Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The best of Erin’s subject grades are a B+ for history and cost of living; the weakest is a D for walkability. On walkability, just 62 of New York’s 1,216 towns do worse. On civic life, just 85 of New York’s 1,187 towns do worse. Scotchtown Cemetery is on the National Register of Historic Places. Erin has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Erin beats most towns.
Where Erin’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New York), ordered by how far Erin is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1869.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Erin, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in Erin.
The typical Erin home is worth about $202,000, up 7.2% in a year, 62% below the New York typical home. 92% of Erin households own their home, above both the New York town median (75%) and the median of U.S. towns (73%). Erin’s median rent is $747 a month.
| Erin | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 92% | 75% | 73% |
| Median rent | $747 a month | $1,101 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
0.4% of Erin working residents work locally, against 10% in New York’s towns and 8% across U.S. towns. The average trip to work in Erin is 31 minutes. The top destinations are Horseheads (13%), Elmira (12%) and Ithaca (7%).
| Erin | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 31 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.4% | 10% | 8% |
| Median household income | $67,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 7.8% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Erin has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 80°, January nights drop to 15° and about 42 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 67% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Erin since 2011.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Erin beats the New York average on 5 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 8. 31% of Erin adults have obesity.
| Erin | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 33% | 35% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 37% | 36% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 13% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | Erin | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5.4% | 7.9% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 10.9% | 14.5% |
| More adults with COPD | 8.3% | 6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
| Erin | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 1.7% | 5.2% | 4.3% |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Erin. Close and well known come first.
35 mi LakeSeneca Lake
17 mi State parkWatkins Glen State Park
35 mi LakeCayuga Lake
20 mi MuseumCorning Museum of Glass400K visitors a year
25 mi State parkTaughannock Falls State Park
21 mi Stadium & arenaSchoellkopf FieldSeneca Lake: RochesterNY, Public domain · Watkins Glen State Park: Flickr user: Peter Rivera Stamford, Connecticut https://www.flickr.com/people/ri, CC BY 2.0 · Cayuga Lake: The original uploader was Cornellrockey at English Wikipedia. Later versions we, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Corning Museum of Glass: User:Stilfehler, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Taughannock Falls State Park: Michael C. Rygel, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Schoellkopf Field: Alex Sergeev, (www.asergeev.com) Originally uploaded by en:User:Cornell010, CC BY-SA 3.0
2 within 15 miles of the center of Erin
About 2 of every 100 Erin residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
Town in New York, United States
Erin is a town in Chemung County, New York, United States. The population was 1,820 at the 2020 census. The town was named by early settlers from Ireland. The town is east of Elmira and is along the county's northern border. It is part of the Elmira Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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5 towns share a border with Erin.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erin | — | — | B+ | — | B | B |
| Cayuta | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Van Etten | — | — | B− | — | B− | B |
| Baldwin | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Horseheads | #431 | B− | C | — | B | B+ |
| Breesport | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Erin and Van Etten have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Erin, Van Etten and Horseheads report no FBI crime data of their own. Cayuta, Baldwin and Breesport aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Erin with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B+.
