How the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY metro's ZIP codes measure up on health
The ZipVitals Score across the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY metro area — built one ZIP code at a time, then rolled up by resident population.
Data release 202686 of 87 ZIP codes scored · 1.2M residents represented
Score snapshot
People & national context
The Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY metro's ZIP codes, ranked
Highest-scoring
Top 50 of 86- 83514221in Buffalo · 55,255 residents68.70
- 84914051in East Amherst · 19,739 residents68.63
- 1,13514032in Clarence Center · 10,222 residents67.50
- 1,22514085in Lake View · 8,531 residents67.20
- 1,24314226in Buffalo · 29,159 residents67.14
- 1,35914031in Clarence · 9,885 residents66.75
- 1,36514127in Orchard Park · 31,543 residents66.73
- 1,37614068in Getzville · 8,636 residents66.70
- 1,78714052in East Aurora · 17,514 residents65.56
- 2,03914059in Elma · 9,138 residents64.90
- 2,30714026in Bowmansville · 617 residents64.28
- 2,33214170in West Falls · 2,292 residents64.23
- 2,39314072in Grand Island · 21,488 residents64.11
- 2,42914086in Lancaster · 35,635 residents64.03
- 2,95014223in Buffalo · 22,611 residents63.04
- 3,03714075in Hamburg · 44,520 residents62.90
- 3,10914033in Colden · 1,539 residents62.74
- 3,23414102in Marilla · 1,856 residents62.49
- 3,25614025in Boston · 3,243 residents62.46
- 3,36714222in Buffalo · 15,311 residents62.25
- 3,64614139in South Wales · 2,113 residents61.79
- 3,66014228in Buffalo · 25,350 residents61.76
- 3,88814217in Buffalo · 22,471 residents61.37
- 3,94114209in Buffalo · 8,313 residents61.30
- 4,04714174in Youngstown · 5,669 residents61.12
- 4,09114224in Buffalo · 41,219 residents61.06
- 4,18914216in Buffalo · 22,849 residents60.92
- 4,29214092in Lewiston · 10,247 residents60.75
- 4,55914057in Eden · 7,972 residents60.39
- 4,57514069in Glenwood · 443 residents60.37
- 4,78214109in Niagara University · 1,473 residents60.10
- 5,19814043in Depew · 25,098 residents59.52
- 5,27714132in Sanborn · 6,453 residents59.41
- 5,39914202in Buffalo · 3,862 residents59.26
- 5,56314067in Gasport · 3,976 residents59.05
- 5,57914169in Wales Center · 77 residents59.02
- 5,58014131in Ransomville · 5,252 residents59.02
- 5,67414261in Buffalo · 5,033 residents58.90
- 5,68614004in Alden · 11,396 residents58.88
- 5,84414055in East Concord · 1,418 residents58.68
- 5,88214227in Buffalo · 20,621 residents58.61
- 6,04214150in Tonawanda · 41,260 residents58.44
- 6,74714120in North Tonawanda · 44,241 residents57.57
- 6,92414001in Akron · 8,937 residents57.36
- 7,20214134in Sardinia · 32 residents57.08
- 7,22414172in Wilson · 3,091 residents57.06
- 7,39114108in Newfane · 5,713 residents56.88
- 7,40214141in Springville · 7,603 residents56.86
- 7,47314035in Collins Center · 152 residents56.79
- 7,52314094in Lockport · 50,153 residents56.73
Lowest-scoring
Bottom 50 of 86- 29,86414212in Buffalo · 13,299 residents33.61
- 29,69014204in Buffalo · 7,932 residents34.13
- 29,55314211in Buffalo · 24,663 residents34.51
- 28,36514303in Niagara Falls · 6,156 residents37.35
- 27,65114301in Niagara Falls · 10,923 residents38.62
- 27,10014207in Buffalo · 26,327 residents39.47
- 25,65914215in Buffalo · 42,524 residents41.50
- 24,22314206in Buffalo · 21,631 residents43.17
- 23,99114210in Buffalo · 15,563 residents43.42
- 22,38814208in Buffalo · 12,572 residents45.01
- 22,06914081in Irving · 2,742 residents45.33
- 21,73914070in Gowanda · 5,001 residents45.63
- 21,70414302in Niagara Falls · 189 residents45.66
- 21,43614218in Lackawanna · 20,312 residents45.92
- 21,33614305in Niagara Falls · 16,696 residents46.02
- 18,95814201in Buffalo · 12,369 residents47.97
- 16,31214034in Collins · 2,086 residents49.95
- 16,05814213in Buffalo · 24,107 residents50.13
- 15,75014091in Lawtons · 1,316 residents50.36
- 15,09914203in Buffalo · 2,424 residents50.83
- 14,09514012in Barker · 2,911 residents51.51
