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Buffalo, NY

274,686 Population
40.4 square miles 6,802.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.7 ±1.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 41.2 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 40.2 ±0.2

Economics

$30,831 ±$2,157 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: $40,027 ±$908
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New York: $48,847 ±$350
$46,458 ±$3,039 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: $69,861 ±$1,917
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New York: $82,095 ±$500

27.6% ±2.7% (74,258  ±7,122) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 14.2% 160,164 (±1% / ±11,564)
  • about double the rate in New York: 14.2% 2,702,955 (±0.3% / ±50,606)

20.4 minutes ±0.9 (2,216,095  ±146,236) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 21.8 10,893,095 (±0.6 / ±361,818)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in New York: 32.8 270,341,980 (±0.2 / ±2,010,778)

Families

123,347 ±3,761 Number of households
  • the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 502,324 ±4,229
  • New York: 7,809,267 ±17,008
2.2 ±0.1 (267,523  ±142) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 2.2 1,124,827 (±0 / ±2,375)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 2.4 † 18,954,246 (±71.1 / ±-555,555,600)

5.2% ±1.7% (3,724  ±1,214) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 5% † 12,915 (±0.7% / ±1,767)
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 4.9% 223,651 (±0.2% / ±9,540)

Housing

140,554 ±3,912 Number of housing units
  • the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 543,065 ±1,059
  • New York: 8,631,232 ±832

$174,200 ±$12,243 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: $233,300 ±$4,208
  • about two-fifths of the amount in New York: $420,200 ±$4,220

15.3% ±2.2% (41,731  ±6,089) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 10.6% 121,768 (±0.8% / ±9,321.6)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New York: 9.6% 1,865,276 (±0.2% / ±35,369.7)

Social

86.6% ±3.4% (162,297  ±7,497.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 92.4% 762,145 (±1.7% / ±13,671.9)
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 88.3% 12,264,360 (±0.4% / ±57,263.1)
31.2% ±2.1% (58,435  ±4,151.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 35.7% 294,400 (±1% / ±8,299.2)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New York: 40.6% 5,642,907 (±0.3% / ±38,336)

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

10.4% ±1.5% (28,655  ±4,113) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 6.8% † 78,735 (±3,275.5% / ±5,681)
  • about half the rate in New York: 23.1% † 4,517,996 (±,655.3% / ±40,543)

5.6% ±1% (12,043  ±2,252) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 6.4% 58,715 (±0.4% / ±3,409)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New York: 3.6% 563,400 (±0.1% / ±10,870)
12,043 Total veterans ±2,252 9,594 Male ±2,011 2,449 Female ±1,137

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