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Buffalo, NY

276,618 Population
40.4 square miles 6,850.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.5 ±0.9 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 41.3 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 40.1 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$32,455 ±$1,768 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: $42,171 ±$804
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New York: $51,002 ±$412
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$52,211 ±$3,012 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: $72,300 ±$1,724
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New York: $85,820 ±$653
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

23% ±3% (62,247  ±8,029) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 12.9% 145,707 (±1.1% / ±11,924)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New York: 14% 2,704,799 (±0.3% / ±50,713)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

19.3 minutes ±0.5 (2,153,175  ±122,795) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 21.5 10,840,200 (±0.5 / ±304,096)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in New York: 33.2 279,586,620 (±0.2 / ±1,926,387)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

119,620 ±3,310 Number of households
  • the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 504,693 ±4,292
  • New York: 7,828,074 ±18,401
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.2 ±0.1 (268,070  ±295) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 2.2 1,125,961 (±0 / ±1,127)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,188,964
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

6.8% ±2.2% (4,985  ±1,604) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 5.4% † 14,028 (±0.9% / ±2,302)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New York: 4.7% 219,646 (±0.2% / ±8,685)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

136,533 ±3,087 Number of housing units
  • the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 543,994 ±529
  • New York: 8,676,911 ±743
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$187,000 ±$13,683 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: $253,200 ±$4,883
  • about two-fifths of the amount in New York: $449,800 ±$3,718
  • about half the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

12.7% ±1.9% (34,733  ±5,235.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 9.5% 109,661 (±0.8% / ±9,219.3)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New York: 9.3% 1,836,837 (±0.2% / ±36,336)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

88.8% ±3.5% (166,796  ±7,315.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 93% 772,311 (±1.6% / ±13,333.8)
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 88% 12,430,128 (±0.4% / ±58,727.5)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
32.7% ±2.2% (61,343  ±4,287.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 38.3% 317,769 (±1.1% / ±8,947.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New York: 41.2% 5,819,065 (±0.3% / ±39,724.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

14% ±2% (38,662  ±5,604) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 7.9% 91,374
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New York: 23.3% 4,621,382
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

4.7% ±0.8% (10,173  ±1,703) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 5.5% 51,312 (±0.4% / ±3,529)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New York: 3.5% 550,582 (±0.1% / ±11,292)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
10,173 Total veterans ±1,703 9,719 Male ±1,640 454 Female ±297

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