ZIP Code 14033 — Colden, New York

The median home in 14033 is valued at $293,400 against a median household income of $84,167, a price-to-income ratio of 3.5. That is above 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, 14033 ranks 49 of 59 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 2.8. Renting takes 15.4% of median household income (median rent $1,077 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

14033 ranks 700 of 1,572 statewide on median household income and 635 of 1,572 on median home value; its income is above the $75,465 Erie County median. 87% of households own their home, above the 80% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, above the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 7.3%, below the 9.9% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 1.4%.

With 81 residents per square mile across 17.4 square miles of land, 14033 is far less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 197 (rank 1,009 of 1,572). This is rural or open territory where most of the land is agricultural, forest, desert or public land.