ZIP 14201 vs ZIP 14202

This side-by-side compares ZIP 14201 (Buffalo, NY) and ZIP 14202 (Buffalo, NY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 14201 has a population of 11,549 at 4,355 people per square mile, while ZIP 14202 has 3,911 at 1,804 per square mile. That difference in population size and density alone reshapes how every other metric should be interpreted — a higher-income ZIP with 1,200 residents behaves very differently from one with 45,000.

On income and education, ZIP 14201 reports a median household income of $40,512 against $56,528 in ZIP 14202, with per-capita income of $32,192 vs $61,517. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 39.2% in 14201 and 48.3% in 14202. Poverty rate reads 39.5% vs 14.3%, and unemployment 7.7% vs 5.9% — these four fields alone drive most of the difference in the scorecard grades you will see for each ZIP.

Housing separates these two ZIPs further: median home value sits at $337,600 in 14201 versus $479,100 in 14202, with median rent of $1,053 and $803 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 23.6% vs 21.9%. When reading the comparison table below, focus on paired metrics rather than single winners — a ZIP with lower home values and lower income is not strictly "worse" if rent-to-income ratios and commute times land in the same zone. Every value is pulled from the exact same ACS table so the two columns are genuinely comparable.