ZIP Code 14729 — East Otto, New York

The median home in 14729 is valued at $177,700 against a median household income of $70,000, a price-to-income ratio of 2.5. 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 Cattaraugus County, 14729 ranks 23 of 24 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 1.9. Renting takes 15.1% of median household income (median rent $879 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

14729 ranks 1,042 of 1,572 statewide on median household income and 1,042 of 1,572 on median home value; its income is above the $61,236 Cattaraugus County median. 83% of households own their home, in line with the 80% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, below the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 11.1%, above the 9.9% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 7.6%.

With 26 residents per square mile across 29.7 square miles of land, 14729 is far less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 197 (rank 1,403 of 1,572). This is rural or open territory where most of the land is agricultural, forest, desert or public land.