Home values, rents and more in Buffalo, NY
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Buffalo compares
The typical home in Buffalo, NY is worth about $244,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Buffalo are 15% below the typical value in the Buffalo metro area ($287,000) and 33% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Buffalo rose 2.6%, compared with +3.6% in the Buffalo metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,421 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), about the same as the Buffalo metro area ($1,451) and 26% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 3.6% over the past year.
The median household income is $50,041, against $72,237 in the Buffalo metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 276,854 people live in Buffalo (American Community Survey 2020–24).
Buffalo has the 6th-lowest typical home value of the 21 cities in the Buffalo metro area and the 241st-lowest of 728 in New York with Zillow figures.
Part of: Erie County, NY · Buffalo metro area · New York
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Nearby cities
ZIP codes in Buffalo, NY
- 14201 · Buffalo $311,000
- 14202 · Buffalo $561,000
- 14204 · Buffalo $187,000
- 14206 · Buffalo $177,000
- 14207 · Buffalo $161,000
- 14208 · Buffalo $151,000
- 14209 · Buffalo $330,000
- 14210 · Buffalo $177,000
- 14211 · Buffalo $122,000
- 14212 · Buffalo $158,000
- 14213 · Buffalo $202,000
- 14214 · Buffalo $283,000
- 14215 · Buffalo $150,000
- 14216 · Buffalo $335,000
- 14217 · Buffalo $257,000
- 14218 · Buffalo $220,000
- 14220 · Buffalo $231,000
- 14222 · Buffalo $528,000
- 14223 · Buffalo $267,000
- 14224 · Buffalo $297,000
- 14225 · Buffalo $234,000
- 14226 · Buffalo $312,000
- 14227 · Buffalo $269,000
- 14228 · Buffalo $354,000
Sources
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, middle tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, September 2026. Rents: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), seasonally adjusted. Population: Census population estimates (July 2025) for states, metros and counties; ACS 2020–24 for cities and ZIP codes. Income: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–24 5-year estimates. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files. Compiled by Home Economics.
"Typical" is Zillow's middle-tier value (homes between the 35th and 65th percentiles), not a median sale price. Changes are over the 12 months to September 2026.