Cost of living in Erie County
Simple answer
A 2-bedroom fair-market rent is $1,423 a month.
That HUD number covers Erie County, New York, from October 2026 through September 2027. Towns in the county can still have different rents on the ground.
- Studio
- $1,178
- 1 bed
- $1,203
- 2 bed
- $1,423
- 3 bed
- $1,732
- 4 bed
- $1,977
This county is in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY area. BEA's 2024 price index there is 95.8 (U.S. = 100).
SNAP income limit in New York · Medicaid eligibility
Towns in this county
- Buffalo · 276,854 people
- Cheektowaga · 76,056 people
- Tonawanda Town · 56,806 people
- West Seneca · 45,303 people
- Lackawanna · 19,753 people
- Kenmore · 15,044 people
- Tonawanda · 15,030 people
- Depew · 15,000 people
- Eggertsville · 14,894 people
- Lancaster · 10,113 people
- Hamburg · 9,792 people
- University at Buffalo · 7,020 people
- Harris Hill · 6,069 people
- East Aurora · 5,993 people
- Williamsville · 5,469 people
- Grandyle Village · 4,912 people
- Springville · 4,190 people
- Sloan · 3,751 people
- Highland-on-the-Lake · 3,584 people
- Lake Erie Beach · 3,279 people
- Eden · 3,113 people
- Orchard Park · 3,072 people
- Akron · 2,897 people
- Elma Center · 2,814 people
- Gowanda · 2,683 people
- Clarence · 2,673 people
- Wanakah · 2,664 people
- Alden · 2,633 people
- Blasdell · 2,549 people
- Clarence Center · 2,432 people
- Angola · 2,411 people
- North Boston · 2,358 people
- Town Line · 2,229 people
- Angola on the Lake · 1,707 people
- Billington Heights · 1,610 people