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Gowanda, NY

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Gowanda, NY: 1 USPS ZIP, population 6,732. 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 GOWANDA-NY · Gowanda, NY 1 ZIPs · 6,732 pop · #20617/25278 · Erie County

INC-MID · RANK-BOTTOM · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-MID $53,310
  • RANK-BOTTOM #20617/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Buffalo
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 81% owners
  • POP-TOWN 6,732
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $117,900

Nearest income peer: Buffalo, NY (+ $7,883 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 Gowanda

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Gowanda 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, Gowanda, NY sits among US cities with one of the lowest household incomes among US cities, on a town-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

18th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
6,732
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$53,310
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.

Lower-income footing on only 1 ZIP ($53,310 average) · poverty 14.6%. The primary code (14070) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (81.2%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Gowanda as a pure owner town.

Within New York, Sidney is the closest lower-income city and Afton the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Gowanda.

Population concentration

Gowanda's single ZIP 14070 carries the town

Gowanda is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 14070 is the entire residential footprint (6,732 ACS residents), so the city page and the ZIP page tell the same household story, open that ZIP for income, tenure, and commute detail.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Mid-pack ZBP load on Gowanda's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 107 establishments, 1,040 employees , annual payroll $38,665k (~16 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 14070 (107 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (23) · also Health care and social assistance · Other services (except public administration) .

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ZIP Codes in Gowanda, NY

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

Every one of the 12 cities sharing Erie County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Gowanda, Buffalo, Hamburg and Tonawanda among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. East Amherst marks the far end of that range at $135,663, 154% above Gowanda.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
14070 6,732 $53,310 107 51
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Gowanda 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 Gowanda, .