ZIP Code 14214 — Buffalo, New York

The median home in 14214 is valued at $234,600 against a median household income of $56,573, a price-to-income ratio of 4.1. 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, though it is among the more attainable ratios in the state. Within Erie County, 14214 ranks 54 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 $1,072 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

14214 ranks 1,373 of 1,572 statewide on median household income and 776 of 1,572 on median home value; its income is below the $75,465 Erie County median. 43% of households own their home, below the 80% statewide ZIP median, so most residents rent. 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, far above the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 25.3%, far above the 9.9% statewide ZIP median and among the highest in the state. Unemployment stands at 4.8%.

With 6,413 residents per square mile across 3.3 square miles of land, 14214 is far denser than the statewide ZIP median of 197 (rank 238 of 1,572). This is predominantly single-family residential with suburban street patterns.