | $63,716 | $85,974 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 15 | 40 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 340.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 380
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4031 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 27The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $50K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as gasoline stations in the Elmira metro area, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.
Population and households in the Elmira metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 80,415−3.9% since 2020
- Households
- 35,262
- Median age
- 42.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 407 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 202
- Median household income
- $63,716+16.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $86,374
- Median home value
- $141,100
- Jobs located here
- 31,723
- Daytime population
- 81,216Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in New York
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ithaca, NY | 52 | 24 | 5.5 | $3.2M | −1.4% | #178 of 387 |
| 2New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | 45 | 4,665 | 6.3 | $2.3M | +0.6% | #231 of 387 |
| 3Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY | 40 | 382 | 7.6 | $2.3M | −0.8% | #264 of 387 |
| 4Utica-Rome, NY | 38 | 84 | 6.9 | $2.6M | −2.0% | #279 of 387 |
| 5Rochester, NY | 38 | 371 | 8.3 | $2.2M | −0.7% | #282 of 387 |
| 6Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | 35 | 330 | 8.6 | $2.2M | +1.9% | #292 of 387 |
| 7Syracuse, NY | 33 | 230 | 8.5 | $2.2M | −1.3% | #306 of 387 |
| 8Binghamton, NY | 29 | 77 | 7.5 | $2.4M | −1.3% | #326 of 387 |
| 9Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY | 29 | 327 | 12.8 | $1.6M | +3.0% | #329 of 387 |
| 10Glens Falls, NY | 28 | 42 | 7.7 | $2.6M | −1.9% | #331 of 387 |
| 13Elmira, NY | 15 | 40 | 11.3 | $1.6M | −3.9% | #377 of 387 |
Other business types in the Elmira metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Funeral services
Questions
How many gas stations are in the Elmira, NY metro area?
The Elmira metro area has 40 gas stations on map listings as of September 2026. 31 of them (78%) are chain locations. The listings count gas stations. Official counts show 34 businesses with payroll classed as gasoline stations in 2023, unchanged from 2019.
How much do households in the Elmira, NY metro area spend on gasoline and other fuels?
About $63.2M a year, or $1,792 per household. That is 31% below the U.S. average (an index of 69, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 40 gas stations on map listings, it comes to $1.6M per station. It is estimated from the incomes of the 35,262 households in the Elmira metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Elmira, NY metro area compare with the U.S. for gas stations?
The Elmira metro area has 11.3 gas stations per 10,000 households, 4% above the U.S. rate of 10.9. Spending per station is $1.6M, 34% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of gas stations to household spending, the Elmira metro area would have about 27, against 40 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,037 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S. The official count held level from 2019 to 2023, against −3.1% for the U.S.
How fast is the Elmira, NY metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Elmira metro area at 80,415 people in 2025, down 3.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 35,262 households. The median household income in the Elmira metro area is $63,716 a year, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 16.0% from the 2015–2019 survey, before inflation.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. The Elmira metro area scores 15 for gas stations (low), #377 of 387 scored metro areas.
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