Most Affordable ZIP Codes in Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY (2026)

The lowest entry prices that still hold a decent investability rating — cheap is only useful if the market underneath it is sound.

# ZIP City Home value Rent Cap rate 5-yr growth
1 14303 1% rule Niagara Falls, NY $113,095 $1,207 8.32% 7.7%
2 14301 1% rule Niagara Falls, NY $118,349 $1,194 7.87% 6.1%
3 14211 1% rule Buffalo, NY $119,631 $1,233 8.04% 7.1%
4 14208 Buffalo, NY $145,879 $1,358 7.26% 5.0%
5 14215 Buffalo, NY $152,352 $1,367 7.00% 6.2%
6 14305 Niagara Falls, NY $156,172 $1,400 6.99% 7.7%
7 14212 Buffalo, NY $158,474 $1,250 6.15% 8.1%
8 14207 Buffalo, NY $162,684 $1,272 6.10% 4.4%
9 14206 Buffalo, NY $180,031 $1,183 5.13% 7.2%
10 14210 Buffalo, NY $180,531 $1,207 5.21% 7.3%
11 14204 1% rule Buffalo, NY $184,707 $2,048 8.65% 5.0%
12 14126 Olcott, NY $192,929 $1,188 4.80% 5.8%
13 14213 Buffalo, NY $207,906 $1,354 5.08% 4.6%
14 14304 Niagara Falls, NY $212,343 $1,328 4.88% 5.5%
15 14218 Buffalo, NY $224,677 $1,213 4.21% 7.6%
16 14105 Middleport, NY $224,972 $963 3.34% 5.4%
17 14034 Collins, NY $229,004 $1,152 3.92% 6.1%
18 14006 Angola, NY $230,492 $1,197 4.05% 7.1%
19 14220 Buffalo, NY $234,243 $1,251 4.16% 5.8%
20 14225 Buffalo, NY $238,059 $1,479 4.85% 6.9%
21 14012 Barker, NY $243,693 $963 3.08% 4.5%
22 14081 Irving, NY $244,851 $1,098 3.50% 6.7%
23 14108 Newfane, NY $253,209 $981 3.02% 6.3%
24 14030 Chaffee, NY $257,185 $936 2.84% 4.8%
25 14111 North Collins, NY $260,096 $1,053 3.16% 6.2%

Ranked from Repit’s own ZIP-level data — Zillow home values and rents, HUD fair-market rents where Zillow has no coverage, and U.S. Census vacancy. Cap rate is gross: annual rent over purchase price, before financing and expenses. Every ZIP above links to its full free page. How we calculate this →