| Context | Value |
|---|
| Location | Buffalo, NY |
| County | Erie County |
| National rank | #5,410 of 14,967 |
| State rank | #150 of 418 |
| City rank | #10 of 52 |
| County rank | #12 of 54 |
| National percentile | 63.9 |
| National band | MIDDLE_50_PERCENT |
Housing and local fundamentals
| Housing and market metrics | Value |
|---|
| Current Zillow home value | $534,256 |
| Year-over-year home value change | 3.2% |
| Month-over-month home value change | 0.37% |
| Home value to income ratio | 6.35 |
| Median household income | $84,088 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 64.2% |
| Civilian unemployment rate | 6.7% |
| Homeownership rate | 45.7% |
| Housing vacancy rate | 8.3% |
| Rent burden 30% or higher | 47.4% |
How to read this profile
- Ranks are always shown with denominators.
- Momentum reflects both year-over-year and month-over-month housing change.
- Stability and Strength and Value Opportunity are governed composite scores.
- Identity composition is descriptive intelligence and is not a scoring component.
Questions and Answers
Questions About Living in Delaware-West Ferry
What is the Best Neighborhoods USA ranking for Delaware-West Ferry?
Delaware-West Ferry is ranked #10 of 52 eligible neighborhoods in Buffalo; #150 of 418 eligible neighborhoods in NY; and #5,410 of 14,967 eligible neighborhoods in the United States.
Is Delaware-West Ferry one of the best neighborhoods in Buffalo?
Delaware-West Ferry has a Best Neighborhoods USA Index of 55.9 and a city ranking of #10 of 52 eligible neighborhoods in Buffalo.
How much are homes worth in Delaware-West Ferry?
The current Zillow Home Value Index for Delaware-West Ferry is approximately $534,256.
Are home values rising or falling in Delaware-West Ferry?
Zillow neighborhood values changed 3.2% year over year and 0.37% month over month.
What is the Neighborhood Momentum Score for Delaware-West Ferry?
Delaware-West Ferry has a Neighborhood Momentum Score of 75.2. Momentum is 70% year-over-year and 30% month-over-month Zillow housing change.
What is the median household income in Delaware-West Ferry?
The NDS-derived neighborhood median household income is approximately $84,088.
How affordable is Delaware-West Ferry relative to household income?
The current Zillow home-value-to-household-income ratio is 6.35. Price-to-income affordability is a major Value Opportunity input.
Is Delaware-West Ferry primarily homeowners or renters?
The NDS-derived homeownership rate is approximately 45.7%.
What is the unemployment rate in Delaware-West Ferry?
The NDS-derived civilian unemployment rate is approximately 6.7%.
How educated are residents of Delaware-West Ferry?
Approximately 64.2% of residents age 25 and older are estimated to have a bachelor's degree or higher.
What share of renters in Delaware-West Ferry face high rent burden?
Approximately 47.4% of the applicable renter-household universe is estimated to spend 30% or more of household income on gross rent.
How does Best Neighborhoods USA score Delaware-West Ferry?
The overall index combines 40% Stability and Strength, 35% Value Opportunity, and 25% Momentum. Race, ethnicity, and identity composition are not scoring components.
Governed ranking context
How this neighborhood ranks
HMDA Mortgage Intelligence
Neighborhood Mortgage Market
FULL_OR_NEAR_FULL
Modeled neighborhood-level mortgage activity allocated from governed HMDA tract data using Zillow neighborhood geometry.
These neighborhood values are nonadditive and do not enter the Best Neighborhoods USA Index.
Activity year2024
Estimated applications126
Estimated originations79
Home-purchase applications73
Origination rate63.1%
Home-purchase share57.7%
Average application loan$457,117
Total application loan amount$57,557,537
National application rank#3,494 of 14,874 rankable neighborhoods
Geometry coverage100.0%
Recent trend: Applications 25.9% YoY; originations 11.9% YoY
Mortgage methodology
HMDA is natively reported at tract and other lender-reporting geographies, not Zillow neighborhood or ZIP geography.
This module uses the certified NDS HMDA-to-Zillow tract-vintage crosswalk and area-weighted allocation.
Rankings require governed geometry coverage. Applicant demographics are excluded.
Neighborhood values may overlap and must not be summed to reconstruct ZIP or national totals.