Arcade, New York.
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to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,478 (+116%) since Jan 2020.
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- New York$2,755
- United States$1,922
Living in Arcade, Wyoming County, New York
Arcade is a village of 1,908 people in Wyoming County. Half its households earn more than $58,695 a year and half less, against $69,110 across Wyoming County; 18% of its people live below the poverty line. 51% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 49% are rented. Unemployment in Wyoming County was 3.3% in August 2026, and the county had 1.4% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then shops.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Arcade is a village in Wyoming County, in western New York, home to a small community where most people know one another. Incomes run below the county's, and about as many households rent as own their homes. Residents are somewhat older than in many places, and a four-year degree is held by a minority of adults.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, in shops, in the building trades and in manufacturing. Among the largest workplaces in Arcade are Prestolite Electric, which makes motors and starters for engines, Tops Markets, a grocery chain, and Kent Nutrition Group, which blends animal feed. The commute is a fairly long one for most workers, and very few work from home. Across Wyoming County, jobs slipped a little last year, while unemployment held about steady.
Things to do. Lime Lake, a reservoir, is a short drive away. Farther afield, Letchworth State Park is a protected area of gorges and woodland, and Six Flags Darien Lake is an amusement park, both a longer drive away. Winters are cold and very snowy, with a good deal of precipitation through the year, and summers are warm.
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- 1,048households
- 22%of adults have a degree
- 18%below the poverty line
- 28 mintypical commute
- 6%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Wyoming County had 12,357 jobs in 2025, 1.4% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 31° and lows near 14°; warmest in July, with highs near 79° and lows near 56°. About 109 inches of snow and 45 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Franklinville weather station, 14 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Arcade
- Prestolite ElectricMotors, starter, for internal combustion engines, manufacturing125
- Tops MarketsGrocery stores100
- Tractor Supply Company StoreGeneral merchandise stores24
- ArcadeMail and parcel delivery22
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 4 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 271 people in all. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Inland floodingVery high
- LightningRelatively high
- HailRelatively moderate
- Strong windRelatively moderate
- Winter weatherRelatively moderate
- Ice stormsRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Arcade’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively high. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Wyoming County.
Arcade home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Arcade12
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Arcade8
Zip codes with a Arcade address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Arcade — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.