ZIP Code 14213 — Buffalo, New York

The median home in 14213 is valued at $192,300 against a median household income of $52,597, a price-to-income ratio of 3.7. That is above the 2.9 median across the 1,572 New York ZIP codes with published housing data, and past the 3.0 ratio that marks an attainable market nationally. Within Erie County, 14213 ranks 51 of 59 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 2.8. Renting takes 24.2% of median household income (median rent $1,059 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

14213 ranks 1,437 of 1,572 statewide on median household income and 963 of 1,572 on median home value; its income is below the $75,465 Erie County median. 37% of households own their home, far below the 80% statewide ZIP median, so most residents rent. 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, above the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 26.7%, far above the 9.9% statewide ZIP median and among the highest in the state. Unemployment stands at 6.0%.

With 12,143 residents per square mile across 1.9 square miles of land, 14213 is far denser than the statewide ZIP median of 197 (rank 166 of 1,572). This is a mixed urban fabric of apartments, small-lot houses and commercial corridors.