Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety39#9,587/15,637
Economy23#12,056/15,631
Housing34#9,954/14,977
Health40#9,425/15,609
Healthcare41#9,183/15,650
Environment98#281/15,453
Education17#13,004/15,649
Infrastructure20#12,537/15,650
Community41#9,160/15,651
Leisure & amenities55#6,978/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Southport, New York ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Chemung County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Drought exposure · low0%
97/100New York 14%United States 43%Nov 2025–Oct 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAAChemung County value
Home price to income ratio · low1.7×
96/100New York 4.9×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Hot days · low4 days
87/100New York 3 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationChemung County value
Public EV charging ports · high12.2 /10k
87/100New York 10.8 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyChemung County value
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · low6.2 µg/m³
87/100New York 7.2 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyChemung County value
Drinking water violations · low0
86/100New York 1United States 02024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteChemung County value

Weaknesses

New business applications · low7.3 /1k
3/100New York 15.1 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauChemung County value
Comfortable days · low22.5%
5/100New York 22.7%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationChemung County value
Child care cost burden · high40.6%
7/100New York 37.7%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteChemung County value
Primary care shortage · high17.0
9/100New York 5.7United States 6.2Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationChemung County value
Hospital quality rating · low2.0
9/100New York 2.8United States 3.2Jul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesChemung County value
Broadband subscriptions · low83.2%
10/100New York 90.8%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationFalling
6,972 (2015-2019) → 6,450 (2020-2024)
−7.5%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Child poverty rateImproving
16.6% (2015-2019) → 5.9% (2020-2024)
−11 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Median household incomeImproving
$49,645 (2015-2019) → $62,684 (2020-2024)
+26%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Unemployment rateWorsening
2.6% (2015-2019) → 7.2% (2020-2024)
+4.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B23025US 3.7% → 4.0%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Worsening
6.0% (2015-2019) → 10.1% (2020-2024)
+4.1 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
High school diploma or higherWorsening
95.6% (2015-2019) → 92.0% (2020-2024)
−3.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Southport, New York improved on 1 of 12 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 11 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved1

Household income+26%$49,645 → $62,684

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Southport, New York between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	17.2 min2015-2019	19.1 min2020-2024	+1.9 min	Within the margin of error	28%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.0%2015-2019	17.7%2020-2024	+1.6 points	Within the margin of error	40%
Broadband subscriptions	80.5%2015-2019	83.2%2020-2024	+2.7 points	Within the margin of error	18%
Effective property tax rate	2.29%2015-2019	1.71%2020-2024	−0.6 points	Within the margin of error	94%
High school diploma or higher	95.6%2015-2019	92.0%2020-2024	−3.7 points	Within the margin of error	9%
Home price to income ratio	1.6×2015-2019	1.7×2020-2024	+0.1×	Within the margin of error	75%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4142015-2019	0.4562020-2024	+0.042	Within the margin of error	20%
Median household income	$49,6452015-2019	$62,6842020-2024	+26%	Improved	47%
Poverty rate	13.7%2015-2019	11.5%2020-2024	−2.2 points	Within the margin of error	64%
Rent as share of income	31.5%2015-2019	33.3%2020-2024	+1.8 points	Within the margin of error	41%
Rent-burdened households	54.6%2015-2019	52.8%2020-2024	−1.8 points	Within the margin of error	62%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	6.0%2015-2019	10.1%2020-2024	+4.1 points	Within the margin of error	13%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Southport, New York five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Southport, New York in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Southport, New York itself moved −8.7 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

6,450 residents (±298)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 30–39 men (+6.0 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

6,450 residents (±298)

Southport, New York
New York share

White89%5,762
Black4.9%†314
Hispanic or Latino3.6%†229
Asian0.1%†5
American Indian and Alaska Native0.0%0
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.0%0
Other or two or more races2.2%†140

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Hispanic or Latino (+3.5 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

5,170 residents (±313)

Southport, New York
New York share

No high school diploma8.0%†416
High school or GED43%2,209
Some college16%818
Associate degree16%†813
Bachelor's degree6.8%†353
Graduate degree11%†561

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B15003View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

3,227 households (±204)

