ZIP Code 14171 — West Valley, New York

The median home in 14171 is valued at $145,500 against a median household income of $70,417, a price-to-income ratio of 2.1. 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 Cattaraugus County, 14171 ranks 19 of 24 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 1.9. Renting takes 10.9% of median household income (median rent $639 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

14171 ranks 1,029 of 1,572 statewide on median household income and 1,248 of 1,572 on median home value; its income is above the $61,236 Cattaraugus County median. 94% of households own their home, above the 80% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, below the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 5.6%, below the 9.9% statewide ZIP median and among the lowest in the state. Unemployment stands at 1.7%.

With 35 residents per square mile across 49.7 square miles of land, 14171 is far less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 197 (rank 1,312 of 1,572). This is rural or open territory where most of the land is agricultural, forest, desert or public land.