ZIP Code 14202 — Buffalo, New York

The median home in 14202 is valued at $495,800 against a median household income of $47,990, a price-to-income ratio of 10.3. That is far above the 2.9 median across the 1,572 New York ZIP codes with published housing data, and well past the 3.0 ratio that marks an attainable market nationally, which means a household earning the local median income cannot finance the local median home on conventional terms. Within Erie County, 14202 ranks 59 of 59 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 2.8. Renting takes 17.7% of median household income (median rent $709 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

14202 ranks 1,486 of 1,572 statewide on median household income and 369 of 1,572 on median home value; its income is below the $75,465 Erie County median. 25% of households own their home, far below the 80% statewide ZIP median, so most residents rent. 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, above the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 17.1%, far above the 9.9% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 6.1%.

With 4,182 residents per square mile across 0.9 square miles of land, 14202 is far denser than the statewide ZIP median of 197 (rank 300 of 1,572). This is predominantly single-family residential with suburban street patterns.