Hornby, New York

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Population in July 2008: 1,756. Population change since 2000: +0.8%

Males: 854	(48.7%)
Females: 902	(51.3%)

Median resident age:	35.6 years
New York median age:	35.9 years

Estimated median household income in 2007: $43,999 (it was $38,060 in 2000)

Hornby:	$43,999
New York:	$53,514

Estimated per capita income in 2007: $19,820

Hornby:	$19,820
New York:	$29,885

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $77,401 (it was $59,200 in 2000)

Hornby:	$77,401
New York:	$311,000

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Races in Hornby:

White Non-Hispanic (97.2%)
Two or more races (1.0%)
Black (0.7%)
Asian Indian (0.5%)

2008 cost of living index in Hornby: 80.7 (low, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: United States (15.7%), English (14.3%), German (13.8%), Irish (13.0%), Italian (6.9%), Polish (3.7%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Elevation: 1516 feet

Land area: 40.9 square miles.

Population density: 43 people per square mile

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For population 25 years and over in Hornby

High school or higher: 81.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 14.9%
Graduate or professional degree: 7.2%
Unemployed: 5.8%
Mean travel time to work: 21.4 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Hornby town

Never married: 21.8%
Now married: 60.4%
Separated: 3.0%
Widowed: 4.5%
Divorced: 10.4%

11 residents are foreign born

This town:	0.6%
New York:	20.4%

According to our research there were no registered sex offenders living in this town in early 2007.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Hornby:	2.8% ($1,671)
New York:	1.9% ($2,847)

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Union, NY (52.1 miles , pop. 56,298).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Rochester, NY (71.4 miles , pop. 219,773).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Philadelphia, PA (182.7 miles , pop. 1,517,550).

Nearest cities: Riverside, NY (2.4 miles ), Painted Post, NY (2.4 miles ), Corning, NY (2.4 miles ), Catlin, NY (2.5 miles ), South Corning, NY (2.7 miles ), Gang Mills, NY (2.7 miles ), Erwin, NY (2.7 miles ).

Single-family new house construction building permits:

1996: 3 buildings, average cost: $54,000
1997: 6 buildings, average cost: $63,800
1998: 5 buildings, average cost: $75,000
1999: 3 buildings, average cost: $98,300
2000: 8 buildings, average cost: $78,300
2001: 11 buildings, average cost: $83,800
2002: 9 buildings, average cost: $119,400
2003: 2 buildings, average cost: $116,000
2004: 3 buildings, average cost: $116,700
2005: 2 buildings, average cost: $67,500
2006: 6 buildings, average cost: $93,500
2007: 1 building, cost: $170,000
2008: 1 building, cost: $80,000

Number of permits per 10,000 residents

Average cost (in $1000s)

Latitude: 42.23 N, Longitude: 77.03 W

Area code commonly used in this area: 607

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Most common industries for males (%):

Nonmetallic mineral products (20%)
Construction (13%)
Accommodation and food services (6%)
Educational services (5%)
Machinery (4%)
Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
Repair and maintenance (3%)

Most common industries for females (%):

Educational services (13%)
Nonmetallic mineral products (13%)
Health care (12%)
Accommodation and food services (7%)
Food and beverage stores (5%)
Social assistance (4%)
U. S. Postal service (3%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (9%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
Engineers (6%)
Life and physical scientists (4%)
Carpenters (4%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
Cashiers (7%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
Child care workers (5%)
Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)

Average climate in Hornby, New York

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Hornby-area historical tornado activity is slightly above New York state average. It is 49% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 8/30/1955, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 9.0 miles away from the Hornby town center caused between $5000 and $50,000 in damages.

On 5/2/1983, a category 3 tornado 22.4 miles away from the town center injured 6 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.

Hornby-area historical earthquake activity is significantly below New York state average. It is 96% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 3/12/1994 at 10:43:15, a magnitude 3.6 (3.5 LG, 3.6 LG, Depth: 0.6 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: II - III) earthquake occurred 57.9 miles away from Hornby center
On 2/3/2001 at 20:15:15, a magnitude 3.2 (3.2 LG) earthquake occurred 20.5 miles away from the city center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG)

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Hospitals/medical centers near Hornby:

CORNING HOSPITAL (about 7 miles; CORNING, NY)
SCHUYLER HOSPITAL (about 13 miles; MONTOUR FALLS, NY)
ST JOSEPHS HOSPITAL (about 16 miles; ELMIRA, NY)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Hornby:

