Elmira, NY Housing Market 2026: What Homes Actually Sell For
What homes actually sell for in Elmira: a median closing price of $109,000 across 157 closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, plus the full price spread.
If you invest in or around Elmira, the number that matters is what homes actually close for, not what sellers are asking. Here is what Elmira sale prices look like right now, built from the closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, as of August 2026.
The snapshot
- •Closings tracked, last 6 months: 157
- •Median sold price, last 6 months: $109,000
- •Median sold $/sqft, last 6 months: $60
- •Middle half of sales closed between: $60,000 and $145,000
What the numbers say
Resideline tracked 157 closed sales in Elmira over the last six months, with a median closing price of $109,000. That median is the midpoint of what buyers actually paid, not what sellers hoped to get, which is why it moves differently from the asking prices you see on listing sites. The middle half of those sales closed between $60,000 and $145,000. That spread matters more than the headline median: where a specific property sits inside it decides whether the citywide number helps you or misleads you. These are the closings Resideline tracks and may differ from complete county or municipal records. Across the 155 closings with usable living area, the middle half sold between $31 and $89 per square foot.
Figures last updated August 22, 2026 from closings Resideline tracked.
Median home price in Elmira, NY (August 2026)
The median home price in Elmira is $109,000, measured across the 157 closed sales Resideline tracked over the last six months. The middle half of those sales closed between $60,000 and $145,000.
Where Elmira sale prices land
Medians hide the shape of a market. The distribution above covers the closed sales Resideline tracked in Elmira over the last six months, trimmed to the 5th through 95th percentile, with the middle half of sales closing between $60,000 and $145,000. Where your target property sits inside that spread matters more than the citywide median.
How long a sale takes here
- •Listed to under contract: a median of 49 days, across 67 Elmira closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
- •Contract to closing: a median of 67 days, across 57 Elmira closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
The Elmira angle
The distance from $60,000 to $145,000 is wider than most markets we track, which means tracked closings are spread far apart and $109,000 sits in the middle of that spread rather than close to any particular sale. For pricing, the practical implication is that the citywide figure should carry very little weight for a specific address. Properties at opposite ends of the band can both be entirely ordinary. Apply them on property type and size before you look at price at all, then read the middle of what remains.
From market read to offer price
A market read is the backdrop. The decision still comes down to one property and one number: what it is actually worth and what you should pay. Every Resideline report opens with this same market snapshot for the subject's exact ZIP code, then gives you the property's value, the sold comps behind it, and a market rent estimate. Pricing a specific deal? The free ARV calculator and rental property calculator run the numbers in about a minute.
And we show our work. Every estimate is frozen while the home is for sale and graded against the real closing price after it sells. As of August 2026, the public scoreboard showed 3.26% median error across 12,508+ graded closings. See the live accuracy dashboard for the receipts, or read how the Area Market Snapshot works.
Run any Elmira address through Resideline and you will see the local market and the property's value together, in one report.
Cite this
Using these numbers? Please cite the source and the sample size:
Source: Resideline Market Watch
Market: Elmira, NY
Data updated: August 2026
Analysis period: last six months
Tracked closings: 157
Median sold price: $109,000
Median sold $/sqft: $60 (155 qualifying)
https://resideline.com/blog/elmira-ny-housing-market
The local market statistics in this report are calculated from closed sales tracked by Resideline. Transaction coverage may differ from complete county or municipal records.
Every local market figure on this page is computed from closed sales Resideline tracked in Elmira over the last six months, and is refreshed when the data is. The closings we track inside the city limits are not limited to listing-service sales: they also include foreclosure deeds, estate and family transfers, and other off-market sales that portal medians exclude, which is why 10% of the 157 closings in this window never appeared on a listing service, and the median of MLS-listed sales alone was $110,000.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the median home price in Elmira?
The median sold price in Elmira over the last 6 months is $109,000, measured across 157 closings Resideline tracked.
How many homes sold in Elmira last month?
Resideline tracked 27 closed sales in Elmira in July 2026, out of 157 closings tracked over the last six months. These are tracked samples of market activity, not official county totals.
What is the typical sale price range in Elmira?
The middle half of Elmira sales over the last six months closed between $60,000 and $145,000, with a median of $109,000.
What is the typical price per square foot in Elmira?
Among qualifying Elmira closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, the median sold price per square foot was $60, measured across 155 sales with usable living area. Median is used rather than average because outliers distort the mean.
Why is the Elmira median a poor guide for a single property?
Because the closings behind it are widely dispersed. The $60,000 to $145,000 band in Elmira is wider than most markets we track, so sales sit far from the middle in both directions, and the middle describes the set rather than any address in it. Build a comp set matched on property type, size and condition, and let that produce the estimate. Then use $109,000 and the band only to check that the set has not landed somewhere surprising. 157 closings gives room to filter.
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