Elmira NextChemung County’s business nexus, built from public records

Around Southtown Plaza

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This spot

Municipality
Town of Southport
Census tract
111.01
Flood area (county map)
Not in a mapped flood area

Permits, zoning and contacts for the Town of Southport →

Getting here

Nearest I-86 exit
Exit 56, 2.9 mi
Elmira Corning Regional Airport
8.7 mi
Nearest rail line
0.3 mi (Norfolk Southern Railway)
Post office
1.5 mi (South Side Elmira Post Office)
UPS
7.8 mi (The UPS Store)
FedEx
9.1 mi (FedEx Ship Center)

Bus stops within ½ mile (C TRAN):

Routes and schedules at ridectran.com ↗

Distances are straight-line, not driving. Exits, rail, parking and shipping: © OpenStreetMap contributors. All infrastructure →

Incentive programs here

Opportunity Zone
No
HUBZone
No
New Markets Tax Credit
Yes: a low-income community

Business and real estate projects here can raise New Markets Tax Credit financing through Community Development Entities (CDEs); distressed tracts are often prioritized.

Sources: SBA (HUBZones), U.S. Treasury CDFI Fund (New Markets Tax Credit tracts), NYS Department of State (Brownfield Opportunity Areas), NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (National Register). Eligibility depends on the project: confirm with the program.

Environmental checks

DEC cleanup sites within ½ mile
Remington Rand Mach. - Div. Sperry Rand (State Superfund, class 4: closed, needs continued site management, 0.2 mi); Chemung Correctional Facility (State Superfund, cleanup completed, 0.4 mi) ↗
Mapped wetlands
None at this point

Sites in NYS DEC’s remediation programs. Look them up by number in DEC’s DECinfo Locator.

Sources: NYS DEC (remediation sites, spill reports), Chemung County GIS (DEC wetlands and the National Wetlands Inventory). Not a site assessment: a Phase I environmental review is the standard for a purchase.

Internet service nearby

100% of the 123 homes and businesses within ¼ mile can get 100/20 Mbps or faster over a wired connection (fiber, cable or DSL).

ProviderServiceFastest offeredReaches
SpectrumCable 1 Gbps / 1 Gbpsall
Empire Long Distance CorporationFiber 1 Gbps / 100 Mbpsall
VerizonFixed wireless (licensed) 300 Mbps / 30 Mbps98%
FirstLight FiberFiber 200 Mbps / 200 Mbps2%
T-MobileFixed wireless (licensed) 100 Mbps / 20 Mbps97%
Xtreme5GFixed wireless (licensed) 50 Mbps / 10 Mbps11%

Download / upload speeds providers say they offer, from the FCC’s National Broadband Map (data as of Dec 31, 2025), added up over the 12 census blocks around this spot. Satellite service is offered almost everywhere and isn’t listed. Check a specific address on the FCC’s map ↗.

Parks and public land within 3 miles

Distance to the nearest edge. All parks and public land →

Traffic on nearby roads

RoadCounted betweenVehicles a dayTrucksCount yearDistance
(NY 427) Rt 14-Clemens Pwy – Maple Ave/Cedar St3,254 5%2017200 ft

Average daily traffic from NYS Department of Transportation counts, on roads within ¼ mile. Some counts are several years old.

Businesses within 1 mile: 85

The 15 nearest

Grocery stores and supermarkets100 ft

Tops Market #578

1600 Cedar St Southtown Plaza, Elmira

Department, discount and dollar stores100 ft

Family Dollar 1724

1600 Cedar St Consumer Sq Ctr, Elmira

Restaurants150 ft

Family Wok

1600 Cedar St., Southtown Plaza, Elmira

Thrift, antiques and pawn150 ft

Thrift Shop

1600 Cedar St, Elmira

Department, discount and dollar stores200 ft

Southtown Plaza

1600 Cedar St, Southport

Building supplies and equipment rental0.2 mi

Kelley Bros

1220 S. Main St, Elmira

By category

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The neighborhood: tract 111.01

People
2,510
Median age
52 years
Median household income
$56,362
Below the poverty line
15%
Adults 25+ with a bachelor’s degree or more
13%
Unemployment
10%
Median home value
$87,900
Median rent
$1,080 a month
Homes and apartments
1,523 (12% vacant)
Small-business loans by banks, 2024
18 ($224,000)

Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024, for the census tract this address is in. Small-area figures have wide margins of error. Loans: banks’ Community Reinvestment Act reports (FFIEC).

People and jobs nearby

People living nearby
2,510
Homes and apartments
1,523
Jobs located nearby
375
Jobs paying over $3,333 a month
41%

Biggest employers by industry

Health care and social assistance
82 jobs
Hotels and food service
81 jobs
Education
63 jobs
Wholesale trade
37 jobs
Manufacturing
36 jobs

For the census tract this address is in, so it can cover a wider area than the circle. People: ACS 2020–2024. Jobs: Census Bureau LEHD workplace counts, 2023.

Chemung County’s economy

Unemployment rate
4.2%
Labor force
35,612
Jobs in the county
32,747
Employers
1,852
Average weekly wage
$1,248
Private industryJobsAvg weekly wage
Health care and social assistance5,996$1,253
Manufacturing4,684$1,628
Retail4,335$730
Hotels and food service2,744$491
Transportation and warehousing1,523$1,202
Construction1,255$1,557

Bureau of Labor Statistics: unemployment August 2026 (preliminary); jobs and wages Q1 2026 (all employers; the table shows private industries).

Business properties within 1 mile: 129

Vacant commercial and industrial land: 34 · Retail, restaurants and shopping: 31 · Industrial and warehouses: 26 · Auto and gas: 22 · Hotels, apartments and mobile home parks: 11 · Offices and banks: 4 · Other commercial: 1

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Sources

Businesses: New York State licenses, permits and filings matched by Elmira Next. Properties: Chemung County GIS parcel map. Neighborhood figures: U.S. Census Bureau (American Community Survey; LEHD). County economy: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Traffic: NYS Department of Transportation. Buses: C TRAN’s public schedule feed. Internet service: FCC National Broadband Map. Opportunity Zones: U.S. Treasury. Flood areas: the county’s flood map (not a FEMA determination). Map: OpenStreetMap contributors. All sources →