What’s missing

Everyday businesses (groceries, pharmacies, restaurants, salons, child care, doctors and the like) counted per person in each city and town, against the county as a whole. A town with far fewer than its population suggests may have room for one. It’s a lead, not proof: people in small towns often shop in Elmira, Horseheads or Big Flats, and a business can be missing from our directory. Tell us if you spot one.

Chemung County and the region

Kind of business	Chemung	Per 10,000 people: Chemung	The region	Compared
Hunting, fishing and taxidermy	8	1	1.1	about the same
Veterinarians, grooming and pet care	24	2.9	3.3	about the same
Gas stations	46	5.6	6.4	about the same
Child care	29	3.5	3.9	about the same
Cafés, bakeries and ice cream	44	5.4	5.7	about the same
Grocery stores and supermarkets	54	6.6	6.9	about the same
Auto repair	154	19	19	about the same
Pharmacies	21	2.6	2.5	about the same
Gifts, books, crafts and hobbies	35	4.3	4.1	about the same
Home, hardware and garden	38	4.6	4.4	about the same
Bars and taverns	48	5.8	5.3	about the same
Banks and credit unions	44	5.4	4.8	about the same
Beer, wine and liquor stores	17	2.1	1.8	about the same
Convenience stores	69	8.4	7.3	about the same
Florists	6	0.7	0.6	about the same
Department, discount and dollar stores	92	11	9.2	about the same
Restaurants	195	24	19	about the same
Laundry and dry cleaning	7	0.9	0.7	about the same
Hair salons	89	11	7.3	more (148%)
Fast food and takeout	49	6	3.8	more (157%)
Eye care	20	2.4	1.5	more (162%)
Doctors and clinics	137	17	10	more (164%)
Gyms, fitness and yoga	49	6	3.6	more (167%)
Barbershops	24	2.9	1.7	more (171%)
Dentists	33	4	2.3	more (172%)
Clothing, shoes and jewelry	41	5	2.4	more (204%)
Nail salons	27	3.3	1.4	more (229%)

“The region”: Chemung, Schuyler, Steuben, Tioga and Tompkins counties in New York and Bradford and Tioga counties in Pennsylvania, together. People: Census Bureau, American Community Survey. Businesses: open businesses in this site’s directories (a business counts under each kind it is). The neighbors’ directories are matched automatically and checked less closely than Chemung’s.

Town by town

Each city and town against the county’s own rate (its villages included). None here: the town’s population suggests at least one or two and there are none. Fewer: half or less of what its population suggests. Draws people in: twice as many or more, so it serves its neighbors too.

City of Elmira 26,257 people

Room for more: Veterinarians, grooming and pet care none here 0 (about 7 expected)

Town of Horseheads 18,854 people

No everyday kind of business is clearly short here.

Draws people in: Hair salons 45 (about 20 expected)

Town of Southport 9,150 people

Room for more: Doctors and clinics fewer 5 (about 15 expected); Cafés, bakeries and ice cream fewer 1 (about 4.9 expected); Clothing, shoes and jewelry fewer 1 (about 4.6 expected); Gyms, fitness and yoga fewer 2 (about 5.5 expected); Eye care none here 0 (about 2.2 expected); Pharmacies none here 0 (about 2.1 expected)

Draws people in: Veterinarians, grooming and pet care 5 (about 2.5 expected)

Town of Big Flats 7,592 people

No everyday kind of business is clearly short here.

Draws people in: Clothing, shoes and jewelry 19 (about 3.8 expected); Eye care 8 (about 1.8 expected); Department, discount and dollar stores 28 (about 8.4 expected); Fast food and takeout 15 (about 4.5 expected); Nail salons 8 (about 2.5 expected); Gifts, books, crafts and hobbies 9 (about 3 expected)

Town of Elmira 6,662 people

Room for more: Restaurants fewer 5 (about 16 expected); Doctors and clinics fewer 3 (about 11 expected); Convenience stores none here 0 (about 5.5 expected); Department, discount and dollar stores fewer 2 (about 7.4 expected); Hair salons fewer 2 (about 7.2 expected); Bars and taverns none here 0 (about 3.9 expected); Clothing, shoes and jewelry none here 0 (about 3.3 expected); Grocery stores and supermarkets fewer 1 (about 4.1 expected)