CORNING COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 7 miles; CORNING, NY; Full-time enrollment: 2,797)
MANSFIELD UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 31 miles; MANSFIELD, PA; FT enrollment: 2,831)
ITHACA COLLEGE (about 31 miles; ITHACA, NY; FT enrollment: 6,052)
CORNELL UNIVERSITY-ENDOWED COLLEGES (about 32 miles; ITHACA, NY; FT enrollment: 12,036)
CORNELL UNIVERSITY-NY STATE STATUTORY COLLEGES (about 32 miles; ITHACA, NY; FT enrollment: 7,413)
SUNY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY AT ALFRED (about 39 miles; ALFRED, NY; FT enrollment: 2,588)
FINGER LAKES COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 46 miles; CANANDAIGUA, NY; FT enrollment: 3,021)

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Cemeteries: Oldfield Cemetery (1), Goodsell Cemetery (2), Central Valley Cemetery (3), West Hill Cemetery (4), Duvall Cemetery (5). Display/hide their locations on the map

Creek: Erwin Creek (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Average household size:

This town:	2.8 people
New York:	2.6 people

Percentage of family households:

This town:	75.7%
Whole state:	65.7%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This town:	8.2%
Whole state:	5.4%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
Gay men: 0.0% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:

This town:	12.3%
Whole state:	14.6%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:

This town:	4.7%
Whole state:	7.4%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Hornby, NY

Hornby compared to New York state average:

Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
Renting percentage significantly below state average.
Number of college students below state average.

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Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

2004 Presidential Election results in Steuben County New York:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:
	Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (30%) Utility gas (24%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (23%) Wood (13%) Coal or coke (5%) Electricity (3%) Other fuel (1%)

Religion statistics for Hornby

Adherents

Name	Catholic Church	United Methodist Church	The Wesleyan Church	Presbyterian Church (USA)	American Baptist Churches in the USA
Adherents	47.9%	16.4%	7.6%	5.4%	4.8%
Congregations	11.7%	23.4%	5.1%	10.9%	8.0%

Name	Episcopal Church	Assemblies of God	General Association of Regular Baptist Churches	Salvation Army	Other religions
Adherents	4.0%	1.8%	1.4%	1.3%	9.4%
Congregations	4.4%	4.4%	5.1%	1.5%	25.5%

Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Tables represent county-level data.

4.86% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($35,457 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	4.86%
New York average:	5.41%

0.08% of residents moved from foreign countries ($644 average AGI)
Steuben County: 0.08%
New York average: 0.24%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:

from Chemung County, NY	0.55% ($35,168 average AGI)
from Livingston County, NY	0.33% ($26,684)
from Allegany County, NY	0.28% ($32,356)

5.49% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($33,747 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	5.49%
New York average:	6.26%

0.08% of residents moved to foreign countries ($278 average AGI)
Steuben County: 0.08%
New York average: 0.10%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:

to Chemung County, NY	0.64% ($34,693 average AGI)
to Monroe County, NY	0.37% ($32,157)
to Livingston County, NY	0.36% ($24,492)

Strongest AM radio stations in Hornby:

WLNL (1000 AM; daytime; 5 kW; HORSEHEADS, NY; Owner: LIGHTHOUSE MEDIA, INC.)
WWLZ (820 AM; 4 kW; HORSEHEADS, NY; Owner: CHEMUNG COUNTY RADIO, INC.)
WABH (1380 AM; 10 kW; BATH, NY)
WEHH (1590 AM; 5 kW; ELMIRA HTS/HORSEHEAD, NY; Owner: PEMBROOK PINES ELMIRA, LTD.)
WELM (1410 AM; 5 kW; ELMIRA, NY; Owner: PEMBROOK PINES ELMIRA, LIMITED)
WCBA (1350 AM; 1 kW; CORNING, NY)
WCLI (1450 AM; 1 kW; CORNING, NY; Owner: EOLIN BROADCASTING, INC.)
WHAM (1180 AM; 50 kW; ROCHESTER, NY; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
WFLR (1570 AM; 5 kW; DUNDEE, NY; Owner: LAKES COUNTY COMMUNICATION CORP.)
WPIE (1160 AM; 5 kW; TRUMANSBURG, NY; Owner: PEMBROOK PINES ITHACA LTD. N.A.)
WATS (960 AM; 5 kW; SAYRE, PA; Owner: WATS BROADCASTING, INC.)
WHCU (870 AM; 5 kW; ITHACA, NY; Owner: EAGLE BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
WTKO (1470 AM; 5 kW; ITHACA, NY; Owner: EAGLE II BROADCASTING CORPORATION)

