Clarence CenterNY
Population 2,432: a town in New York.
Is Clarence Center a good place to live?
62% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Clarence Center, where New York’s towns sit at 32% and U.S. towns at 29%. Among 759 New York towns, just 2 have a lower share of working residents who work in town than Clarence Center. We don’t grade Clarence Center yet; the figures below are still real.
Clarence Center has grown 15% from 2010 to 2020
2,257 counted in 2010 and 2,605 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
Niagara Falls and 42 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Clarence Center. Close and well known come first.
Big draw23 mi WaterfallNiagara Falls
Big draw18 mi Stadium & arenaHighmark Stadium
Big draw18 mi Stadium & arenaRalph Wilson Stadium
23 mi WaterfallHorseshoe Falls
16 mi Stadium & arenaKeyBank Center
16 mi MuseumUSS The SullivansPhoto credits
Niagara Falls: Robert F. Tobler, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Highmark Stadium: James161723, CC0 · Ralph Wilson Stadium: User Evilarry on en.wikipedia, Public domain · Horseshoe Falls: Ujjwal Kumar, Public domain · KeyBank Center: Andre Carrotflower, CC BY-SA 4.0 · USS The Sullivans: Unknown, Public domain
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Moving to Clarence Center: who provides what
Clarence Center is unincorporated, so Erie County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Clarence Center.
Clarence Center has a low natural-hazard risk, chiefly from inland flooding
The risk rating from FEMA for Clarence Center comes to 21 of 100. FEMA puts nearly three quarters of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 17% to cold waves. Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 79% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Clarence Center stands out in New York and nationally, with fewer of its residents who live below the poverty line
Clarence Center’s median household income stands at $143,000. Employers in Clarence Center shed 288 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 374. Only 1% of working residents stay in Clarence Center for work; the rest commute out. The top destinations are Amherst (22%), Buffalo (19%) and Clarence (16%).
| Clarence Center | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $143,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 1.7% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Snowy winters and pleasant summers: that is Clarence Center’s year
Clarence Center’s July high comes in at 81°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Zillow puts the typical Clarence Center home at about $595K
Home values are up 5.5% over the year to September 2026. The share of households in Clarence Center who live in a home they own: 91%.
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Compared with most of New York and the rest of the country, more of Clarence Center’s adults had a checkup this year
In Clarence Center, 30% of adults have high blood pressure. CDC measures, 32 in all: Clarence Center beats New York on 19 and trails on 2. Among adults locally, 13% report frequent mental distress and 8.6% smoke cigarettes.
| Clarence Center | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 32% | 33% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 16% | 17% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 8.6% | 13% | 14% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 84% | 81% | 79% |
| What stands out | Clarence Center | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 6.8% | 17.2% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 3.3% | 7.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.1% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Everything we know about Clarence Center
Colleges nearby
9 within 15 miles of the center of Clarence Center
About 7 of every 100 Clarence Center residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New York.
99% of working residents leave Clarence Center for work
Where Clarence Center’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Clarence Center
Census-designated place in New York, United States
Clarence Center is an affluent hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Clarence in Erie County, New York, United States. Clarence Center (14032) is the most expensive zip code in all of Western New York and Central New York. It is the second most expensive zip code in Upstate New York with only 12866 (Saratoga Springs) having a higher average home price. The population was 3,337 as of 2021. It is part of the Buffalo-Niagara Falls metropolitan area. Clarence Center, within the south-central part of the town, is the location of most of the town government facilities, although the actual town hall is within the Clarence postal zone. Clarence Center is also one of the postal zon…
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- Area
- 2.3 sq mi
- Elevation
- 633 ft
- ZIP code
- 14032
Questions about Clarence Center
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Clarence Center, NY a good place to live?
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