ZIP Code 14219 — Buffalo, New York

The median home in 14219 is valued at $181,800 against a median household income of $75,465, 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, 14219 ranks 12 of 59 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 2.8. Renting takes 14.8% of median household income (median rent $928 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

14219 ranks 900 of 1,572 statewide on median household income and 1,014 of 1,572 on median home value; its income is in line with the $75,465 Erie County median. 75% of households own their home, below the 80% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, below the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 12.6%, above the 9.9% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 7.7%.

With 1,579 residents per square mile across 6.9 square miles of land, 14219 is far denser than the statewide ZIP median of 197 (rank 441 of 1,572). This is a low-density pattern of large lots, small towns or scattered subdivisions.