Pine ValleyNY
A town of 721, settled in 1828.
Is Pine Valley a good place to live?
The biggest park or preserve is Mark Twain State Park, at 24 acres. Pine Valley has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
721 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Moving to Pine Valley: who provides what
Pine Valley 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 Pine Valley.
The typical home in Pine Valley is valued at about $212K
Typical home values rose 14% in the year to September 2026. Three in five households own their home in Pine Valley.
Typical home value
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Pine Valley stands out in New York and nationally, with fewer of its working residents who work locally
Pine Valley’s mean commuting time is 17 minutes, where New York’s towns sit at 25 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. Between 2013 and 2023, jobs locally rose by 25, to 51. Also worth knowing: for residents locally, the share who live below the poverty line is 27%. Half the trips to work are shorter than 12 miles.
| Pine Valley | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 27% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 17 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.7% | 10% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Snowy winters and pleasant summers in Pine Valley
Pine Valley’s typical July afternoon high comes in at 81°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy Pine Valley is
In Pine Valley, 17% of adults binge drink. On the CDC’s 32 measures, Pine Valley is ahead of New York on 9 and behind on 2. Pine Valley: 29% of adults have obesity, below both New York’s towns (33%) and U.S. towns (35%). Among adults in the town, 34% sleep under 7 hours and 9.6% have diabetes.
| Pine Valley | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 33% | 35% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 37% | 36% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 9.6% | 11% | 12% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 17% | 19% |
| What stands out | Pine Valley | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 10.6% | 17.2% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5.1% | 7.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.8% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Mark Twain State Park | — | 24 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Natural hazards: moderate risk in Pine Valley, mostly inland flooding
Of the losses FEMA expects in Pine Valley, 76% come from inland flooding and 7% from tornadoes. On expected storm and flood damage, Pine Valley sits below 55% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Watkins Glen State Park and 16 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Pine Valley. Close and well known come first.
10 mi State parkWatkins Glen State Park
30 mi LakeSeneca Lake
12 mi MuseumCorning Museum of Glass400K visitors a year
33 mi LakeCayuga Lake
25 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 Pine Valley
Colleges nearby
3 within 15 miles of the center of Pine Valley
About 1 of every 100 Pine Valley residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
99% of working residents leave Pine Valley for work
Where Pine Valley’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Pine Valley
Census-designated place in New York, United States
Pine Valley is a hamlet and census-designated place in the towns of Catlin and Veteran in Chemung County, New York, United States. The population was 813 at the 2010 census.
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- Area
- 1.2 sq mi
- Elevation
- 930 ft
- ZIP code
- 14872
Questions about Pine Valley
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Pine Valley, NY a good place to live?
Pine Valley has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.