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ZIP 14094 fair market rent

HUD rent benchmarks, FY2025–2027. Compare bedrooms and ZIPs.

3-bedroom gross-rent benchmark

$1,590 / month

+5.3% from FY2026

FY2027 · current · effective Oct 1, 2026

Includes tenant-paid basic utilities. HUD benchmarks are not asking rents or approved voucher payments.

Published HUD schedules

FY2025
$1,290
FY2026
$1,510
FY2027
$1,590

HUD schedule changes, not observed rent growth.

Rent by bedroom

Monthly gross-rent benchmarks, including tenant-paid utilities
BedroomsFY2025FY2026FY2027
Studio$860$1,020$1,080
1 bedroom$900$1,050$1,110
2 bedrooms$1,050$1,240$1,310
3 bedrooms$1,290$1,510$1,590
4 bedrooms$1,450$1,730$1,820
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Compare ZIP benchmarks

Other ZIPs in the same HUD area. These are rent comparisons, not property-specific comps.

Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY MSA · 3 bedrooms · FY2027
ZIP codeMonthly gross rentDifference from 14094
14094 This ZIP$1,590$0
14215$1,590$0
14207$1,630+$40
14216$1,950+$360
14221$2,400+$810

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Rental housing in ZCTA 14094

2020–2024 ACS 5-year. Census ZCTAs approximate postal ZIP codes; their boundaries are not identical.

Renter-occupied homes

6,081

28.1% of occupied homes are rented.

Rental home types

Single-unit houses
19.6%
Buildings with 2–4 units
30.9%
Buildings with 5+ units
44.8%
Other rental housing
4.6%

Rent as a share of income

40.2%

Spend at least 30% of household income on gross rent.

19.3% spend at least half.

Estimates, margins of error & definitions

These are pooled 2020–2024 survey estimates, not current listing data. Single-unit houses include detached and attached homes. Rent-burden percentages exclude households for which the ratio could not be calculated.

90% margins of error. Percentage margins are in percentage points.
MeasureEstimateMargin of error
Renter-occupied homes6,081± 505
Renter share of occupied homes28.1%± 2.2 pp
Single-unit houses19.6%± 4.1 pp
Buildings with 2–4 units30.9%± 4.7 pp
Buildings with 5+ units44.8%± 7.0 pp
Other rental housing4.6%± 2.4 pp
Rent is 30% or more of income40.2%± 6.8 pp
Rent is 50% or more of income19.3%± 5.1 pp

U.S. Census Bureau, 2020–2024 ACS 5-year tables B25003, B25032 and B25070. Statistical guidance.

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HUD sources, dates & coverage

HUD Small Area Fair Market Rents are monthly gross-rent benchmarks for postal ZIP codes. They include basic tenant-paid utilities, excluding phone, cable and internet. They do not determine an individual housing authority's payment standard, approved rent or a tenant's subsidy.

Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY MSA. FY2025 ZIP schedule (effective Oct 1, 2024; source file revised Apr 28, 2025) · FY2026 ZIP schedule (effective Oct 1, 2025; source file revised May 21, 2026) · FY2027 ZIP schedule (effective Oct 1, 2026).

HUD data checked Sep 22, 2026. Census context: 2020–2024 ACS 5-year. How Census ZCTAs differ from postal ZIP codes.