Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
Gay men: 0.3% of all households
Housing units in zip code 14228 with a mortgage: 2,771 (73 second mortgage, 811 home equity loan, 44 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 960
Median monthly owner costs for units with a mortgage: $1,433
Median monthly owner costs for units without a mortgage: $571
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2010:
This zip code:
17.4%
Whole state:
14.4%
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2010:
Notable locations in this zip code not listed on our city pages:
Notable locations in zip code 14228: Amherst Town Wastewater Treatment Plant 16 (A), North Amherst Fire Company (B), Ellicott Creek Volunteer Fire Company (C), Amherst Museum (D). Display/hide their locations on the map
Churches in zip code 14228 include: Saint Pius the X Church (A), Amherst Baptist Church (B), Amherst Sonrise Church of the Nazarene (C), Creekside Assembly of God (D), Friendship Lutheran Church (E), Grace and Truth Church (F), Friendship Lutheran Church (G). Display/hide their locations on the map
2,173 married couples with children.
1,279 single-parent households (286 men, 993 women).
86.4% of residents of 14228 zip code speak English at home.
16.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (32% very well, 8% well, 55% not well, 5% not at all).
19.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (35% very well, 17% well, 23% not well, 24% not at all).
20.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (38% very well, 20% well, 39% not well, 3% not at all).
18.4% of residents speak other language at home (14% very well, 64% well, 11% not well, 11% not at all).
Foreign born population: 1,961 (12.7%) (38.5% of them are naturalized citizens)
This zip code:
12.7%
Whole state:
21.9%
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
Korea (12%)
India (10%)
Canada (9%)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (8%)
Taiwan (7%)
Russia (5%)
Lebanon (5%)
Year of entry for the foreign-born population
2000 or later: 1,127
1990 to 1999: 419
1980 to 1989: 302
Before 1980: 409
Races in zip code 14228:
White population: 12,963 Black population: 2,546 American Indian population: 237 Asian population: 1,265 Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander population: 51 Some other race population: 186 Two or more races population: 190 Hispanic or Latino population: 464
Major facilities with environmental interests located in this zip code:
AMHERST SD #16 STP (455 TONAWANDA CREEK ROAD in AMHERST, NY)
AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS) STATE MASTER (New York facility tracking) - National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit, AIR PROGRAM, SOLID WASTE PROGRAM, SOLID WASTE PROGRAM, GRANTS AND PLANNING, National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit, HAZARDOUS WASTE PROGRAM National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit HAZARDOUS WASTE BIENNIAL REPORTER (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Large Quantity Generators, more that 1000 kg of hazardous waste/month (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Business SIC classification: SEWERAGE SYSTEMS Business NAICS classification: SEWAGE TREATMENT FACILITIES. Organizations: AMHERST (T) (CONTACT/OWNER)
, AMHERST - T (LEGALLY RESPONSIBLE PARTY)
Alternative names: AMHERST SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT, AMHERST (T), AMHERST (T) WWTF #16, WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT #16
INTERNATIONAL IMAGING (310 COMMERCE DRIVE in AMHERST, NY)
AIR MAJOR (AIRS/AFS) STATE MASTER (New York facility tracking) - AIR PROGRAM, AIR MAJOR, HAZARDOUS WASTE PROGRAM, National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit CRITERIA AND HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANT INVENTORY (Inventory of air pollution sources) HAZARDOUS WASTE BIENNIAL REPORTER (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Large Quantity Generators, more that 1000 kg of hazardous waste/month (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification TRI REPORTER (Tracking of toxic chemicals releasing facilities) Business SIC classification: CARBON PAPER AND INKED RIBBONS Business NAICS classification: CARBON PAPER AND INKED RIBBON MANUFACTURING.; CARBON PAPER AND INKED RIBBON MANUFACTURING.; CARBON PAPER AND INKED RIBBON MANUFACTURING. Organizations: IIMAK (CONTACT/OPERATOR)
, INTERNATIONAL IMAGING MATERIALS INC (LEGALLY RESPONSIBLE PARTY)
Alternative names: IIMAK, INTER IMAGING MATERIALS, INTERNATIONAL IMAGING MAT TONAWA, PAXAR IIMAC, PAXAR IIMAK
ANDCO ENVIRONMENTAL PROC INC (595 COMMERCE DR in AMHERST, NY)
STATE MASTER (New York facility tracking) - AIR PROGRAM (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Alternative names: ANDCO ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESSES
