Housing and real estate

Industry	Businesses	Jobs	Payroll
Real estate	43	214	$10.3M
Lessors of real estate	28	125	$5M
Activities related to real estate	11	80	$4.9M
Offices of real estate agents and brokers	4	9	$373K
Rental and leasing services	17	165	$8.6M
Commercial and industrial machinery and equipment rental and leasing	3	43	$3.4M
Automotive equipment rental and leasing	7	62	$3.1M
Consumer goods rental	6	55	$2M

Businesses by number of employees

under 5 employees36 businesses
5–9 employees13 businesses
10–19 employees5 businesses
20–49 employees6 businesses

Census County Business Patterns 2023, places with employees. Blank jobs and payroll are withheld by the Census to protect single firms.

For the whole county’s housing and real estate sector (Census County Business Patterns and Economic Census). Spending and market size →

Income-restricted and assisted housing

23 properties with 2,014 homes, 2,001 of them income-restricted or assisted.

Property	Address	Program	Homes	Restricted or assisted	Serves
Bragg Tower & Edward Flannery Apts.	300 S Main St, Elmira	Public housing (Elmira Housing Authority)	334	334
Hathorn Court (2002)	472 Hathorn Ct, Elmira	Low-income housing tax credit	274	274	families
Heritage Park Apartments	859/875 E.Water St, Elmira	HUD-assisted (LMSA)	212	212	families
Villa Serene Apartments	399 E 14th St, Elmira Heights	HUD-assisted (LMSA)	181	180	seniors
Hoffman Plaza	727 Reservoir St Apt, Elmira	Public housing (Elmira Housing Authority)	144	144
Riverview Apartments	101 Harmon Street, Elmira	HUD-assisted (Sec 8 NC)	128	128	families
Eastgate Apts (2007)	150 Harriet St, Elmira	Low-income housing tax credit	102	102
Libertad Elmira (2019)	624 Baldwin Street, Elmira	Low-income housing tax credit	91	90
St Joseph's Apts (1994)	550 E Church St, Elmira	Low-income housing tax credit	66	66	seniors
St. Joseph's Preservation (2015)	550 Church St, Elmira	Low-income housing tax credit	66	66	seniors
Biltmore Crossing (2015)	81 Biltmore Drive Bldg.a, Horseheads	Low-income housing tax credit	56	56
Cds Elmira Senior Living (2018)	910 Maple Avenue, Elmira	Low-income housing tax credit	50	50	seniors, people with disabilities
Chemung Crossing (2019)	226-230 South Main Street, Elmira	Low-income housing tax credit	45	45	people with disabilities
Carpenter Housing	551 East Church St, Elmira	HUD-assisted (PRAC/202)	40	39	seniors
St Patrick's Apts	509 Park Pl, Elmira	Low-income housing tax credit	39	29	seniors
Lafrance Apartments (2020)	416 Powell Street, Elmira	Low-income housing tax credit	37	37
Park Terrace Congregate Apts (2010)	1281 Pennsylvania Ave, Pine City	Low-income housing tax credit	32	32	seniors
Clemens Manor (2000)	201 E Church St, Elmira	Low-income housing tax credit	30	30	seniors
Gerard Block Apartments (2020)	118-126 Lake Street, Elmira	Low-income housing tax credit	28	28
Town Haven Apts (2004)	50 Olcott Rd S, Big Flats	Low-income housing tax credit	24	24	seniors
Van Etten Senior Project (1991)	7 John St, Van Etten	Low-income housing tax credit	12	12	seniors
Miller Manor	400 Powell St, Elmira	HUD-assisted (PRAC/811)	12	12	people with disabilities
Mcniff Commons (2006)	401 Powell St, Elmira	Low-income housing tax credit	11	11	people with disabilities

From HUD: the low-income housing tax credit database (year placed in service in brackets), HUD-assisted multifamily properties and public housing developments. A property can be in more than one program, so totals may count homes twice. For openings, call the property or the housing authority.

Fair Market Rents

Studio	1 bedroom	2 bedrooms	3 bedrooms	4 bedrooms
$949	$978	$1,283	$1,606	$1,713

HUD’s Fair Market Rents for Elmira, NY MSA (rent plus utilities, the current federal fiscal year), used for Housing Choice Vouchers and many programs. Not an average of listings.

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