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Buffalo, NY

276,804 Population
40.4 square miles 6,855.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 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: 40.8 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1

Economics

$27,269 ±$1,575 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: $36,068 ±$797
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New York: $43,078 ±$345
$40,669 ±$3,007 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: $62,794 ±$1,634
  • about half the amount in New York: $74,314 ±$613

26.4% ±2.9% (71,311  ±7,930) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 13.5% 153,660 (±1% / ±11,115)
  • nearly double the rate in New York: 13.9% 2,688,587 (±0.3% / ±47,579)

20.6 minutes ±1.4 (2,075,775  ±176,403) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 20.7 9,641,260 (±0.4 / ±251,986)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in New York: 31.4 227,623,710 (±0.2 / ±1,763,382)

Families

122,569 ±3,241 Number of households
  • the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 503,845 ±3,320
  • New York: 7,652,666 ±17,305
2.2 ±0.1 (268,971  ±2,054) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 2.3 1,134,784 (±0 / ±3,333)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,265,908 (±0)

3.6% ±1.2% (2,689  ±913) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 4.4% † 11,466 (±0.7% / ±1,748)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New York: 4.6% 213,704 (±0.2% / ±8,773)

Housing

137,222 ±3,077 Number of housing units
  • the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 540,365 ±1,499
  • New York: 8,530,561 ±867

$155,200 ±$10,627 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: $192,000 ±$4,166
  • about two-fifths of the amount in New York: $368,800 ±$2,957

14.1% ±1.9% (38,679  ±5,068.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 10.5% 120,690 (±0.8% / ±8,748.2)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New York: 10.4% 2,042,824 (±0.2% / ±41,806.8)

Social

86.6% ±3.7% (159,746  ±7,505.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 92.5% 765,235 (±1.6% / ±13,485.8)
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 88% 12,313,514 (±0.4% / ±59,937.6)
32.8% ±2.3% (60,539  ±4,434.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 36.9% 305,155 (±1.1% / ±8,791.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New York: 39.9% 5,583,687 (±0.3% / ±39,932.6)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2021 5-year data

10.6% ±1.3% (29,299  ±3,717) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 6.3% 73,523 (±0.4% / ±4,735)
  • about half the rate in New York: 22.3% 4,427,356 (±0.2% / ±43,047)

4.4% ±0.8% (9,460  ±1,760) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 6.1% 56,734 (±0.4% / ±3,443)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 3.9% 614,289 (±0.1% / ±12,232)
9,460 Total veterans ±1,760 8,603 Male ±1,626 857 Female ±571

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