Population: 276,854
Households: 119,630
Average household size: 2.25
Median age: 34.3 years
Median household income: $50,041
Housing units: 136,850

Population comparison

2020 Census278,349

2024 estimate276,854

Change−0.5%

Population: 276,854
Median age: 34.3 years
Male: 132,086
Female: 144,768

Median age by sex

Male median age: 33.7 years
Female median age: 35.1 years

Age by sexPopulation distribution

8,481Under 58,265

22,7215–1722,334

14,22718–2415,999

23,64025–3425,510

16,55735–4418,740

14,18445–5414,718

15,47555–6416,724

16,80165+22,478

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5–17

Male

5–9: 8,752
10–14: 8,957
15–17: 5,012

Female

5–9: 9,449
10–14: 8,021
15–17: 4,864

18–24

Male

18–19: 4,057
20: 2,150
21: 2,658
22–24: 5,362

Female

18–19: 3,820
20: 2,284
21: 2,904
22–24: 6,991

25–34

Male

25–29: 11,763
30–34: 11,877

Female

25–29: 13,362
30–34: 12,148

35–44

Male

35–39: 8,311
40–44: 8,246

Female

35–39: 10,012
40–44: 8,728

45–54

Male

45–49: 7,377
50–54: 6,807

Female

45–49: 7,121
50–54: 7,597

55–64

Male

55–59: 7,900
60–61: 3,656
62–64: 3,919

Female

55–59: 8,605
60–61: 3,089
62–64: 5,030

65+

Male

65–66: 2,844
67–69: 3,728
70–74: 4,720
75–79: 2,636
80–84: 1,632
85+: 1,241

Female

65–66: 3,601
67–69: 4,449
70–74: 5,964
75–79: 3,214
80–84: 2,671
85+: 2,579

RaceMutually exclusive counts

White alone: 122,70944.3%
Black alone: 89,10732.2%
Two or more races: 24,8569.0%
Asian alone: 24,3648.8%
Some other race: 14,5715.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native: 1,2330.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander: 140.0%

Derived from published counts

Ethnicity

Hispanic or Latino: 33,987
White, not Hispanic: 117,470

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity and White, not Hispanic are reported separately from race.

Family households: 58,300
Married-couple share: 49.5%
With children: 53%

Household sizeShare of households

48,71640.7%

1 person

35,22429.4%

2 people

15,05112.6%

3 people

10,7849.0%

4 people

9,8558.2%

5+ people

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5+ people

5 People: 5,752
6 People: 2,343
7 Plus People: 1,760

Family householdsEach subgroup is compared with its parent

All family households58,300

Married-couple families28,83349.5% of family households

With children: 11,88641.2%
Without children: 16,94758.8%

Other families29,46750.5% of family households

Male householder: 6,00520.4%
Female householder: 23,46279.6%

Family households values
Group	Value	Share of parent
All family households	58,300	Not applicable
Married-couple families	28,833	49.5%
With children	11,886	41.2%
Without children	16,947	58.8%
Other families	29,467	50.5%
Male householder	6,005	20.4%
Female householder	23,462	79.6%

Median household: $50,041
Median family: $61,095
Per capita: $31,843

Household incomeShare of households

32,68827.3%

Under $25k

27,09122.6%

$25–49k

20,59517.2%

$50–74k

13,31111.1%

$75–99k

14,00211.7%

$100–149k

5,6454.7%

$150–199k

6,2985.3%

$200k+

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Under $25k

Under $10,000: 10,952
$10,000–$14,999: 9,798
$15,000–$19,999: 6,160
$20,000–$24,999: 5,778

$25–49k

$25,000–$29,999: 6,024
$30,000–$34,999: 5,458
$35,000–$39,999: 5,042
$40,000–$44,999: 5,666
$45,000–$49,999: 4,901

$50–74k

$50,000–$59,999: 8,353
$60,000–$74,999: 12,242

$100–149k

$100,000–$124,999: 8,735
$125,000–$149,999: 5,267

Education universe: 184,827
High school or higher: 87%
Bachelor’s or higher: 31.2%

Educational attainmentAttainment distribution

9,9175.4%

Less than 9th grade

14,1107.6%

Grades 9–12, no diploma

49,90327.0%

High school or equivalent

35,43919.2%

Some college, no degree

17,8149.6%

Associate degree

31,45117.0%

Bachelor’s degree

26,19314.2%

Graduate or professional

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Less than 9th grade

No Schooling: 5,516
Nursery School: 32
Kindergarten: 51
First Grade: 145
Second Grade: 60
Third Grade: 383
Fourth Grade: 219
Fifth Grade: 270
Sixth Grade: 674
Seventh Grade: 542
Eighth Grade: 2,025

Grades 9–12, no diploma

Ninth Grade: 1,488
Tenth Grade: 3,156
Eleventh Grade: 4,323
Twelfth No Diploma: 5,143

