Business pulse: the region
Chemung County and the counties around it, side by side: people and jobs from the Census Bureau and the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and the businesses, public money and work this site reads from public records. Follow new businesses across the region by RSS
| Chemung | Schuyler | Steuben | Tioga NY | Tompkins | Bradford | Tioga PA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| People and jobs | |||||||
| People | 82,147 | 17,562 | 92,588 | 47,864 | 104,537 | 59,858 | 40,945 |
| Median household income | $63,716 | $67,663 | $65,887 | $72,739 | $74,024 | $63,675 | $64,899 |
| Unemployment rate | 4.2% | 3.8% | 4.1% | 3.7% | 4.2% | 3.7% | 4.2% |
| Labor force | 35,612 | 8,473 | 39,040 | 22,166 | 48,673 | 26,994 | 18,071 |
| Jobs in the county | 32,747 | 4,755 | 33,850 | 12,947 | 47,754 | 22,242 | 12,004 |
| Employers | 1,852 | 468 | 2,152 | 897 | 2,717 | 1,499 | 990 |
| Average weekly wage | $1,248 | $1,129 | $1,919 | $1,393 | $1,405 | $1,236 | $1,025 |
| Businesses on Elmira Next | |||||||
| Open businesses and organizations | 3,109 | 759 | 3,079 | 1,298 | 3,436 | 2,776 | 1,958 |
| Per 1,000 people | 37.8 | 43.2 | 33.3 | 27.1 | 32.9 | 46.4 | 47.8 |
| New in public records, last 12 months | 108 | 27 | 92 | 40 | 90 | 61 | 46 |
| Closings confirmed, last 12 months | 75 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Net change, last 12 months | +33 | +27 | +92 | +39 | +90 | +61 | +46 |
| Run from home (street address not shown) | 24.8% | 35.6% | 34.2% | 39.7% | 28.4% | 63.5% | 72.9% |
| Nonprofits | 336 | 85 | 418 | 200 | 635 | 320 | 275 |
| Wineries, breweries and distilleries | 10 | 60 | 49 | 5 | 23 | 13 | 6 |
| Public money and work | |||||||
| IDA tax-break projects | 49 | 26 | 80 | 19 | 58 | – | – |
| Jobs at those projects (latest reports) | 2,405 | 196 | 8,184 | 3,702 | 1,919 | – | – |
| IDA net tax breaks this year (after PILOTs) | $3.2 million | $492,795 | $6.1 million | $7.7 million | $9.2 million | – | – |
| Empire State Development awards | $25.9 million | $13.8 million | $58.8 million | $35.5 million | $89.1 million | – | – |
| SBA-backed loans (number) | 72 | 14 | 89 | 41 | 74 | 52 | 33 |
| SBA-backed loans (amount) | $21 million | $5.8 million | $36.8 million | $14.2 million | $41.1 million | $19 million | $20.6 million |
| Bank deposits at local branches | $1.3 billion | $227 million | $1.4 billion | $577.1 million | $2.9 billion | $1.6 billion | $1.2 billion |
| Federal contracts and grants, 5 years | $64.3 million | $4.9 million | $48.6 million | $13.7 million | $179.5 million | $17.4 million | $56.3 million |
| Open local bids | 4 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| State road and bridge projects under construction | 4 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 28 | 27 |
| New homes and apartments permitted this year | 79 | 30 | 73 | 108 | 253 | 41 | 38 |
| Marcellus gas wells (active) | – | – | – | – | – | 1,802 | 1,023 |
People and income: Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024. Unemployment and labor force: Bureau of Labor Statistics, August 2026; jobs, employers and wages: BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Q1 2026. Businesses, public money and work: this site’s own counts from public records. Chemung County’s businesses are reviewed by hand; the neighboring counties’ are matched automatically and checked less closely, so compare them as rough figures. “–” means the figure isn’t available for that county (Pennsylvania doesn’t take part in New York’s transportation plan or solar data, for example).
New in public records in the last 12 months, per 1,000 people
Businesses open today whose earliest dated public record (a license, registration, filing or permit) is from the last 12 months. A first record isn’t always an opening day.