Erie County, New York

Erie County has a population of 950,622 and has shrunk 0.8% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $233,800, about 3.2 times the county's median household income of $72,839.

Home price
$233,800
Income
$72,839
Population
950,622
Unemployment
4.9%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$233,800county
Median gross rent$1,090county
Median year homes here were built1957county
Share of homes built before 198076.9%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile1.6%county
Share of homes that are vacant7.2%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented34.2%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use0.6%county
Typical monthly rent$1,498county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,343county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$1,139county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,640county
Home insurance / yr$1,683(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living125.1(statewide)
Median household income$72,839county
Family health premium / yr$27,188(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$17,361(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$4.166(statewide)
Poverty rate13.9%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home12.9%county
Unemployment rate4.9%county
Share of adults in the labor force62.4%county
Share of workers who are self-employed4.1%county
Share of workers employed by government17.1%county
Share of workers in the largest industry28.8%county
Economic output per resident$85,346county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate1.98%county
Top state income tax10.90%(statewide)
Capital gains tax10.90%(statewide)
Combined sales tax8.54%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time21.3 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service4.6 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport2499295county
Miles to nearest general aviation field4.4 micounty
Airports with airline service located here1county
General aviation airfields located here6county
Passenger train stations and the railway network2county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station3.5 micounty
Households without a vehicle11.5%county
Traffic deaths12.7county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,000-1.3(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher38.0%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher92.5%county
Public schools in the county222county
Public school enrollment122519county
Students per full-time teacher10.8county
Free lunch eligible51.1%county
Elementary schools123county
Middle schools32county
High schools49county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above10county
Share of local colleges that are public36.4%county
Two-year institutions1county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution1.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians73county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county10county
Hospitals here with an emergency department8county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here3county
Fine particulate matter6.8 µgcounty
Without health insurance2.9%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year13.5%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year12.5%county
Frequent mental distress17.2%county
No leisure-time physical activity25.8%county
Diagnosed diabetes10.3%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population950,622county
Land area in square miles1,043county
People per square mile of land912.0county
Supermarkets and grocery stores280county
Convenience stores157county
Share living far from a food store13.5%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract2.6%county
Population change since 2020-0.8%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-1county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents3county
Median age40.4 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1820.1%county
Share of residents 65 and over19.3%county
Share of households that are one person35.0%county
Share of residents born outside the United States7.5%county
Second languages11.3%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls67.9%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents77county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents-2county
Households that moved in11,871county
Households that moved away14,593county
Average income of arriving households$61,066county
Average income of departing households$70,488county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes3county
Housing units authorised in the latest year1,213county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings45.1%county
Violent crime rate380(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature47.9°Fcounty
Annual precipitation37.7 incounty
Annual snowfall126.7 incounty
Average daily solar energy3.76 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F6 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing145 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 6bcounty
Frost-free days173 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMay 2county
Average first fall frostOct 22county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$121county
Electric utilities serving this county2county
Electricity price per kWh17.8¢county
Household electricity use680 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$20.71(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity8.7%county
Homes heated by utility gas86.8%county
Homes heated by propane2.0%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.9%county
Homes heated by wood0.5%county
Households with broadband90.2%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk99.0county
Coastal flood risk44.4county
Drought risk35.8county
Landslide risk52.0county
Hail risk41.5county
Earthquake risk85.8county
Tornado risk95.4county
Tropical cyclone risk71.3county
Extreme heat risk95.4county
Winter weather risk99.5county
Strong wind risk80.4county
Wildfire risk62.6county

Sports

Major pro teams based here2county
NFL teams based here1county
NBA teams based here0county
MLB teams based here0county
NHL teams based here1county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams1county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams1county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Erie County directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the New York figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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