ZIP 14220 vs ZIP 14210

This side-by-side compares ZIP 14220 (Buffalo, NY) and ZIP 14210 (Buffalo, NY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 14220 has a population of 24,227 at 2,456 people per square mile, while ZIP 14210 has 14,694 at 1,770 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 14220 reports a median household income of $70,963 against $54,197 in ZIP 14210, with per-capita income of $37,442 vs $29,120. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 29.0% in 14220 and 19.6% in 14210. Poverty rate reads 12.5% vs 21.1%, and unemployment 6.6% vs 6.9% — 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 $186,200 in 14220 versus $129,800 in 14210, with median rent of $1,060 and $1,006 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 70.7% vs 46.1%. 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.