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East Amherst tops Buffalo Niagara's most educated ZIP codes
By submitting your information you are agreeing to our Privacy Policy and User Agreement . Join the Buffalo Business First to unlock even more insights! The Northtowns and the City of Buffalo dominate the top 10 most-educated ZIP codes in Buffalo Niagara — with one exception. Story Highlights East Amherst's 14051 ZIP code ranks highest in educational attainment in Buffalo Niagara. The Business Journals analyzed 12,000 ZIP codes for educational attainment levels. The Northtowns and City of Buffalo dominate the top 10, with one exception. East Amherst is home to the most educated ZIP code in the Buffalo Niagara region. That's according to a recent analysis by The Business Journals, which analyzed more than 12,000 ZIP codes across the nation — looking specifically at the level of educational attainment as detailed in the latest American Community Survey conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau. GET TO KNOW YOUR CITY Find Local Events Near You Connect with a community of local professionals. Explore All Events Here in Buffalo, East Amherst's 14051 stands at the top with its 64% of residents who hold a bachelor's or higher degree. The Northtowns and the City of Buffalo dominate the top 10, with the exception of Orchard Park's 14127 at No. 8. Niagara County's highest-ranking municipality comes in at No. 19: Lewiston's 14092. Below is the full list. Rankings are based on the percentage of residents with a bachelor's degree or higher, and only ZIP codes with at least 5,000 residents and a minimum of $25,000 in income per capita were included to account for anomalies like exceptionally low populations in a given area. No. 1: 14051 (East Amherst) Population: 20,333 Hold a bachelor's or higher degree: 64%, or 13,018 residents No. 2: 14222 (Buffalo) Population: 15,440 Hold a bachelor's or higher degree: 63%, or 9,701 residents No. 3: 14032 (Clarence Center) Population: 10,359 Hold a bachelor's or higher degree: 58%, or 5,966 residents No. 4: 14226 (Buffalo) Population: 29,482 Hold a bachelor's or higher degree: 57%, or 16,839 residents No. 5: 14221 (Buffalo) Population: 55,153 Hold a bachelor's or higher degree: 57%, or 31,437 residents No. 6: 14216 (Buffalo) Population: 23,221 Hold a bachelor's or higher degree: 54%, or 12,567 residents No. 7: 14068 (Getzville) Population: 8,504 Hold a bachelor's or higher degree: 53%, or 4,501 residents No. 8: 14127 (Orchard Park) Population: 30,783 Hold a bachelor's or higher degree: 53%, or 16,189 residents No. 9: 14031 (Clarence) Population: 9,741 Hold a bachelor's or higher degree: 51%, or 4,957 residents No. 10: 14228 (Buffalo) Population: 24,345 Hold a bachelor's or higher degree: 49%, or 11,878 residents No. 11: 14085 (Lake View) Population: 8,439 Hold a bachelor's or higher degree: 48%, or 4,091 residents No. 12: 14052 (East Aurora) Population: 17,501 Hold a bachelor's or higher degree: 47%, or 8,176 residents No. 13: 14214 (Buffalo) Population: 21,162 Hold a bachelor's or higher degree: 46%, or 9,792 residents No. 14: 14209 (Buffalo) Population: 8,373 Hold a bachelor's or higher degree: 46%, or 3,857 residents No. 15: 14072 (Grand Island) Population: 21,441 Hold a bachelor's or higher degree: 44%, or 9,496 residents No. 16: 14223 (Buffalo) Population: 22,363 Hold a bachelor's or higher degree: 44%, or 9,804 residents No. 17: 14059 (Elma) Population: 9,413 Hold a bachelor's or higher degree: 42%, or 3,983 residents No. 18: 14217 (Kenmore) Population: 22,566 Hold a bachelor's or higher degree: 41%, or 9,309 residents No. 19: 14092 (Lewiston) Population: 10,318 Hold a bachelor's or higher degree: 40%, or 4,098 residents No. 20: 14086 (Lancaster) Population: 35,659 Hold a bachelor's or higher degree: 39%, or 14,006 residents No. 21: 14201 (Buffalo) Population: 12,545 Hold a bachelor's or higher degree: 39%, or 4,914 residents No. 22: 14075 (Hamburg) Population: 44,588 Hold a bachelor's or higher degree: 38%, or 16,884 residents No. 23: 14213 (Buffalo) Population: 23,072 Hold a bachelor's or higher degree: 36%, or 8,270 residents No. 24: 14174 (Youngstown) Population: 5,768 Hold a bachelor's or higher degree: 34%, or 1,951 residents No. 25: 14224 (Buffalo) Population: 41,101 Hold a bachelor's or higher degree: 33%, or 13,753 residents No. 26: 14057 (Eden) Population: 7,632 Hold a bachelor's or higher degree: 33%, or 2,540 residents No. 27: 14150 (Tonawanda) Population: 41,585 Hold a bachelor's or higher degree: 32%, or 13,480 residents No. 28: 14120 (North Tonawanda) Population: 44,379 Hold a bachelor's or higher degree: 30%, or 13,407 residents No. 29: 14225 (Buffalo) Population: 33,801 Hold a bachelor's or higher degree: 29%, or 9,701 residents No. 30: 14094 (Lockport) Population: 50,526 Hold a bachelor's or higher degree: 29%, or 14,488 residents No. 31: 14141 (Springville) Population: 7,624 Hold a bachelor's or higher degree: 28%, or 2,149 residents No. 32: 14220 (Buffalo) Population: 23,786 Hold a bachelor's or higher degree: 28%, or 6,652 residents No. 33: 14132 (Sanborn) Population: 6,432 Hold a bachelor's or higher degree: 27%, or 1,762 residents No. 34: 14043 (Depew) Population: 24,799 Hold a bachelor's or higher degree: 27%, or 6,767 residents No. 35: 14108 (Newfane) Population: 5,301 Hold a bachelor's or higher degree: 27%, or 1,428 residents No. 36: 14227 (Buffalo) Population: 21,669 Hold a bachelor's or higher degree: 26%, or 5,623 residents No. 37: 14001 (Akron) Population: 9,122 Hold a bachelor's or higher degree: 26%, or 2,366 residents No. 38: 14304 (Niagara Falls) Population: 28,965 Hold a bachelor's or higher degree: 25%, or 7,359 residents No. 39: 14006 (Angola) Population: 9,354 Hold a bachelor's or higher degree: 25%, or 2,350 residents No. 40: 14305 (Niagara Falls) Population: 16,433 Hold a bachelor's or higher degree: 25%, or 4,047 residents No. 41: 14004 (Alden) Population: 11,312 Hold a bachelor's or higher degree: 22%, or 2,459 residents No. 42: 14131 (Ransomville) Population: 5,339 Hold a bachelor's or higher degree: 21%, or 1,145 residents No. 43: 14219 (Buffalo) Population: 10,894 Hold a bachelor's or higher degree: 21%, or 2,328 residents No. 44: 14218 (Buffalo) Population: 20,661 Hold a bachelor's or higher degree: 21%, or 4,337 residents No. 45: 14105 (Middleport) Population: 5,113 Hold a bachelor's or higher degree: 20%, or 1,046 residents No. 46: 14047 (Derby) Population: 6,072 Hold a bachelor's or higher degree: 19%, or 1,166 residents No. 47: 14210 (Buffalo) Population: 15,454 Hold a bachelor's or higher degree: 19%, or 2,916 residents No. 48: 14206 (Buffalo) Population: 22,427 Hold a bachelor's or higher degree: 18%, or 3,993 residents No. 49: 14301 (Niagara Falls) Population: 11,448 Hold a bachelor's or higher degree: 18%, or 2,026 residents No. 50: 14303 (Niagara Falls) Population: 6,210 Hold a bachelor's or higher degree: 16%, or 1,000 residents Nation's top ZIP codes are clustered around elite colleges Not surprisingly, areas adjacent to some of America's most-prestigious universities ranked highest nationally. ZIP code 02210 in Boston-Cambridge ranked No. 1, where 93.09% of adult residents 25 years and up reported earning a bachelor's degree or higher. Both Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology are located nearby. These schools, as well as their various research organizations, play a large role in the local economy. Three additional ZIP codes had 91% or more residents with a bachelor's degree or higher: 53726 in Madison, Wisconsin (91.85%); 60654 in Chicago (91.84%); and 10069 in New York (91.04%). Additional ZIP codes in Boston, New York and Silicon Valley were close behind. Among the top 10 most-educated ZIP codes, nine reported more residents with post-graduate degrees than bachelor's degrees, and all 10 had a high school graduate-only rate below 10%. Education level isn't a direct corollary to income Due to the proximity of top universities — which assumes a higher-than-average concentration of undergraduate and graduate students as well as adjunct faculty — the 2023 incomes per capita in the nation's 10 most-educated ZIP codes were not particularly high. In some instances, per-capita income was below $50,000, including Madison's 53726 ($48,359) and San Jose's 94305 ($42,309). Unsurprisingly, homeownership was below 40% in both areas as well. Only three ZIP codes on The Business Journals' list of most-educated reported a per-capita income of more than $200,000. Two were in the New York metro, a well-known wealth magnet. ZIP code 10007 (No. 43) encompasses much of New York City's Financial District, where employers like JPMorgan Chase & Co., Bank of America Corp. and Citigroup Inc. have large presences. The income per capita in 10007 was $209,000. Also in New York: ZIP code 10282 in Battery Park (No. 133 on the list), known for a high density of affluent residents, had a per-capita income of $207,020. San Francisco's 94027 (No. 47) is located in Atherton, one of the nation's most-expensive neighborhoods. That ZIP code had a 2023 per-capita income of $203,239. Deep racial disparities evident in top tier A demographic breakdown among the nation's 10 most-educated ZIP codes shows a disparity along racial lines. Among that top tier, the percentage of Black residents was below 5% with one exception — 20037 in Washington, D.C. (No. 9), where that figure was 7.6%. The average of just under 3% for Black residents across the top 10 ZIP codes compares to 18% for Asian residents, almost 8% for Hispanic residents and 64% for white residents. The poverty rate across the top 10 ZIP codes averaged 11.5%, though the individual rates inside that number were far from uniform. In Madison's 53726, where 91.85% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher, the poverty rate was 33.5%. But in Boston suburb Waban's 02468, where 89.94% of residents report the same degree of education, the poverty rate was a mere 0.6%. The median age among the top 10 ZIP codes was 35. The lowest was 22 in 94305, where Stanford University is located, followed by 23 in Madison, home to University of Wisconsin. The highest median age was 48, found in Boston/Waban's 02468.
