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ZIP 14207 fair market rent

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

3-bedroom gross-rent benchmark

$1,630 / month

+14.8% 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
$1,420
FY2027
$1,630

HUD schedule changes, not observed rent growth.

Rent by bedroom

Monthly gross-rent benchmarks, including tenant-paid utilities
BedroomsFY2025FY2026FY2027
Studio$860$950$1,110
1 bedroom$900$980$1,130
2 bedrooms$1,050$1,160$1,340
3 bedrooms$1,290$1,420$1,630
4 bedrooms$1,450$1,610$1,860
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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 14207
14207 This ZIP$1,630$0
14094$1,590-$40
14215$1,590-$40
14216$1,950+$320
14221$2,400+$770

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Rental housing in ZCTA 14207

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

Renter-occupied homes

6,862

65.0% of occupied homes are rented.

Rental home types

Single-unit houses
16.7%
Buildings with 2–4 units
63.1%
Buildings with 5+ units
20.2%
Other rental housing
0.0%

Rent as a share of income

51.8%

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

34.4% 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 homes6,862± 689
Renter share of occupied homes65.0%± 5.4 pp
Single-unit houses16.7%± 4.3 pp
Buildings with 2–4 units63.1%± 5.5 pp
Buildings with 5+ units20.2%± 5.8 pp
Other rental housing0.0%± 0.5 pp
Rent is 30% or more of income51.8%± 5.6 pp
Rent is 50% or more of income34.4%± 5.6 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.