- 12,85114061in Farnham · 93 residents52.44
- 11,35814006in Angola · 9,260 residents53.50
- 10,04214304in Niagara Falls · 29,208 residents54.52
- 9,90514008in Appleton · 1,423 residents54.64
- 9,55814126in Olcott · 109 residents54.90
- 9,51314080in Holland · 4,444 residents54.94
- 9,40114219in Blasdell · 10,652 residents55.03
- 9,21614030in Chaffee · 2,067 residents55.19
- 8,98414105in Middleport · 5,313 residents55.39
- 8,87414111in North Collins · 3,186 residents55.49
- 8,60014028in Burt · 1,257 residents55.73
- 8,38714047in Derby · 6,013 residents55.89
- 8,15914225in Buffalo · 33,620 residents56.11
- 8,01614214in Buffalo · 21,314 residents56.25
- 7,95614220in Buffalo · 24,428 residents56.31
- 7,52314094in Lockport · 50,153 residents56.73
- 7,47314035in Collins Center · 152 residents56.79
- 7,40214141in Springville · 7,603 residents56.86
- 7,39114108in Newfane · 5,713 residents56.88
- 7,22414172in Wilson · 3,091 residents57.06
- 7,20214134in Sardinia · 32 residents57.08
- 6,92414001in Akron · 8,937 residents57.36
- 6,74714120in North Tonawanda · 44,241 residents57.57
- 6,04214150in Tonawanda · 41,260 residents58.44
- 5,88214227in Buffalo · 20,621 residents58.61
- 5,84414055in East Concord · 1,418 residents58.68
- 5,68614004in Alden · 11,396 residents58.88
- 5,67414261in Buffalo · 5,033 residents58.90
- 5,58014131in Ransomville · 5,252 residents59.02
Where each domain sits inside this metro
The Score above is one number for the whole Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY metro. Nine domains make it up, and they are not spread the same way across the people who live here. Each row divides this metro's ZIP codes into fifths by how they stand against each other on that domain, then counts who lives at each end. If a domain were spread evenly across the metro's residents, every row would read about 20%.
The highest-standing fifth
18 of 86 ZIPsShare of the metro's residents living in the fifth of its ZIP codes that stand highest on each domain.
3 ZIP codes tie at this end: 14203 Buffalo14214 Buffalo14215 Buffalo
Standing highest: 14109 Niagara University14222 Buffalo14261 Buffalo
Standing highest: 14051 East Amherst14127 Orchard Park14221 Buffalo
Standing highest: 14032 Clarence Center14051 East Amherst14126 Olcott
3 ZIP codes tie at this end: 14030 Chaffee14141 Springville14209 Buffalo
Each fifth is about 18 of this metro’s 86 compared ZIP codes, and the shares are out of 1,165,351 residents. A ZIP code is compared here only if it carries a resident count to weight it by and enough measured data on that domain — the rest are left out of that domain’s fifths rather than filled in from a coarser geography, which is why this count can sit just below the metro’s scored total.
The mark shows 20% — where a row would sit if that domain were spread evenly across the metro's residents.
Each ZIP code is compared with the other ZIP codes in this metro that are measured across all nine scoring domains — not with all US ZIP codes. Percentages are rounded; higher is healthier in every domain.
Why this matters
The ZipVitals Score combines nine domains of health — from chronic disease and preventive care to environmental hazard, social need, and healthcare access — into one 0–100 index for each ZIP code, computed the same way everywhere from public federal and academic data. The Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY figures on this page are population-weighted rollups of those per-ZIP scores, so they describe the metro's residents rather than a coarser geography relabeled as the metro.
A high score describes favorable documented conditions; it is not a claim about individual residents, and it does not capture everything that shapes a community's health. Where a ZIP code scores low, that pattern reflects structural conditions — investment, environment, and access — far more than the choices of the people who live there.