What is the median rent in Big Flats (community), NY?

Name: Median rent in Big Flats (community), NY, 2020–2024
Creator: US Census Bureau
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The median gross rent in Big Flats (community), NY is $1,381 (±$121) a month, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

That is across 525 rented homes; gross rent is the contract rent plus the utilities and fuels a renter pays separately.

In Big Flats (community), the median gross rent went from $1,161 in 2015–2019 to $1,381 in 2020–2024 (+18.9%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years; the change is not measurably different from the rise in prices.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Median gross rent: $1,381 (±$121)
Rented homes: 525 (±158)
$2,000 or more: 12.4%
Since 2015–2019: +18.9%

How much rent costs in Big Flats (community)

Share of rented homes in each gross-rent range, 2020–2024
Monthly gross rent	Big Flats (community)	Chemung County	New York	United States
Less than $500	0.0% (±7.8 points)	8.4%	7.8%	6.3%
$500 to $999	23.2% (±17.5 points)	35.9%	15.2%	20.2%
$1,000 to $1,499	41.5% (±17.6 points)	43.0%	22.2%	28.1%
$1,500 to $1,999	22.9% (±11.7 points)	8.1%	19.8%	21.1%
$2,000 to $2,499	12.4% (±11.8 points)	3.1%	14.3%	12.0%
$2,500 to $2,999	0.0% (±7.8 points)	0.4%	7.6%	5.5%
$3,000 or more	0.0% (±7.8 points)	1.1%	13.2%	6.8%

The most common range is $1,000 to $1,499, paid by 41.5% of renting households.

12.4% of rented homes in Big Flats (community) cost $2,000 or more a month.

Big Flats (community) against Chemung County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Big Flats (community)	Chemung County	New York	United States
Median gross rent	$1,381 (±$121)	$1,059 (±$36)	$1,621 (±$7)	$1,413
Rented homes paying rent	525 (±158)	10,585 (±604)	3,406,652 (±12,095)	42,849,984

In Big Flats (community), median gross rent is higher than in Chemung County ($1,059).

It is also lower than in New York ($1,621).

It is not measurably different from the national figure ($1,413).

In Chemung County, Big Flats (community) ranks 1 of 4 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median gross rent.

Statewide, it ranks 250 of 349.

Rankings use the estimates alone; where margins of error overlap, neighboring ranks may not truly differ.

How rent in Big Flats (community) has changed since 2015–2019

2015–2019 and 2020–2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates
	2015–2019	2020–2024	Amount of change	Verdict
Median gross rent	$1,161 (±$223)	$1,381 (±$121)	+18.9%	No measurable change after inflation
Households that rent	17.5% (±6.6 points)	21.4% (±5.5 points)	+3.9 percentage points	Not a measurable change
Rental vacancy rate	12.9% (±19.0 points)	0.0% (±7.4 points)	−12.9 percentage points	Not a measurable change

The Census Bureau publishes 2015–2019 dollars in 2019 dollars and 2020–2024 dollars in 2024 dollars.

Prices (the CPI-U, US Bureau of Labor Statistics) rose 22.7% between 2019 and 2024, so a dollar figure’s verdict compares the two after raising the earlier one by that much, using the Census Bureau’s test for a difference.

The two periods do not overlap, as the Census Bureau recommends for 5-year estimates.

Median gross rent in places near Big Flats (community)

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Big Flats (community)
Place	Distance	Median gross rent	Compared with this place
Big Flats (community)	—	$1,381 (±$121)	—
Village of Horseheads	4.1 mi	$1,181 (±$110)	Lower
Town of Catlin	4.7 mi	$1,132 (±$195)	Lower
Village of Elmira Heights	5.0 mi	$851 (±$124)	Lower
Town of Corning	5.5 mi	$1,289 (±$219)	Not measurably different
Horseheads North	5.8 mi	$1,323 (±$69)	Not measurably different
West Elmira	6.2 mi	$1,221 (±$189)	Not measurably different
Town of Horseheads	6.7 mi	$1,161 (±$64)	Lower
Village of South Corning	7.0 mi	$1,310 (±$137)	Not measurably different

Nearby places with a measurably lower figure: Village of Horseheads, NY ($1,181), Town of Catlin, NY ($1,132), Village of Elmira Heights, NY ($851).

Distance is measured in a straight line between the Census Bureau’s internal points for each place.

Median gross rent across Chemung County, place by place

Rank	Place	Median gross rent
1	Big Flats (community)	$1,381 (±$121)
2	Horseheads North	$1,323 (±$69)
3	West Elmira	$1,221 (±$189)
4	Southport (community)	$1,136 (±$73)

Big Flats (community) is a census-designated place: an unincorporated community the Census Bureau draws for statistics, with no municipal government of its own.

It lies inside the Town of Big Flats, whose figures include it.

Survey years: 2020–2024 (American Community Survey 5-year estimates), compared with 2015–2019.

Margins of error are at the 90% confidence level.

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Questions about Big Flats (community)

What is the average rent in Big Flats (community), NY?

The Census Bureau publishes the median rather than the average: the median gross rent in Big Flats (community) is $1,381 (±$121) a month (2020–2024 American Community Survey), so half of renting households pay less and half pay more.

How much has rent gone up in Big Flats (community)?

In Big Flats (community), the median gross rent went from $1,161 in 2015–2019 to $1,381 in 2020–2024 (+18.9%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years; the change is not measurably different from the rise in prices.

How many rentals in Big Flats (community) cost more than $2,000 a month?

12.4% of rented homes in Big Flats (community) have a gross rent of $2,000 or more a month, and 0.0% cost less than $500.

Is rent in Big Flats (community) higher than in Chemung County?

In Big Flats (community), median gross rent is higher than in Chemung County ($1,059).

It is also lower than in New York ($1,621).

It is not measurably different from the national figure ($1,413).

Is this the rent for an apartment listed today?

No: these are rents households reported paying across 2020–2024, not asking rents for vacant homes, which usually run higher.

Sources

To check these figures in the Census Bureau’s own API, request the variables below from the 2024 ACS 5-year data profile (acs/acs5/profile) for Big Flats CDP, New York (place:06464, in state:36).

Each estimate (E or PE) has a margin of error beside it (M or PM).

The 2015–2019 figures are B25064_001E, B25064_001M, DP04_0047PE, DP04_0047PM, DP04_0005E, DP04_0005M from the 2019 release.

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DP04_0134E, DP04_0134M, DP04_0126E, DP04_0126M, DP04_0127PE, DP04_0127PM, DP04_0128PE, DP04_0128PM, DP04_0129PE, DP04_0129PM, DP04_0130PE, DP04_0130PM, DP04_0131PE, DP04_0131PM, DP04_0132PE, DP04_0132PM, DP04_0133PE, DP04_0133PM

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Figures are published by the US Census Bureau, HUD, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the FBI; Seayora reproduces them and does not adjust them, except where a sentence says it compares dollar figures after inflation. They describe the whole place, not any one building or street, and are not an appraisal, a rent determination, a tax bill, a safety rating or legal advice.