Attica, 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 Attica, Wyoming County, New York
Attica is a village of 2,450 people in Wyoming County. Half its households earn more than $62,340 a year and half less, against $69,110 across Wyoming County; 11% of its people live below the poverty line. 62% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 38% 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Attica is a small village in Wyoming County, and its residents are somewhat younger than in many small towns. Household incomes run below the county's, and a good share of homes are lived in by their owners, though fewer than across much of the county. Winters are cold and the summers pleasantly warm, with rain and melted snow spread through the year.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, with shops, professional and business services, and manufacturing also giving people jobs. Across Wyoming County, the biggest workplaces include Wyoming County Community Hospital, the Letchworth Central School District and Steel & O'Brien. Jobs across the county dipped slightly last year, and unemployment there is close to where it stood a year ago. The typical commute is moderate, and few people work from home.
Things to do. Closest to home, Six Flags Darien Lake is an amusement park a short drive away, and Darien Lakes State Park is a protected area just as near. For a longer outing, Letchworth State Park is a protected area a longer drive away, and Buffalo Zoo is a longer drive as well.
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- 1,009households
- 26%of adults have a degree
- 11%below the poverty line
- 22 mintypical commute
- 8%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 30° and lows near 15°; warmest in July, with highs near 76° and lows near 59°. About 42 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Wyoming 3W weather station, 7 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Wyoming County
- Wyoming County Community HospitalGeneral hospital376FTE
- Letchworth Central School DistrictSchool district230FTE
- Steel & O'BrienSteam fittings, metal, manufacturing227
- Attica Central School DistrictSchool district226FTE
- Creative Food Ingredients-New York222
- Perry Central School DistrictSchool district180FTE
- Warsaw Central School DistrictSchool district177FTE
- WalmartDiscount department stores131
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 32 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 2,124 people in all across the county; Attica has two of its own. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023) and school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. 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
- LightningRelatively moderate
- Ice stormsRelatively moderate
- Strong windRelatively moderate
- Inland floodingRelatively moderate
- Winter weatherRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Attica’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. 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.
Attica 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.
- Attica10
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Attica6
Zip codes with a Attica address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Attica — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.