AIR SEP CORPORATION (260 CREEKSIDE DR in BUFFALO, NY)
STATE MASTER (New York facility tracking) - AIR PROGRAM Small Quantity Generators, between 100 kg and 1000 kg of hazardous waste/month (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Business SIC classification: GENERAL INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT
HERITAGE HTS ES ( in AMHERST, NY)
(National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-140207060008 Organizations: SWEET HOME CSD (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
INNOVATIVE CHEMICAL CORP (55 WOODRIDGE DR in AMHERST, NY)
COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Tracking inspections of insecticide, fungicide, and rodenticide, and toxic substances) (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Organizations: OWNERNAME (CONTACT/OWNER)
Alternative names: INOVATIVE CHEMICAL CORP
INNOVATIVE CHEMICAL CORPORATION (711 NORTHLAND AVENUE in BUFFALO, NY)
Small Quantity Generators, between 100 kg and 1000 kg of hazardous waste/month (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) TRI REPORTER (Tracking of toxic chemicals releasing facilities) Business SIC classification: CHEMICALS AND CHEMICAL PREPARATIONS Organizations: GARY ROBINSON/JIM TIMLIN/BRUCE GUARID (CONTACT/OPERATOR)
, JEFF PLESH (CONTACT/OWNER)
Alternative names: INNOVATIVE CHEMICAL CORP., BUFFALO, RICHFIELD CORP
A T S I INC (415 COMMERCE DR in AMHERST, NY)
(Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
AIR SEP CORP (401 CREEKSIDE DR in BUFFALO, NY)
(Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
ALLSAFE TECHNOLOGIES (290 CREEKSIDE DR in AMHERST, NY)
Small Quantity Generators, between 100 kg and 1000 kg of hazardous waste/month (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Organizations: JAMES E POKORNOWSKI (CONTACT/OPERATOR)
, POKORNOWSKI & SONS LLC (CONTACT/OWNER)
AMHERST CUSTOM CHEMICALS INC (1576 SWEET HOME RD - 2ND FLOOR in AMHERST, NY)
Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generators, less than 100 kg/month of hazardous waste (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Organizations: UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO FOUNDATION INC (CONTACT/OPERATOR)
AMHERST TOWN OF OAKWOOD GOLF COURSE (3575 TONAWANDA CREEK RD in AMHERST, NY)
Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generators, less than 100 kg/month of hazardous waste (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification HAZARDOUS WASTE BIENNIAL REPORTER (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Organizations: TOWN OF AMHERST (CONTACT/OWNER)
HOME DEPOT USA INC HD1233 (2065 NIAGARA FALLS BLVD in AMHERST, NY)
Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generators, less than 100 kg/month of hazardous waste (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification Alternative names: HOME DEPOT THE 1233
Fire-safe hotels and motels in zip code 14228:
Holiday Inn Buffalo Amherst, 1881 Niagara FLS Blvd, Amherst, NY 14228 , Phone: (716) 691-8181, Fax: (716) 691-4965
Extended Stay America, 125 Inn Keepers Ln, Buffalo, NY 14228 , Phone: (716) 564-0620, Fax: (716) 564-0630
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 3.6%
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
Utility gas (78%)
Electricity (10%)
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)
Wood (3%)
Other fuel (1%)
Population in 1990: 1,813. Population change in the 1990s: +17,900 (+987.3%).
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 14,358
Northeast: 816
Midwest: 1,077
South: 1,143
West: 149
48% of the 14228 zip code residents lived in the same house 5 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 59% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 50% lived in New York.
Year Householders Moved Into Unit:
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 575
Here:
28.9%
New York:
14.0%
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 1,193
Here:
65.5%
New York:
12.8%
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 618
Here:
20.5%
New York:
36.6%
Educational Attainment (%)
School Enrollment by Level of School (%)
Class of Workers (%)
Companies with biggest federal contracts located in this zip code:
AMBP TECH CORP (UNIV OF BUFFALO in AMHERST, NJ; small business) : $2,386,956 in 9 contractsfrom 2000 to 2006
Contracts for Other Research and Development -- Basic Research (R&D), Services -- Applied Research and Exploratory Development (R&D), Defense Aircraft -- Management and Support (R&D), Other Defense -- Applied Research and Exploratory Development (R&D), and moreby Army, Air Force, NASA Signed by year:2000: $300,000; 2001: $338,724; 2002: $1,409,467; 2003: $0; 2004: $99,000; 2005: $169,765; 2006: $70,000.
