ZIP Code 14225 — Buffalo, New York

The median home in 14225 is valued at $154,500 against a median household income of $65,562, 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, 14225 ranks 7 of 59 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 2.8. Renting takes 17.2% of median household income (median rent $937 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

14225 ranks 1,148 of 1,572 statewide on median household income and 1,188 of 1,572 on median home value; its income is below the $75,465 Erie County median. 73% of households own their home, below the 80% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, below the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 10.2%, in line with the 9.9% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 4.2%.

With 2,939 residents per square mile across 11.5 square miles of land, 14225 is far denser than the statewide ZIP median of 197 (rank 346 of 1,572). This is predominantly single-family residential with suburban street patterns.