Southport, New York
New York share

Under $25k18%†574
$25k–50k18%†591
$50k–75k22%721
$75k–100k14%456
$100k–150k18%†575
$150k–200k3.8%†123
$200k or more5.8%†187

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $25k–50k (−11.0 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

3,227 households (±204)

Southport, New York
New York share

Own70%2,270
Rent30%957

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

890 households (±241)

Southport, New York
New York share

Under $75012%†104
$750–1,00014%†129
$1,000–1,50063%†559

Home values

2,270 homes (±252)

Southport, New York
New York share

Under $150k72%1,624
$150k–250k18%†408
$250k–400k5.6%†127

Age of homes

3,686 homes (±221)

Southport, New York
New York share

2010 or later1.4%†50
2000–20092.2%†82
1980–19995.5%†202

Size of homes

3,686 homes (±221)

Southport, New York
New York share

Studio0.7%†26
1 bedroom6.4%†236
2 bedrooms29%1,077

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

3,156 workers (±310)

Southport, New York
New York share

Drive alone82%2,601
Carpool11%†336
Public transit0.4%†12
Walk2.3%†73
Bike0.0%0
Work from home2.6%†82
Other1.6%†52

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

3,074 workers (±307)

Southport, New York
New York share

Under 15 min38%1,159
15–29 min37%1,147
30–44 min18%†555

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Elmira, NY

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Chemung County, the county holding most of Southport's residents.

Chemung County has 1,647 employer establishments, 203 for every 10,000 residents (0.82× the US rate of 248; 0.74× New York's), with 27,912 paid employees at an average annual pay of $51,864. The Census Bureau also counts 4,408 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,647; 4,408 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 203; US 248 · New York 274
Paid employees: 27,912
Average annual pay: $51,864; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Chemung County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Restaurants and other eating places	143	17.6	0.96×About typical	2,588	$21,538	20
Ambulatory health care services	99	12.2	0.59×Fewer than typical	1,083	$66,313	261
Specialty trade contractors	87	10.7	0.69×Fewer than typical	913	$76,947	293
Full-service restaurants	64	7.9	1.03×About typical	1,420	$21,765	10
Limited-service restaurants	56	6.9	0.86×About typical	957	$21,115	6
Construction of buildings	53	6.5	0.86×About typical	296	$69,568	123
Religious organizations	51	6.3	1.13×About typical	266	$21,586	—
Automotive repair and maintenance	49	6	1.20×About typical	224	$44,500	55
Lessors of real estate	43	5.3	0.43×Fewer than typical	214	$48,005	395
Services to buildings and dwellings	43	5.3	0.79×Fewer than typical	172	$43,930	221
Building equipment contractors	38	4.7	0.78×Fewer than typical	458	$76,498	46
Gasoline stations	34	4.2	1.29×More than typical	380	$23,797	—

Rank places for an industry Open Chemung County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 81,090 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $27.1K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Southport, New York: $4.20 per resident (US $2,007).

Obligations: $27.1K; +126% vs FY2025
Per resident: $4.20; US $2,007
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; US 8.7%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Indian Health Service$27.1K100%

Top recipients

KAIVA SERVICES, LLC$27.1K100%

Spending by fiscal year

-23KFY2017
-588.6FY2018
18KFY2019
70.4KFY2023
12KFY2025
27.1KFY2026

What was bought

Other equipment & supplies$27.1K100%

Top industries (NAICS)

Building equipment contractors · 2382$27.1K100%

Largest awards whose ZIP code lies mostly in Southport, New York

LOCKPORT WIFI PROJECT$158.9K
KAIVA SERVICES, LLC· Chemung County, NY· Other equipment & supplies· Feb 8, 2023 – Aug 27, 2026· 75H71523P00030

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Southport, New York, so they do not add up across cities.

Southport, New York's figures are part of those of Chemung County, NY ($688.6K in FY2026), never added to them: 3.9% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Southport is mostly in Chemung County.

See federal money in Chemung County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Southport, New York is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Nicholas A. LangworthyR-NY-23 · 100% of residentsWith party 98%Missed 1.6%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Chemung County68100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Elmira, NY66

Other cities and towns in Chemung County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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