PlainZIP

Wales Center, NY

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Wales Center, NY: 1 USPS ZIP, population 151. 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 WALES-CENTER-NY · Wales Center, NY 1 ZIPs · 151 pop · #16980/25278 · Erie County

INC-MID · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-HIGH · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-MID $61,782
  • RANK-LOWER #16980/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Buffalo
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 100% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 151
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $9,999

Nearest income peer: Buffalo, NY ( $589 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 Wales Center

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Wales Center 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, Wales Center, NY sits among US cities with a below-median household income, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

33rd pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
151
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$61,782
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.

Below-median income with few delivery areas (1): read cost-of-living from the primary ZIP. Household income $61,782 and poverty 0.0% concentrate in 14169.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (100.0%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

Within New York, Mount Morris is the closest lower-income city and Savannah the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Wales Center.

Population concentration

Wales Center's single ZIP 14169 carries the town

Wales Center is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 14169 is the entire residential footprint (151 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

Dense ZBP book packed into Wales Center's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 6 establishments, 77 employees , annual payroll $5,616k (~40 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 14169 (6 units) .

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ZIP Codes in Wales Center, NY

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

Every one of the 12 cities sharing Erie County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Wales Center, Hamburg, Tonawanda and Lancaster 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, 120% above Wales Center.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
14169 151 $61,782 6 189
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Wales Center 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 Wales Center, .