Strongest FM radio stations in Hornby:

WCBA-FM (98.7 FM; CORNING, NY; Owner: EOLIN BROADCASTING, INC.)
WNKI (106.1 FM; CORNING, NY; Owner: CHEMUNG COUNTY RADIO, INC.)
WGMM (97.7 FM; BIG FLATS, NY; Owner: EOLIN BROADCASTING, INC.)
WNGZ (104.9 FM; MONTOUR FALLS, NY; Owner: CHEMUNG COUNTY RADIO, INC.)
W236AK (95.1 FM; CORNING, NY; Owner: EUROPA COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
WSQE (91.1 FM; CORNING, NY; Owner: WSKG PUB. TELECOMMUNICATIONS COUNCIL)
WOKN (99.5 FM; SOUTHPORT, NY; Owner: PEMBROOK PINES ELMIRA, LTD.)
WLVY (94.3 FM; ELMIRA, NY; Owner: PEMBROOK PINES ELMIRA, LTD.)
W205BR (88.9 FM; ELMIRA, NY; Owner: PENSACOLA CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, INC.)
WQNY (103.7 FM; ITHACA, NY; Owner: EAGLE II BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
WENY-FM (92.7 FM; ELMIRA, NY; Owner: EOLIN BROADCASTING, INC.)
WMTT (94.7 FM; TIOGA, PA; Owner: EUROPA COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
WPGI (100.9 FM; HORSEHEADS, NY; Owner: CHEMUNG COUNTY RADIO, INC.)
WNBQ (92.3 FM; MANSFIELD, PA; Owner: FARM & HOME BROADCASTING COMPANY)
WFLR-FM (95.9 FM; DUNDEE, NY; Owner: LAKES COUNTRY COMMUNICATIONS CORP.)
W201CO (88.1 FM; ELMIRA, NY; Owner: FAMILY LIFE MINISTRIES, INC.)
WCIK (103.1 FM; BATH, NY; Owner: FAMILY LIFE MINISTRIES, INC.)
WVIN-FM (98.3 FM; BATH, NY; Owner: PEMBROOK PINES MASS MEDIA, NA CORP.)
WHGL-FM (100.3 FM; CANTON, PA; Owner: CANTROAIR COMMUNICATIONS INC.)
WCIY (88.9 FM; CANANDAIGUA, NY; Owner: FAMILY LIFE MINISTRIES, INC.)

TV broadcast stations around Hornby:

W26BF (Channel 26; ELMIRA, NY; Owner: WYDC, INC.)
WYDC (Channel 48; CORNING, NY; Owner: WYDC, INC.)
WETM-TV (Channel 18; ELMIRA, NY; Owner: SMITH TELEVISION OF NEW YORK LICENSE HOLDINGS, INC.)
WENY-TV (Channel 36; ELMIRA, NY; Owner: LILLY BROADCASTING, L.L.C.)
W60AD (Channel 60; SAVONA, NY; Owner: WSKG PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS COUNCIL)
W21BW (Channel 21; ELMIRA, NY; Owner: THREE ANGELS BROADCASTING NETWORK INC.)
W59DG (Channel 59; ELMIRA, NY; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)
W20BL (Channel 20; BATH, NY; Owner: WYDC, INC.)

National Bridge Inventory (NBI) Statistics
Number of bridges: 10
Total length: 9 meters (30ft)
Total costs: $2,984,000
Total average daily traffic: 19,807
Total average daily truck traffic: 1,749
Total future (year 2021) average daily traffic: 27,552

New bridges - Historical Statistics

1950-1959: 4
1960-1969: 2
1970-1979: 1
1980-1989: 0
1990-1999: 2
2000-2009: 1

See Full National Bridge Inventory Statistics for Hornby, NY

FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 2

Fire Station Cr 41, Call Sign: KNEX209, Licensee ID: L00027573
Assigned Frequencies : 46.4000 MHz
Grant Date: 12/18/2002, Expiration Date: 02/17/2013
Registrant: Hornby Vol Fire Dept Inc, 3 E Pulteney Sq, Bath, NY 14810
Chambers Rd, Call Sign: KNAA220, Licensee ID: L00051898
Assigned Frequencies : 47.6800 MHz
Grant Date: 07/12/2005, Expiration Date: 10/03/2015
Registrant: R L Callahan Inc, 1150 County Rd 19, Beaver Dams, NY 14812, Phone: (607) 936-9934, Fax: (607) 936-9956, Email:

2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:

Hazardous Condition: 1
Good Intent Call: 1

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