Erie County * Buffalo-Cheektowaga metro
55.3K
Population
$101.6K
Median income
per household
$329.6K
Home value
7.1%
Poverty rate
What stands out
4 of 5 metrics better than U.S. benchmarks
Rental strain: 56.1% of renter households are rent-burdened (≥30% of income).
Median household income
$101.6K
U.S.
$81K
Per-capita income
$56.9K
U.S.
$45K
Median home value
$329.6K
U.S.
$333K
Rent-burdened renters (≥30%)
56.1%
U.S.
51.1%
Severely rent-burdened (≥50%)
33.6%
U.S.
25.9%
Rent-to-Income
18.9%
Below 30% threshold
Home-Value-to-Income
3.2×
Within typical 3-5x range
Share of households by income bracket (ACS).
6 of 6 available metrics better than U.S.
CDC PLACES modeled ZCTA-level estimates (adult prevalence).
Obesity
27.2%
U.S.
33.3%
Diabetes
9.5%
U.S.
12.0%
Current smoking
8.0%
U.S.
13.1%
2 of 3 metrics better than U.S.
Best available speed
1,000Mbps
Gigabit speeds reported
100+ Mbps coverage
99.8%
U.S.
85.3%
Gigabit ready
0.5%
U.S.
8.6%
5G available
96.6%
U.S.
77.4%
Education metrics come from ACS 5-year estimates for ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs).
Bachelor's degree+ (age 25+)
57.3%
U.S.
35.7%
A high share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher often correlates with higher-paying jobs and knowledge-economy industries.
ZIP-level estimates can have higher margins of error than county/state totals; treat small differences as noise.
School districts
12 tracts overlap this ZIP. Hover over segments to explore.
Tract 96.02
13.8%
Tract 146.01
11.1%
Tract 146.03
10.7%
Tract 90.07
6.4%
Tract 91.09
6.4%
Others (7)
36.3%
ZIP codes can span multiple congressional districts. Overlap percentages are approximate by land area. Verify by address.
NY-26
73.2%
NY-23
26.8%
Release schedule and upstream dates: Sources.
Derived statistics
Data accuracy & methodology