ZIP Code 14204 — Buffalo, New York

The median home in 14204 is valued at $151,700 against a median household income of $26,000, a price-to-income ratio of 5.8. 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, though it is among the more attainable ratios in the state. Within Erie County, 14204 ranks 56 of 59 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 2.8. Renting takes 37.6% of median household income (median rent $814 a month), above the 30% cost-burden threshold.

14204 ranks 1,570 of 1,572 statewide on median household income and 1,199 of 1,572 on median home value; its income is far below the $75,465 Erie County median. 30% of households own their home, far below the 80% statewide ZIP median, so most residents rent. 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, below the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 34.8%, far above the 9.9% statewide ZIP median and among the highest in the state. Unemployment stands at 9.8%.

With 4,304 residents per square mile across 1.8 square miles of land, 14204 is far denser than the statewide ZIP median of 197 (rank 293 of 1,572). This is predominantly single-family residential with suburban street patterns.