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Alden, NY

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Alden, NY: 1 USPS ZIP, population 12,704. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet ALDEN-NY · Alden, NY 1 ZIPs · 12,704 pop · #6215/25278 · Erie County

INC-HIGH · RANK-UPPER · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-HIGH · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-MID

  • INC-HIGH $90,839
  • RANK-UPPER #6215/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Hamburg
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 85% owners
  • POP-TOWN 12,704
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $258,300

Nearest income peer: Hamburg, NY ( $7,456 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Alden

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Alden on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Alden, NY sits among US cities with an upper-quartile household income, on a town-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 25%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
12,704
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$90,839
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

High-income footprint on only 1 ZIP: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $90,839 and home value $258,300 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 22.2%.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (85.2%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

Within New York, Rensselaer is the closest lower-income city and East Schodack the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Alden.

Population concentration

One ZIP, 14004, is all of Alden

There is no split to weigh here: 14004 holds every one of Alden's 12,704 ACS residents. City-level and ZIP-level numbers on this site are the same number twice, check the ZIP page for the income/tenure/commute breakdown.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Mid-pack ZBP load on Alden's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 216 establishments, 1,898 employees , annual payroll $111,847k (~17 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 14004 (216 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (47) · also Retail trade · Other services (except public administration) .

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ZIP Codes in Alden, NY

These ZIP codes sit in Erie County, which covers 67 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Alden. See the Erie County roll-up →

Alden lands mid-pack among the 12 cities sharing Erie County: Lancaster, Orchard Park and Grand Island earn more and Buffalo, Hamburg and Tonawanda earn less. East Amherst marks the far end of that range at $135,663, 49% above Alden.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
14004 12,704 $90,839 216 102
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Alden roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Alden, .