Biggest contracts:
$1,148,191 with Army for Other Research and Development -- Basic Research (R&D). Taking place in NJ. Signed on 2002-11-14. Completion date: 2004-11-30.
$338,724 with Air Force for Services -- Applied Research and Exploratory Development (R&D). Taking place in NJ. Signed on 2001-01-10. Completion date: 2002-09-30.
$300,000, same as above.Signed on 2000-07-20. Completion date: 2002-09-30.
$161,276, same as above.Signed on 2002-04-05. Completion date: 2002-09-30.
HATCH ACRES CORPORATION (100 SYLVAN PARKWAY, SUITE in AMHERST, NY) : $898,466 in 16 contractsfrom 2000 to 2006
Contracts for Architect - Engineer Services (including landscaping, interior layout, and designing), Construction of Structures and Facilities -- Dams, Other Quality Control, Testing and Inspection Services -- Miscellaneous by Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - civil program financing only Signed by year:2000: $171,352; 2001: $0; 2002: $0; 2003: $98,858; 2004: $83,824; 2005: $480,039; 2006: $64,393.
Biggest contracts:
$185,000 with Army for Architect - Engineer Services (including landscaping, interior layout, and designing). Taking place in TN. Signed on 2005-07-27. Completion date: 2007-01-27.
$185,000 with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - civil program financing only for Architect - Engineer Services (including landscaping, interior layout, and designing). Taking place in TN. Signed on 2005-07-27. Completion date: 2007-01-27.
$133,418 with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - civil program financing only for Construction of Structures and Facilities -- Dams. Taking place in AR. Signed on 2000-12-14. Completion date: 2001-07-01.
$50,771 with Army for Architect - Engineer Services (including landscaping, interior layout, and designing). Taking place in TN. Signed on 2005-12-15. Completion date: 2007-01-27.
JANYA, INC (1408 SWEET HOME RD STE 1 in AMHERST, NY; small business) : $849,967 in 3 contractsin 2006
$375,000 with Air Force for Other Defense -- Applied Research and Exploratory Development (R&D). Signed on 2006-05-19. Completion date: 2008-05-19.
$375,000, same as above.Signed on 2006-06-01. Completion date: 2008-06-01.
$99,967, same as above.Signed on 2006-04-14. Completion date: 2007-01-13.
COLUMBUS MC KINNON CORPORATION (140 JOHN JAMES AUDUBON PK in AMHERST, NY; small business) : $301,486 in 12 contractsfrom 1999 to 2005
Contracts for Chain and Wire Rope, Winches, Hoists, Cranes, and Derricks, Miscellaneous Materials Handling Equipment, Miscellaneous Battery Retaining Fixtures and Liners, and moreby Defense Logistics Agency, Navy, Army Signed by year:2000: $26,100; 2001: $99,192; 2002: $0; 2003: $0; 2004: $43,080; 2005: $96,044; 2006: $0.
Biggest contracts:
$69,657 with Defense Logistics Agency for Chain and Wire Rope. Signed on 2001-01-30. Completion date: 2001-03-31.
$52,750 with Navy for Winches, Hoists, Cranes, and Derricks. Taking place in PA. Signed on 2005-06-02. Completion date: 2005-09-30.
$37,070 with Defense Logistics Agency for Winches, Hoists, Cranes, and Derricks. Signed on 1999-11-08. Completion date: 2000-02-24.
$29,535 with Defense Logistics Agency for Miscellaneous Materials Handling Equipment. Signed on 2001-04-02. Completion date: 2001-06-30.
AUDUBON MACHINERY CORP (70 JOHN GLENN DR in AMHERST, NY; small business) : $298,238 in 8 contractsfrom 2005 to 2006
Contracts for Laboratory Equipment and Supplies, Medical and Surgical Instruments, Equipment, and Supplies, Gas Generating and Dispensing Systems, Fixed or Mobile, by Army, Department of Veterans Affairs, Navy, NASA, and others Signed by year:2000: $0; 2001: $0; 2002: $0; 2003: $0; 2004: $0; 2005: $279,558; 2006: $18,680.
