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Horseheads, NY

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Horseheads, NY: 1 USPS ZIP, population 20,453. 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 HORSEHEADS-NY · Horseheads, NY 1 ZIPs · 20,453 pop · #10399/25278 · Chemung County

INC-HIGH · RANK-MID · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-HIGH $76,832
  • RANK-MID #10399/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Erin
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 73% owners
  • POP-TOWN 20,453
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $186,500

Nearest income peer: Erin, NY ( $2,948 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 Horseheads

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Horseheads 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, Horseheads, NY sits among US cities with an above-median household income, on a town-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 41%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
20,453
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$76,832
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.

Above-median income on a short ZIP list (1) - lead code 14845 (20,453 residents). Household income $76,832 is the roll-up; open the ZIP for tenure and commute.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (73.0%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Horseheads as a pure owner town.

Within New York, Holland is the closest lower-income city and Otego the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Horseheads.

Population concentration

Horseheads's single ZIP 14845 carries the town

Horseheads is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 14845 is the entire residential footprint (20,453 ACS residents), so the city page and the ZIP page tell the same household story, open that ZIP for income, tenure, and commute detail.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Mid-pack ZBP load on Horseheads's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 502 establishments, 8,533 employees , annual payroll $402,255k (~25 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 14845 (502 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (103) · also Accommodation and food services · Other services (except public administration) .

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ZIP Codes in Horseheads, NY

These ZIP codes sit in Chemung County, which covers 15 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Horseheads. See the Chemung County roll-up →

Horseheads sits in the upper half of Chemung County on income: Elmira, Pine City and Erin report less, while Big Flats reports more. Wellsburg marks the far end of that range at $51,250, 33% below Horseheads.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
14845 20,453 $76,832 502 99
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Horseheads roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Horseheads, .