Clarence, New York.
, asking rent $1,725 . Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY metro.
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 Clarence, Erie County, New York
Clarence, in Erie County, had 2,733 people in the 2020 census. 59% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 41% are rented. Unemployment in Erie County was 4.4% in August 2026, and the county had 0.3% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Erie County 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Clarence is a small community in Erie County, New York, where most homes are lived in by their owners. Poverty is below the level in many places, and a good share of adults hold a four-year degree. Winters are cold and very snowy, with January the coldest month, while summers turn warm, July being the warmest, and the town sees steady precipitation through the year.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, with shops, manufacturing, and professional and business services close behind. Across Erie County, some of the largest workplaces are Kaleida Health, the University at Buffalo and Moog, Inc. in East Aurora. The typical commute is a moderate one each way, and the county has slightly fewer jobs than it did the year before.
Things to do. Niagara Falls, the waterfall known around the world, is a longer drive away, and the nearby Niagara River runs along the same stretch. The Buffalo AKG Art Museum is also a longer drive away for anyone wanting an afternoon indoors. Buffalo Zoo is another longer drive away and suits a day out in warmer months.
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- 1,240households
- 40%of adults have a degree
- 9%below the poverty line
- 22 mintypical commute
What people in Erie County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Erie County had 464,902 jobs in 2025, 0.3% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 32° and lows near 19°; warmest in July, with highs near 80° and lows near 63°. About 95 inches of snow and 41 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Buffalo weather station, 7 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Erie County
- Kaleida HealthGeneral hospital6,761FTE
- Buffalo City School DistrictSchool district6,399FTE
- University at BuffaloUniversity or college5,548
- PeopleGroup homes, intellectual and developmental disability4,355
- Moog, Inc. - East AuroraFluid power valves and hose fitting4,216
- Erie County Medical CenterGeneral hospital2,930FTE
- ACV Auctions Inc. - HeadquartersBusiness to business electronic markets, durable goods, wholesale trade2,733
- Mercy Hospital of BuffaloGeneral hospital2,141FTE
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 864 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 128,036 people in all across the county; Clarence has one of its own. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023), school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and colleges from IPEDS (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
- Cold wavesRelatively high
- Winter weatherRelatively high
- Inland floodingRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Clarence’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 Erie County and the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY metro.
Clarence 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.
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 6 Clarence listings — the market is roughly in balance.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Clarence16.36%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Clarence31
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Clarence14
Zip codes with a Clarence address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Clarence — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.