Eden, New York.
. 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 Eden, Erie County, New York
Eden, in Erie County, had 3,346 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $84,900 a year and half less, against $72,839 across Erie County; 11% of its people live below the poverty line. 87% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 13% 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 residents work in schools and health care, then government.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Eden is a small community in Erie County where nearly everyone owns the home they live in. Household incomes run higher than across the county as a whole, and a good share of adults hold a four-year degree. Winters are cold and very snowy, with January the coldest month, and summers are mild, with July the warmest. Precipitation is plentiful through the year.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, with government, shops, and restaurants, hotels and entertainment also employing many. Across Erie County, the largest workplaces include Kaleida Health, the Buffalo City School District and the University at Buffalo. Most people travel a fair way to work, and a small number work from home.
Things to do. A short drive away, Chestnut Ridge Park is a protected area for time outdoors, and Eternal Flame Falls is a waterfall known for its unusual flame. Eighteen Mile Creek, also a short drive off, offers a creek to explore. For a longer drive, the Buffalo AKG Art Museum is an art museum, and Highmark Stadium, also close by, is a stadium for football fans.
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- 1,236households
- 31%of adults have a degree
- 11%below the poverty line
- 25 mintypical commute
- 6%work from home
What residents 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 30° and lows near 16°; warmest in July, with highs near 77° and lows near 59°. About 168 inches of snow and 53 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Colden 1W weather station, 10 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; Eden 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
- TornadoesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Eden’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.
Eden 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 4 Eden 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.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Eden18
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Eden8
Zip codes with a Eden address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Eden — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.