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Buffalo, NY Urban Area

949,547 Population
340.5 square miles 2,788.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.1 ±0.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$39,194 ±$1,018 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$66,777 ±$2,052 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

15.4% ±1.2% (142,500  ±10,893) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

21 minutes ±0.6 (8,588,165  ±325,914) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

417,078 ±4,600 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.2 ±0 (921,629  ±7,102) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

5.1% ±0.8% (11,183  ±1,767) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

450,108 ±3,125 Number of housing units
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$230,700 ±$4,683 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

11.6% ±1% (108,671  ±8,984.5) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

92% ±1.8% (617,502  ±12,818.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
37% ±1.2% (248,660  ±7,932.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

11.5% ±1.3% (103,172  ±11,866.2) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about half the rate in United States: 22.5% 71,109,120 (±0.1% / ±222,236.2)

7.8% ±0.6% (73,807  ±5,735) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

6.1% ±0.4% (46,052  ±3,168) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
46,052 Total veterans ±3,168 39,971 Male ±3,020 6,081 Female ±1,620

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