ZIP 14203 vs ZIP 14204

This side-by-side compares ZIP 14203 (Buffalo, NY) and ZIP 14204 (Buffalo, NY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 14203 has a population of 1,618 at 236 people per square mile, while ZIP 14204 has 8,691 at 1,868 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 14203 reports a median household income of $56,141 against $28,182 in ZIP 14204, with per-capita income of $44,349 vs $24,351. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 49.4% in 14203 and 17.5% in 14204. Poverty rate reads 32.0% vs 37.7%, and unemployment 3.3% vs 5.6% — 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 — in 14203 versus $152,400 in 14204, with median rent of $1,331 and $851 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 2.7% vs 26.5%. 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.