Horseheads NorthNY
With 2,676 residents, it is a town in New York.
Is Horseheads North a good place to live?
Only one of the 759 New York towns we compare has a lower share of working residents who work in town than Horseheads North. Horseheads North’s typical journey to work is 20 minutes, against 25 minutes in New York’s towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns. We don’t grade Horseheads North yet; the figures below are still real.
99% of working residents leave Horseheads North for work
Where Horseheads North’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Moving to Horseheads North: who provides what
Horseheads North is unincorporated, so Chemung County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Horseheads North.
Most of Horseheads North’s workers commute out: the town has 0.2 jobs for each of them
Half commute less than 10 miles. Since 2013, Horseheads North has added 124 jobs, to 273 in 2023. For most workers, Horseheads North is a place to come home to: only 1% work in town. In Horseheads North, 4.7% of residents live below the poverty line.
| Horseheads North | Typical New York town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 4.7% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 8.1% | 12% | 11% |
| Median household income | $90,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Horseheads North has snowy winters and pleasant summers
In July, afternoons reach 82°; in January, nights fall to 16°, and about 42 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
More middle-aged adults than New York overall
Four-year graduates account for nearly two in five adults 25 and older here, against 40% across New York. Adults 35 to 64 are 45% of residents (39% statewide). 16% of Horseheads North residents are 65 or older.
| Horseheads North | Typical New York town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 16% | 20% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 39% | 32% | 29% |
| Median age | 44.3 years | 43 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 20% | 20% | 22% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±4.1 points. Across New York, 51.2% of residents are women.
| Horseheads North | NY | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 9.3% | 11% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 10.5% | 9.5% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 9.7% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 10% | 14.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 11.2% | 13% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 14.8% | 12.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 18.9% | 13.3% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 9.6% | 10.3% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 5.9% | 7.6% | 7% |
| No diploma | 1.8% | 12% | 10.4% |
| High school | 34.4% | 24.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 9.1% | 14.6% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 15.3% | 8.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 23.5% | 22.4% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 15.9% | 17.9% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,700, single groups can be off by several points
How healthy Horseheads North is
In Horseheads North, 15% of adults say their health is fair or poor, and 82% had a checkup this year. On the CDC’s 32 measures, Horseheads North is ahead of New York on 9 and behind on 2. The share of adults in Horseheads North who sleep under 7 hours is 34%.
| Horseheads North | Typical New York town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 33% | 35% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 17% | 19% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 82% | 81% | 79% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 37% | 36% |
| What stands out | Horseheads North | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.7% | 17.2% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 4.5% | 7.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.2% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Top of a moderate hazard risk in Horseheads North: inland flooding
Horseheads North’s FEMA risk score is recorded as 53 of 100. Expected losses in Horseheads North break down as 84% from inland flooding and 6% from tornadoes.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The median home in Horseheads North sells for about $282K
The midpoint rent here in Horseheads North is $1,323 a month. 82% of households live in a home they own locally.
| Horseheads North | Typical New York town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 82% | 75% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,323 a month | $1,101 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Watkins Glen State Park and 17 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Horseheads North. Close and well known come first.
13 mi State parkWatkins Glen State Park
32 mi LakeSeneca Lake
13 mi MuseumCorning Museum of Glass400K visitors a year
34 mi LakeCayuga Lake
26 mi State parkTaughannock Falls State Park
24 mi Stadium & arenaSchoellkopf FieldPhoto credits
Watkins Glen State Park: Flickr user: Peter Rivera Stamford, Connecticut https://www.flickr.com/people/ri, CC BY 2.0 · Seneca Lake: RochesterNY, Public domain · Corning Museum of Glass: User:Stilfehler, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Cayuga Lake: The original uploader was Cornellrockey at English Wikipedia. Later versions we, CC BY-SA 2.5 · 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
Everything we know about Horseheads North
Colleges nearby
3 within 15 miles of the center of Horseheads North
About 4 of every 100 Horseheads North residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
About Horseheads North
Census-designated place in New York, United States
Horseheads North is a census-designated place (CDP) in Chemung County, New York, United States. It is part of the Elmira Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2020 census, Horseheads North had a population of 2,761.
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- Area
- 2.2 sq mi
- Elevation
- 940 ft
Horseheads North’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with Horseheads North.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horseheads North | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Horseheads | #208 | B+ | C | A− | B | B+ |
| Horseheads | #431 | B− | C | — | B | B+ |
| Veteran | #355 | B− | B+ | — | B− | A− |
Horseheads and Veteran report no FBI crime data of their own. Horseheads North isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Horseheads North with a neighbor →
Questions about Horseheads North
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Horseheads North, NY a good place to live?
We don’t grade Horseheads North yet; the figures below are still real.