ZIP Code 14211 — Buffalo, New York

The median home in 14211 is valued at $91,600 against a median household income of $34,490, a price-to-income ratio of 2.7. 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, 14211 ranks 23 of 59 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 2.8. Renting takes 35.1% of median household income (median rent $1,008 a month), above the 30% cost-burden threshold.

14211 ranks 1,555 of 1,572 statewide on median household income and 1,523 of 1,572 on median home value; its income is far below the $75,465 Erie County median. 45% of households own their home, 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 34.7%, far above the 9.9% statewide ZIP median and among the highest in the state. Unemployment stands at 9.1%.

With 6,141 residents per square mile across 3.9 square miles of land, 14211 is far denser than the statewide ZIP median of 197 (rank 245 of 1,572). This is predominantly single-family residential with suburban street patterns.