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Elma, NY

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Elma, NY: 1 USPS ZIP, population 8,933. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet ELMA-NY · Elma, NY 1 ZIPs · 8,933 pop · #2725/25278 · Erie County

INC-TOP · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-HIGH · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-MID

  • INC-TOP $113,555
  • RANK-TOP #2725/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Grand Island
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 88% owners
  • POP-TOWN 8,933
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $346,500

Nearest income peer: Grand Island, NY (+ $2,436 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Elma

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Elma on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Elma, NY sits among US cities with an upper-quartile household income, on a town-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 11%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
8,933
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$113,555
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

High-income footprint on only 1 ZIP: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $113,555 and home value $346,500 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 46.7%.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (87.5%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

Within New York, Wynantskill is the closest lower-income city and Clifton Park the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Elma.

Population concentration

Elma reads through its lone ZIP, 14059

8,933 ACS residents, one ZIP: 14059 is not the leading code inside Elma, it is the only one on file. Treat the ZIP page as the primary source for anything below the city-wide total.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Dense ZBP book packed into Elma's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 276 establishments, 3,753 employees , annual payroll $222,006k (~31 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 14059 (276 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (63) · also Other services (except public administration) · Retail trade .

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ZIP Codes in Elma, NY

These ZIP codes sit in Erie County, which covers 67 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Elma. See the Erie County roll-up →

Elma sits in the upper half of Erie County on income: Buffalo, Hamburg and Tonawanda report less, while East Amherst reports more. Buffalo marks the far end of that range at $61,193, 46% below Elma.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
14059 8,933 $113,555 276 128
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