ZIP Code 14769 — Portland, New York

The median home in 14769 is valued at $162,000 against a median household income of $60,132, a price-to-income ratio of 2.7. 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 Chautauqua County, 14769 ranks 27 of 30 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 2.0. Renting takes 12.6% of median household income (median rent $632 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

14769 ranks 1,300 of 1,572 statewide on median household income and 1,136 of 1,572 on median home value; its income is in line with the $63,239 Chautauqua County median. 86% of households own their home, above the 80% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, below the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 21.3%, far above the 9.9% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 21.1%.

With 94 residents per square mile across 9 square miles of land, 14769 is far less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 197 (rank 956 of 1,572). This is rural or open territory where most of the land is agricultural, forest, desert or public land.