Irving, 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 Irving, Erie County, New York
The Census does not count Irving on its own, so the figures here are Erie County's. Half the county's households earn more than $72,839 a year and half less; 14% of the county's people live below the poverty line. 66% of the county's homes are lived in by their owners and 34% 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 Haiku 5.5 wrote this on 22 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Irving is a town in Erie County, in western New York, where most homes are lived in by their owners. Across Erie County, the population skews toward middle age, and many adults have a college degree. Winters are cold and snowy, with more snow than most of the country sees, while summers are warm and rain falls through the year.
Work. Residents across Erie County work in schools, hospitals and social care, shops, manufacturing, and professional and business services. Unemployment has edged up slightly over the past year, and the county has seen a small drop in jobs. Many people drive to work, and a smaller share work from home.
Things to do. Evangola State Park is a protected area a short drive away, and Wendt Beach Park is a park also a short drive away. For a longer outing, the Buffalo AKG Art Museum is a museum a longer drive away.
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- 409,665households
- 40.4median age
- 38%of adults have a degree
- 14%below the poverty line
- 21 mintypical commute
- 13%work from home
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 31° and lows near 16°; warmest in July, with highs near 79° and lows near 59°. About 208 inches of snow and 54 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Perrysburg weather station, 8 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. 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 wavesVery high
- Winter weatherVery high
- Inland floodingRelatively high
- TornadoesRelatively high
- Ice stormsRelatively high
- LightningRelatively high
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Erie County, 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 Erie County and the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY metro.
Irving 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.
- Irving12
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Irving4
Zip codes with a Irving address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Irving — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.