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Elmira, NY ZIP Codes

5 ZIP codes use the postal name Elmira, New York (Census 2020 ZCTAs and GeoNames postal codes, October 2026): 4 residential and 1 for PO boxes or a single organization. Median household income runs from $40,989 in 14901 to $90,825 in 14905, 2.2 times as much (Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024). Elmira's most populous ZIP code is 14904, with 14,861 people (ACS 2020-2024); 31% of its land is in the city of Elmira.

  • ACS2020-24
  • Census2020
  • GeoNames2026

Where are Elmira's ZIP codes?

14901: $41k median household income14903: $67k median household income14904: $53k median household income14905: $91k median household income1490114903149041490514901: $41k median household income14903: $67k median household income14904: $53k median household income14905: $91k median household income1490114903149041490514901: $41k median household income14903: $67k median household income14904: $53k median household income14905: $91k median household income14901149031490414905
The 4 residential ZIP codes named Elmira, shaded by median household income in national fifths (ACS 2020-2024). Select a ZIP to open it. <$54.1k$98.1k+no figure

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 ZCTA cartographic boundaries; ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates (B19013).

How different are Elmira's ZIP codes?

The highest median household income is in 14905 ($90,825), the lowest in 14901 ($40,989). Home values run from $92,200 in 14904 to $174,100 in 14905.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates (B19013, B25077, B01003).

All 4 residential ZIP codes of Elmira

Residential ZIP codes with the postal name Elmira, NY, largest first (ACS 2020-2024); sort by any column
County
14904 Chemung County 14,861 2,304 $53k $92k
14901 Chemung County 13,970 421 $41k $94k
14905 Chemung County 8,751 2,358 $91k $174k
14903 Chemung County 7,078 327 $67k $129k

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates; 2023 Gazetteer land areas (2020 ZCTAs); town names from simplemaps US ZIP Codes (CC BY 4.0) and GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).

PO Box and single-organization ZIP codes in Elmira

1 ZIP code named Elmira has no residential delivery area: post office boxes, or one organization (a large employer, an agency, a university) with its own code. The Census Bureau publishes no figures for them.

Elmira, NY: ZIP codes without a residential area, for PO boxes or one organization (GeoNames postal codes; USPS does not publish openly which is which)
ZIPCounty
14902Chemung County

Source: GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0); a ZIP code with no Census ZCTA has no residential delivery area.

Which counties do Elmira's ZIP codes reach?

Elmira's residential ZIP codes lie in Chemung County.

Which places do Elmira's ZIP codes cover?

A postal name is not a city limit. By the Census Bureau's places, Elmira's residential ZIP codes cover Elmira itself and 4 other places, each listed with the ZIP codes that have at least 5% of their land in it or hold most of the place:

  • Big Flats census-designated 14903
  • Elmira Heights 14903
  • Southport census-designated 14904
  • West Elmira census-designated 14905

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 ZCTA-to-place relationship file (shares of land).

Which first three digits do Elmira's ZIP codes use?

The first three digits of a ZIP code name the sectional center, the mail processing plant that sorts it. Every ZIP code of Elmira starts with 149.

Three-digit prefixes of Elmira's ZIP codes, the sectional center for each (USPS labeling list L005, effective October 1, 2026) and how many of the prefix's codes are Elmira's
PrefixSectional centerHereAll codes
149 Rochester, NY (SCF 144) 5 5

All 5 ZIP codes that start with 149 are Elmira's: 4 residential codes and 1 PO Box or unique code, sorted at Rochester, NY (SCF 144).

Source: U.S. Postal Service, labeling list L005 (3-digit ZIP Code prefix groups, SCF sortation), effective October 1, 2026.