ZIP Code 14004 — Alden, New York

The median home in 14004 is valued at $236,300 against a median household income of $88,011, a price-to-income ratio of 2.7. That is below the 2.9 median across the 1,572 New York ZIP codes with published housing data, and near the 3.0 ratio that marks an attainable market nationally. Within Erie County, 14004 ranks 27 of 59 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 2.8. Renting takes 10.3% of median household income (median rent $754 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

14004 ranks 629 of 1,572 statewide on median household income and 766 of 1,572 on median home value; its income is above the $75,465 Erie County median. 85% of households own their home, above the 80% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, below the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 5.0%, below the 9.9% statewide ZIP median and among the lowest in the state. Unemployment stands at 4.5%.

With 233 residents per square mile across 48.6 square miles of land, 14004 is denser than the statewide ZIP median of 197 (rank 737 of 1,572). This is rural or open territory where most of the land is agricultural, forest, desert or public land.