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Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area

1,155,604 Population
1,565.1 square miles 738.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.2 ±0.3 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$40,027 ±$908 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$69,861 ±$1,917 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

14.2% ±1% (160,164  ±11,564) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

21.8 minutes ±0.6 (10,893,095  ±361,818) 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

502,324 ±4,229 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.2 ±0 (1,124,827  ±2,375) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

5% ±0.7% (12,915  ±1,767) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

543,065 ±1,059 Number of housing units
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$233,300 ±$4,208 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

10.6% ±0.8% (121,768  ±9,321.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

92.4% ±1.7% (762,145  ±13,671.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
35.7% ±1% (294,400  ±8,299.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

10.2% ±0.7% (111,992  ±8,058.1) 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)

6.8% (78,735  ±5,681) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

6.4% ±0.4% (58,715  ±3,409) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
58,715 Total veterans ±3,409 51,564 Male ±3,177 7,151 Female ±1,719

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