ZIP Code 14206 — Buffalo, New York

The median home in 14206 is valued at $111,600 against a median household income of $46,842, a price-to-income ratio of 2.4. 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, 14206 ranks 10 of 59 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 2.8. Renting takes 22.7% of median household income (median rent $886 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

14206 ranks 1,494 of 1,572 statewide on median household income and 1,438 of 1,572 on median home value; its income is below the $75,465 Erie County median. 62% of households own their home, below 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 23.5%, far above the 9.9% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 9.0%.

With 4,485 residents per square mile across 5 square miles of land, 14206 is far denser than the statewide ZIP median of 197 (rank 289 of 1,572). This is predominantly single-family residential with suburban street patterns.