West Falls, 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 West Falls, Erie County, New York
The Census does not count West Falls 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. West Falls is a town in Erie County, in western New York. The figures on this page are for the whole county, since the Census does not count the town on its own. Across Erie County, most homes are lived in by their owners, and the winters are cold while the summers are mild, with January the coldest month and July the warmest.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, in shops, in manufacturing, or in professional and business services. Unemployment across Erie County has edged up over the past year, and the county has recently had slightly fewer jobs than the year before. Some residents work from home, and a good many adults hold a four-year degree.
Things to do. The Niagara River, a river a longer drive away, is one of the best known natural features in the area. Closer by, Chestnut Ridge Park is a protected area a short drive away. The Buffalo AKG Art Museum, a museum a longer drive away, is another option for a day out.
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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 15°; warmest in July, with highs near 78° and lows near 57°.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Colden North weather station, 3 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.
West Falls 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.
- West Falls6
Zip codes with a West Falls address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls West Falls — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.