What is the population of Salamanca city?

Salamanca city has 5,878 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #316 of 1,292 in New York.

What is the median household income in Salamanca city?

Median household income in Salamanca city is $39,871 a year, 49.2% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Salamanca city?

Median gross rent is $702 a month and the median home value is $78,000, so rent absorbs about 21.1% of median household income.

Is Salamanca city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Salamanca city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 21.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Salamanca, NY population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Salamanca, New York (Salamanca, NY — Census place “Salamanca city”) is 5,878 residents, ranking #316 of 1292 places in New York. Median household income is $39,871, the median home is worth $78,000 and median gross rent runs $702 a month. Looking for the Salamanca New York ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Salamanca, NY: 14779.

Population: 5,878Salamanca city residents
Median household income: $39,871Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $78,000Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $702Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 38.6 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 53.4%Owner-occupied households

Salamanca ZIP codes (New York)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Salamanca.

The Salamanca NY ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

14779

What the numbers mean in Salamanca city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Salamanca city median would spend about 21.1% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.0× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 24.3% of residents and 53.4% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Salamanca city, NY in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Salamanca city is a mid-size town in New York, with 5,878 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #316 of 1,292 ranked by population — larger than 75% of them. The median age here is 38.6 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Salamanca city earn a median of $39,871 a year, 49.2% below the national figure of $78,538 and 57% below the $91,806 median for the 847 New York cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 24.3% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.

The typical owner-occupied home in Salamanca city is valued at $78,000, 74.3% below the national figure and 75% below the $315,800 peer median, while median gross rent runs $702 a month, 50.1% below the national figure, or roughly $8,424 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 21.1% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 53.4% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Salamanca city?: Salamanca city has 5,878 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #316 of 1,292 in New York.
What is the median household income in Salamanca city?: Median household income in Salamanca city is $39,871 a year, 49.2% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Salamanca city?: Median gross rent is $702 a month and the median home value is $78,000, so rent absorbs about 21.1% of median household income.
Is Salamanca city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Salamanca city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 21.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Salamanca city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.