ZIP 14202 vs ZIP 14201

This side-by-side compares ZIP 14202 (Buffalo, NY) and ZIP 14201 (Buffalo, NY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 14202 has a population of 3,911 at 1,804 people per square mile, while ZIP 14201 has 11,549 at 4,355 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 14202 reports a median household income of $56,528 against $40,512 in ZIP 14201, with per-capita income of $61,517 vs $32,192. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 48.3% in 14202 and 39.2% in 14201. Poverty rate reads 14.3% vs 39.5%, and unemployment 5.9% vs 7.7% — 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 $479,100 in 14202 versus $337,600 in 14201, with median rent of $803 and $1,053 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 21.9% vs 23.6%. 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.