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The median home value in Elmira, NY is $134,027 as of 2026-07-31, up 4.82% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$134,027
Year-over-Year
+4.82%
Population
5,541
Elmira ranks #92 of 95 New York cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 69.9% below the state's city median of $445,174. It sits in Chemung County, where the county-wide median is $166,792.
Median household income in Elmira is $43,120, so the typical home value is about 3.1× annual household income. This is a simple price-to-income benchmark rather than a monthly payment estimate; it does not account for mortgage rates, down payments, taxes or insurance.
Household income comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's ACS 5-Year Estimates, table B19013 (how the affordability measure works).
Elmira police recorded a violent crime rate of 0 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — lower than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 18 per 100,000.
Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).
People often call this an average home price, but the figure shown here is Zillow's typical home value (ZHVI), not a simple arithmetic average. In Elmira, that value is $134,027. That's up 4.82% from a year earlier. It is about 69.9% below the typical New York city tracked here.
Homes in Elmira are cheaper than Chemung County as a whole, where the median is $166,792 — a difference of about 19.6%.
Median household income here is $43,120, so the typical home value is about 3.1× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.
Elmira police reported 0 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 5,541. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.
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