Erie County, New York · HUD 2027 QCT list

Qualified census tracts in Erie County, New York (2027)

58 census tracts in Erie County are qualified census tracts on HUD's 2027 list, home to 185,049 people in the 2020 Census. A LIHTC building in one can take 130% of eligible basis for allocations and bond issues after December 31, 2026. Separately, 6 ZIP code areas in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY MSA are 2027 Small Area DDAs.

582027 qualified census tracts
185,049people in them (2020 Census)
33with a poverty rate of 25% or more (2020-2024 ACS)
31holding a monitored LIHTC property

Tract list

Click a column to sort. A tract's 11-digit GEOID is the county code 36029 followed by the tract number as six digits (tract 92.04 is 009204).
Census tractPopulationPoverty rateMedian household incomeLIHTC properties
1.102,673n/a$45,6980
52,112n/a$37,0741
113,32421.5%$43,0921
14.031,78141.6%$23,9297
14.041,202n/a$20,9742
16.011,61633.7%$36,2501
16.021,358n/a$41,5000
171,90834.5%$29,2361
233,566n/a$41,2500
244,64723.4%$44,1641
25.022,04844.5%$28,2414
27.031,84338.3%n/a2
28.011,51267%$38,7500
28.021,138n/a$37,6940
292,47553.7%$33,4381
303,092n/a$34,9521
33.023,877n/a$35,1271
343,588n/a$46,7891
35.011,72245.3%$19,9470
35.022,272n/a$29,8990
362,826n/a$38,4770
374,90924.1%$47,7080
383,18142.3%$33,4550
40.033,25118.3%$41,3922
414,813n/a$39,2051
423,68946.4%$51,2501
436,373n/a$47,4270
44.022,90050.3%$30,5290
46.013,39426.9%$67,1530
47.012,76636.5%$40,9900
47.024,75237.3%$41,6171
52.022,77839.6%$47,1150
554,36344.9%$26,2501
564,68229.7%$45,7500
573,516n/a$41,6940
58.013,641n/a$41,2740
58.025,58225.8%$47,7752
594,05128.4%$38,8453
615,15529.4%$50,2221
67.023,31428.7%n/a3
69.042,44047.8%$59,6590
71.022,48232.6%$53,2594
71.031,397n/a$37,2300
71.042,64659.8%$22,6864
72.021,564n/a$43,8791
91.123,29528.5%$48,2332
91.154,47833.8%$51,3730
93.015,62523.8%$48,8372
101.023,90322.5%$45,4441
1233,84330.8%$43,7330
1242,364n/a$36,9400
1632,56728.5%$30,3130
1643,06232%$46,2914
1662,887n/a$28,3202
1672,64140%$40,4410
1715,39426.6%$39,7630
1744,63627.6%$48,2994
94002,13525.2%$47,5300

Source: HUD 2027 QCT data file (qct_data_2027.xlsx), the tract figures HUD published with the 2027 list (population: 2020 Census; poverty rate and median household income: 2020-2024 ACS 5-year estimates, blank where HUD's file is blank). LIHTC properties: monitored properties in HUD's LIHTC database (LIHTCPUB, revised May 28, 2026). Designations: FR Doc. 2026-20390.

Changes from 2026: 4 tracts are new for 2027 (1.10, 35.02, 47.01, 91.12); 4 dropped off since 2026 (31, 51, 69.01, 83). All 2027 changes.

How HUD picks these tracts

A tract qualifies when at least half of its households earn under 60% of area median gross income, or its poverty rate is 25% or more. HUD cannot designate more than 20% of a metro or nonmetro area's population, so it ranks eligible tracts and some that pass the tests miss the list. That is why a tract in this county with a high poverty rate may not appear here. The 2027 designations take effect for buildings whose credits are allocated, or whose bonds are issued, after December 31, 2026; a site that drops off a later list keeps its status if a complete application was filed before the new list took effect and credits are allocated within 730 days of that filing (HUD notice, FR Doc. 2026-20390, section VII).

Census tract boundaries do not follow streets you can see, so confirm a site with the address lookup, which returns the tract from the Census geocoder.

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