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Real estate businesses in the Elmira, NY metro area
The real estate businesses in the Elmira, NY metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 72 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #29 of 387 scored metro areas
#5 of 13 scored metro areas based in New York
- Listings
- 57
- 2 chain locations (4%)
- Official establishments
- 15
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $580.1M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $16,452 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 235
- 2.4 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 16.2
- 58% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 80,415
- −3.9% since 2020
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What this means
For real estate businesses, the Elmira metro area has a Groundwork market score of 72 (upper middle): #29 of 387 scored metro areas and #5 of 13 scored metro areas based in New York. That puts it in the top 10% of metro areas for real estate businesses.
As of September 2026, map listings count 57 real estate businesses in the Elmira metro area. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 4%, against 6% across the U.S. That is 16.2 per 10,000 households, 58% below the U.S. rate of 38.5.
At $16,452 per household (in line with the U.S. average), households in the Elmira metro area spend about $580.1M a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per office is 2.4 times the U.S. figure. That figure is all rent and homeowner costs, used as a measure of housing demand; it is not money real estate businesses take in.
In 2023, official counts showed 15 businesses with payroll in the Elmira metro area classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors. That is one for every 2,351 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. Population estimates show the Elmira metro area declined 3.9% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Elmira metro area compares
The same measures for New York and the whole U.S. Housing spending per listing divides all rent and homeowner costs by the listings counted: a measure of housing demand for each business, not money any of them take in, so it is shown against the U.S. (100) only. Households per establishment divides households by the official count.
| Measure | Elmira metro area | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 16.2 | 31.8 | 38.5 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 235 | 138 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 2,351 | 456 | 414 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.7% | +15.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.9% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $16,452 | $19,048 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $63,716 | $85,974 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 72 | 61 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 15
- Employees, 2023
- 89
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 198Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 572 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 134The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors 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 | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | 76 | 1,038 | 27.1 | 160 | +1.9% | #16 of 387 |
| 2Binghamton, NY | 75 | 157 | 15.3 | 251 | −1.3% | #18 of 387 |
| 3Utica-Rome, NY | 74 | 192 | 15.9 | 245 | −2.0% | #21 of 387 |
| 4Kingston, NY | 73 | 206 | 27.7 | 156 | +1.1% | #27 of 387 |
| 5Elmira, NY | 72 | 57 | 16.2 | 235 | −3.9% | #29 of 387 |
| 6Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY | 72 | 1,017 | 20.3 | 198 | −0.8% | #31 of 387 |
| 7Ithaca, NY | 71 | 103 | 23.8 | 173 | −1.4% | #33 of 387 |
| 8Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY | 71 | 769 | 30.2 | 151 | +3.0% | #34 of 387 |
| 9Syracuse, NY | 69 | 645 | 23.8 | 171 | −1.3% | #39 of 387 |
| 10Rochester, NY | 67 | 1,118 | 25.1 | 163 | −0.7% | #51 of 387 |
Other business types in the Elmira metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many real estate businesses are in the Elmira, NY metro area?
The Elmira metro area has 57 real estate businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (4%) are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokers, property managers, mortgage brokers and lenders, and home inspectors. Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in 2023. Official counts also show 198 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Elmira, NY metro area spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $580.1M a year, or $16,452 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 99, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 57 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is 2.4 times the U.S. figure. The spending figure is all rent and homeowner costs, a measure of housing demand, not money real estate businesses take in. 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 real estate businesses?
The Elmira metro area has 16.2 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 58% below the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 235, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, the Elmira metro area would have about 134, against 57 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,351 households, against one for every 414 across 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 72 for real estate businesses (upper middle), #29 of 387 scored metro areas.
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