Biggest contracts:
$129,850 with Army for Laboratory Equipment and Supplies. Taking place in MD. Signed on 2005-09-14. Completion date: 2006-01-16.
$125,990 with Department of Veterans Affairs for Medical and Surgical Instruments, Equipment, and Supplies. Taking place in CA. Signed on 2005-08-26. Completion date: 2005-12-31.
$20,138 with Navy for Laboratory Equipment and Supplies. Signed on 2005-09-24. Completion date: 2005-12-23.
$18,605 with NASA for Gas Generating and Dispensing Systems, Fixed or Mobile. Signed on 2006-03-28. Completion date: 2006-05-02.
HYBRID TECHNOLOGIES (1576 SWEET HOME ROAD in AMHERST, NY; small business) : $134,994 in 2 contractsin 2001
$70,000 with Navy for Other Defense -- Management and Support (R&D). Signed on 2001-06-28. Completion date: 2002-01-15.
$64,994 with Air Force for Physical Sciences -- Management and Support (R&D). Signed on 2001-10-24. Completion date: 2002-04-24.
SIEMENS BUILDING TECHNOLOGIES, (85 NORTHPOINTE PARKWAY in AMHERST, NY) : $123,878 in 7 contractsfrom 2003 to 2006
Contracts for Air Pollution -- Basic Research (R&D), Other Professional Services by Department of Veterans Affairs, Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - civil program financing only Signed by year:2000: $0; 2001: $0; 2002: $0; 2003: $2,830; 2004: $111,958; 2005: $6,000; 2006: $3,090.
Biggest contracts:
$106,128 with Department of Veterans Affairs for Air Pollution -- Basic Research (R&D). Taking place in CT. Signed on 2004-01-31. Completion date: 2005-01-30.
$3,090 with Army for Other Professional Services. Signed on 2006-03-24. Completion date: 2007-05-06.
$3,000, same as above.Signed on 2005-04-18. Completion date: 2004-07-30.
$3,000 with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - civil program financing only for Other Professional Services. Signed on 2005-04-18. Completion date: 2004-07-30.
ADVANCED CYTOMETRY INSTRUMENTA (1576 SWEETHOME RD in AMHERST, NY; small business)
$99,998 with Army for Other Research and Development -- Basic Research (R&D). Signed on 2002-08-19. Completion date: 2003-03-02.
PARKER BAY ENGINEERING, P C (4050 RIDGE LEA ROAD in BUFFALO, NY; small business) : $98,900 in 5 contractsfrom 2003 to 2004
Contracts for Technical Assistance by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - civil program financing only, Army Signed by year:2000: $0; 2001: $0; 2002: $0; 2003: $72,600; 2004: $26,300; 2005: $0; 2006: $0.
Biggest contracts:
$51,500 with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - civil program financing only for Technical Assistance. Taking place in AL. Signed on 2003-07-23. Completion date: 2003-09-30.
$21,100 with Army for Technical Assistance. Taking place in AL. Signed on 2003-04-11. Completion date: 2003-09-30.
$18,200, same as above.Signed on 2004-02-03. Completion date: 2003-09-30.
$8,100, same as above.Signed on 2004-11-16. Completion date: 2005-03-31.
MARK IV INDUSTRIES INC (501 JOHN JAMES AUDUBON PK in BUFFALO, In)
$81,158 with Defense Logistics Agency for Combination and Miscellaneous Instruments. Taking place in CA. Signed on 2002-06-05. Completion date: 2002-12-02.
Top industries in this zip code by the number of employees in 2005:
Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services: Temporary Help Services (over 1000 employees: 1 establishment, 100-249 employees: 1 establishment, 20-49 employees: 1 establishment, 10-19 employees: 2 establishments)
Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services: Professional Employer Organizations (over 1000: 1, 50-99: 1, 20-49: 1, 1-4: 1)
Finance and Insurance: Direct Property and Casualty Insurance Carriers (250-499: 1, 100-249: 2, 20-49: 1, 10-19: 1, 1-4: 1)