Home values, rents and more in Horseheads, NY
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Horseheads compares
The typical home in Horseheads, NY is worth about $228,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Horseheads are 37% above the typical value in the Elmira metro area ($167,000) and 38% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Horseheads rose 7.4%, compared with +6.7% in the Elmira metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,205 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 5% above the Elmira metro area ($1,143) and 38% below the U.S. ($1,932).
The median household income is $61,223, against $63,716 in the Elmira metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 6,449 people live in Horseheads (American Community Survey 2020–24).
Horseheads has the 2nd-highest typical home value of the 11 cities in the Elmira metro area and the 210th-lowest of 728 in New York with Zillow figures.
Part of: Chemung County, NY · Elmira metro area · New York
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Sources
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, middle tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, September 2026. Rents: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), seasonally adjusted. Population: Census population estimates (July 2025) for states, metros and counties; ACS 2020–24 for cities and ZIP codes. Income: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–24 5-year estimates. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files. Compiled by Home Economics.
"Typical" is Zillow's middle-tier value (homes between the 35th and 65th percentiles), not a median sale price. Changes are over the 12 months to September 2026.