Hamburg, New York.
, asking rent $1,371 (+2.3%). 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
Asking rents in Hamburg, NY rose 2.3% over the past year — slower than the nation's +2.7%.
Living in Hamburg, Erie County, New York
Hamburg is a village of 9,696 people in Erie County. Half its households earn more than $112,292 a year and half less, against $72,839 across Erie County; 3% of its people live below the poverty line. 76% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 24% 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 professional services.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Hamburg is a village in Erie County, south of Buffalo, with a population on the older side and a strong tradition of home ownership. Most homes are lived in by their owners, household incomes run well above the county's, and relatively few people live in poverty. Winters are cold and very snowy, with January the coldest month, while July brings warm days and the year is fairly wet overall.
Work. Residents work mainly in schools, hospitals and social care, in professional and business services, in restaurants, hotels and entertainment, and in government. Among the larger workplaces in Hamburg are Tops Markets, Elderwood Assisted Living At Hamburg and K&H Industries. Many adults hold a four-year degree, a typical commute is a moderate one, and a fair number of people work from home.
Things to do. A short drive away are Chestnut Ridge Park, a protected area, and Eternal Flame Falls, a waterfall. Highmark Stadium, a stadium, is also a short drive away. Farther afield, Niagara Falls, one of the best known waterfalls anywhere, is a longer drive.
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- 4,327households
- 51%of adults have a degree
- 3%below the poverty line
- 22 mintypical commute
- 14%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, 8 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Hamburg
- Tops MarketsGrocery stores180
- Elderwood Assisted Living At HamburgHomes for the aged with nursing care88
- K&H IndustriesPower supplies, regulated and unregulated, manufacturing63
- Brown Security SolutionsAlarm systems sales combined with installation, repair, or monitoring services62
- Staub Precision MachineMachine shops34
- Urban Valet Dry Cleaners, Inc - PlantDrycleaning plants33
- JMA DistributorsHome centers, building materials23
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 7 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 483 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
- Cold wavesRelatively high
- Winter weatherRelatively high
- Inland floodingRelatively high
- Ice stormsRelatively moderate
- TornadoesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Hamburg’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. 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.
Hamburg 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 Hamburg listings, and the typical home goes pending in 12 days — 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.
- Hamburg23.97%
- United States26.90%
Days to pending
How long the typical listing takes to go under contract.
- Hamburg12
- United States27
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Hamburg123
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Hamburg65
Sale-to-list ratio
Above 100%, homes sell over asking; below, buyers negotiate wins.
- Hamburg107.36%
Zip codes with a Hamburg address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Hamburg — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.
Zip codes in Hamburg
| Zip activate to sort by Zip | Place activate to sort by Place | Population sorted descending, activate to sort ascending | Rent activate to sort by Rent | Home value activate to sort by Home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14075 | Hamburg | 44,520 | $1,354 | $335,794 |
| 14219 | Buffalo | 10,652 | $2,495 | $259,599 |