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Wellsburg, NY

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Wellsburg, NY: 1 USPS ZIP, population 1,454. 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 WELLSBURG-NY · Wellsburg, NY 1 ZIPs · 1,454 pop · #21394/25278 · Chemung County

INC-MID · RANK-BOTTOM · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-HIGH · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-MID $51,250
  • RANK-BOTTOM #21394/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Chemung
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 86% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 1,454
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $77,700

Nearest income peer: Chemung, NY (+ $10,000 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 Wellsburg

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Wellsburg 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, Wellsburg, NY sits among US cities with one of the lowest household incomes among US cities, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

15th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
1,454
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$51,250
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.

Lower-income footing on only 1 ZIP ($51,250 average) · poverty 21.9%. The primary code (14894) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (85.5%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

Within New York, Stuyvesant Falls is the closest lower-income city and Candor the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Wellsburg.

Population concentration

Wellsburg reads through its lone ZIP, 14894

1,454 ACS residents, one ZIP: 14894 is not the leading code inside Wellsburg, 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

Sparse ZBP book inside single-ZIP Wellsburg

Citywide ZBP: 11 establishments, 53 employees , annual payroll $1,636k (~8 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 14894 (11 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (4) .

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ZIP Codes in Wellsburg, NY

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

Every one of the 11 cities sharing Chemung County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Wellsburg, Elmira, Horseheads and Pine City among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Big Flats marks the far end of that range at $98,783, 93% above Wellsburg.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
14894 1,454 $51,250 11 50
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Wellsburg 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 Wellsburg, .