Area data
Buffalo, NY — ZIP 14261
Population: 5,033 (Census ACS)
Home values & appreciation
- House Price Index
- 420.6 (+5.3% YoY)
Rents
- 2-bedroom fair-market rent (HUD reference)
- $1,730/mo
- 3BR fair-market rent
- $2,110/mo
Affordability
- Cost of living index (Above Average)
- 107.9 (100 = US avg)
- Electricity rate (state-level)
- 26.4¢/kWh
- Natural gas rate (state-level)
- $17.60/MCF
- 30-year mortgage rate (national)
- 6.66%
- 15-year mortgage rate (national)
- 6.00%
Natural hazards & flood risk
- Overall hazard risk
- Relatively High
- Top hazards
- coldWave, winterWeather, iceStorm, inlandFlooding, lightning
Climate (30-year normals)
- Annual precipitation
- 44.1 in
Air quality
- Air quality rating
- Good
- Median AQI (annual)
- 43
- Days with Good air quality
- 234
Amenities
- National parks within ~60 mi
- 1
- Nearest national park
- Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site (9 mi)
- Nearest airport
- Hamburg Inc Airport (5 mi)
- Nearest major airport
- Buffalo Niagara International Airport (BUF) (14 mi)
- Hospitals nearby (~15 mi)
- 17
- Avg hospital rating
- 2.5 / 5
- EV charging stations (within 10 mi)
- 232
- Solar radiation rating
- Fair (3.7 kWh/m²/day)
Employment & development
- Total county employment
- 389,528
- Average weekly wage
- $1,181
- Top industries (by employment)
- Health Care, Accommodation & Food, Administrative Services
- Annual residential building permits (county)
- 529
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