ZIP Code 14779 — Salamanca, New York

The median home in 14779 is valued at $82,700 against a median household income of $40,933, a price-to-income ratio of 2.0. 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, 14779 ranks 18 of 24 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 1.9. Renting takes 20.9% of median household income (median rent $713 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

14779 ranks 1,526 of 1,572 statewide on median household income and 1,547 of 1,572 on median home value; its income is below the $61,236 Cattaraugus County median. 58% of households own their home, below the 80% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, far below the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 22.5%, far above the 9.9% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 7.9%.

With 49 residents per square mile across 138.8 square miles of land, 14779 is far less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 197 (rank 1,189 of 1,572). This is rural or open territory where most of the land is agricultural, forest, desert or public land.