Town of Veteran 3,269 people

Room for more: Restaurants fewer 1 (about 7.7 expected); Doctors and clinics none here 0 (about 5.2 expected); Convenience stores none here 0 (about 2.7 expected); Fast food and takeout none here 0 (about 1.9 expected); Gyms, fitness and yoga none here 0 (about 1.9 expected); Bars and taverns none here 0 (about 1.9 expected); Gas stations none here 0 (about 1.8 expected); Banks and credit unions none here 0 (about 1.7 expected)

Town of Catlin 2,518 people

Room for more: Restaurants fewer 1 (about 5.9 expected); Doctors and clinics none here 0 (about 4 expected); Hair salons none here 0 (about 2.7 expected); Auto repair fewer 2 (about 4.6 expected); Grocery stores and supermarkets none here 0 (about 1.6 expected); Fast food and takeout none here 0 (about 1.5 expected); Gyms, fitness and yoga none here 0 (about 1.5 expected)

Town of Chemung 2,361 people

Room for more: Doctors and clinics none here 0 (about 3.8 expected); Department, discount and dollar stores none here 0 (about 2.6 expected); Hair salons none here 0 (about 2.6 expected)

Town of Erin 1,912 people

Room for more: Doctors and clinics none here 0 (about 3 expected); Restaurants fewer 2 (about 4.5 expected); Convenience stores none here 0 (about 1.6 expected)

Town of Ashland 1,428 people

Room for more: Doctors and clinics none here 0 (about 2.3 expected)

Town of Van Etten 1,328 people

Room for more: Doctors and clinics none here 0 (about 2.1 expected)

Town of Baldwin 816 people

Room for more: Restaurants none here 0 (about 1.9 expected)

Every town and kind, per 10,000 people

Kind of business	County	Elmira	Horseheads	Southport	Big Flats	Elmira	Veteran	Catlin	Chemung	Erin	Ashland	Van Etten	Baldwin
Grocery stores and supermarkets	6.2	6.1	5.8	11	12	1.5	3.1	0	8.5	0	0	7.5	0
Convenience stores	8.3	9.5	11	7.7	12	0	0	12	4.2	0	14	7.5	0
Pharmacies	2.3	4.2	2.7	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gas stations	5.6	6.1	8.5	3.3	6.6	3	0	7.9	4.2	0	0	7.5	0
Restaurants	24	26	31	15	53	7.5	3.1	4	13	10	14	7.5	0
Fast food and takeout	6	5.3	7.4	5.5	20	1.5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cafés, bakeries and ice cream	5.4	5.3	8	1.1	12	3	3.1	0	0	0	0	15	0
Bars and taverns	5.8	8	8	4.4	5.3	0	0	0	8.5	5.2	0	7.5	0
Hair salons	11	9.5	24	6.6	7.9	3	3.1	0	0	5.2	7	15	0
Barbershops	2.9	2.3	5.8	2.2	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nail salons	3.3	1.9	5.8	2.2	11	1.5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Laundry and dry cleaning	0.9	1.1	1.6	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Auto repair	18	14	25	9.8	28	12	9.2	7.9	30	5.2	35	30	37
Home, hardware and garden	4.6	3.8	8	3.3	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Department, discount and dollar stores	11	8.8	13	7.7	37	3	3.1	12	0	5.2	7	0	0
Banks and credit unions	5.2	7.6	7.4	4.4	4	1.5	0	0	0	0	0	7.5	0
Child care	3.5	5	4.8	2.2	2.6	3	0	0	0	0	0	7.5	0
Doctors and clinics	16	28	15	5.5	29	4.5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dentists	3.9	5.7	5.3	5.5	2.6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Eye care	2.4	2.7	2.7	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Veterinarians, grooming and pet care	2.7	0	3.2	5.5	4	3	3.1	4	0	5.2	21	0	0
Gyms, fitness and yoga	6	6.5	9.5	2.2	12	4.5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Florists	0.7	0.4	1.6	1.1	1.3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Beer, wine and liquor stores	2.1	1.9	1.6	4.4	2.6	1.5	0	0	0	0	7	7.5	0
Hunting, fishing and taxidermy	1	0.8	1.1	0	2.6	0	0	4	4.2	0	0	0	0
Gifts, books, crafts and hobbies	4	2.3	4.8	3.3	12	0	3.1	7.9	8.5	0	0	7.5	0
Clothing, shoes and jewelry	5	3	6.9	1.1	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

People: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, by city and town. Businesses: the open businesses in this directory, by where each address falls. A business counts under each kind it is. This product uses the Census Bureau Data API but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.