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Home values, rents and more in the Elmira metro area

September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07

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Typical home value
$167,000
New York: $525,000 · U.S.: $366,000
Home values, past year
+6.7%
New York: +5.6% · U.S.: +1.2%
Typical rent
$1,143/mo
New York: $2,888 · U.S.: $1,932
Rents, past year
+10.0%
New York: +2.9% · U.S.: +2.9%
Population
80,415
Census estimate, July 2025
Median household income
$63,716
New York: $85,974 · U.S.: $80,734
Counties around the Elmira metro, shaded by typical home valueChemung
  • Under $180k
  • $180k–$200k
  • $200k–$210k
  • $210k–$240k
  • $240k+
  • No data
Counties around the Elmira metro, shaded by typical home value (Zillow, counties). The metro area is outlined.

How the Elmira metro compares

The typical home in the Elmira metro area is worth about $167,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in the Elmira metro are 68% below the typical value in New York ($525,000) and 54% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).

Over the past year, home values in the Elmira metro rose 6.7%, compared with +5.6% in New York and +1.2% nationally.

Typical rent is $1,143 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 60% below New York ($2,888) and 41% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 10.0% over the past year.

The median household income is $63,716, against $85,974 in New York and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).

About 80,415 people live in the Elmira metro (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).

The Elmira metro has the 119th-lowest typical home value of the 923 metro areas in the United States and the 2nd-lowest of 27 in New York with Zillow figures.

Part of: 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.

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