High school or equivalent

Regular High School Diploma: 38,551
Ged Or Alternative Credential: 11,352

Some college, no degree

Some College Under 1 Year: 10,967
Some College 1 Or More Years No Degree: 24,472

Graduate or professional

Masters Degree: 18,331
Professional School Degree: 4,325
Doctorate Degree: 3,537

Educational attainment values
Category	Value
Less than 9th grade	9,917
Grades 9–12, no diploma	14,110
High school or equivalent	49,903
Some college, no degree	35,439
Associate degree	17,814
Bachelor’s degree	31,451
Graduate or professional	26,193

Marital status by sexMale and Female

2,8538,484

Widowed

10,98013,933

Divorced

2,1343,040

Separated

34,64535,465

Now Married

57,41861,151

Never Married

5,0726,143

Married Spouse Absent

29,57329,322

Married Spouse Present

Marital status by sex values
Category	Male	Female
Widowed	2,853	8,484
Divorced	10,980	13,933
Separated	2,134	3,040
Now Married	34,645	35,465
Never Married	57,418	61,151
Married Spouse Absent	5,072	6,143
Married Spouse Present	29,573	29,322

Median home value: $164,200
Median gross rent: $1,046

Housing tenure

Owner: 51,49643.0%
Renter: 68,13457.0%

Housing occupancy

Occupied: 119,63087.4%
Vacant: 17,22012.6%

Derived from published counts

Owner financing

Owners with mortgage: 26,507
Owners without mortgage: 24,989

Vacancy reason

For rent3,081

17.9%

For sale392

2.3%

Rented, not occupied400

2.3%

Sold, not occupied807

4.7%

Seasonal662

3.8%

Migrant workers0

0.0%

Other11,878

69.0%

Structure type

Detached49,580

36.2%

Attached4,476

3.3%

2–4 units59,277

43.3%

5–19 units8,433

6.2%

20+ units14,696

10.7%

Mobile or other388

0.3%

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2–4 units

Structure 2 Units: 47,870
Structure 3–4 Units: 11,407

5–19 units

Structure 5–9 Units: 5,183
Structure 10–19 Units: 3,250

20+ units

Structure 20–49 Units: 5,444
Structure 50 Plus Units: 9,252

Mobile or other

Structure Mobile Home: 317
Structure Boat Rv Van Other: 71

Year builtHousing units by period

109,86880.3%

Before 1960

12,8889.4%

1960–79

7,7985.7%

1980–99

5,7094.2%

2000–19

5870.4%

2020+

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Before 1960

1939 Earlier: 83,498
1940–1949: 10,447
1950–1959: 15,923

1960–79

1960–1969: 6,976
1970–1979: 5,912

1980–99

1980–1989: 4,229
1990–1999: 3,569

2000–19

2000–2009: 2,381
2010–2019: 3,328

Move-in periodOwner and Renter

Before 1990

11,150

1,140

1990s

8,176

2,313

2000s

10,036

7,094

2010s

16,026

34,033

2020–22

5,299

18,896

2023+

809

4,658

Home valueOwner-occupied homes

13,93527.1%

Under $100k

22,06742.9%

$100–249k

10,70620.8%

$250–499k

3,0786.0%

$500–749k

1,0072.0%

$750–999k

4971.0%

$1–1.49m

2060.4%

$1.5m+

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Under $100k

Under 10000: 643
10000–14999: 408
15000–19999: 282
20000–24999: 423
25000–29999: 205
30000–34999: 783
35000–39999: 341
40000–49999: 1,737
50000–59999: 1,566
60000–69999: 1,711
70000–79999: 1,654
80000–89999: 1,969
90000–99999: 2,213

$100–249k

100000–124999: 5,779
125000–149999: 3,509
150000–174999: 4,445
175000–199999: 2,698
200000–249999: 5,636

$250–499k

250000–299999: 3,492
300000–399999: 4,938
400000–499999: 2,276

$1.5m+

1500000–1999999: 69
2000000+: 137

Gross rentRenter-occupied homes

Under $5006,441

9.8%

$500–99923,811

36.1%

$1,000–1,49924,783

37.5%

$1,500–1,9997,773

11.8%

$2,000–2,4991,880

2.8%

$2,500–2,999943

1.4%

$3,000+384

0.6%

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Under $500

Under 100: 198
100–149: 220
150–199: 288
200–249: 566
250–299: 1,777
300–349: 950
350–399: 476
400–449: 918
450–499: 1,048

$500–999

500–549: 1,146
550–599: 1,212
600–649: 1,248
650–699: 1,796
700–749: 1,873
750–799: 2,311
800–899: 6,282
900–999: 7,943

$1,000–1,499

1000–1249: 14,850
1250–1499: 9,933

$3,000+

3000–3499: 59
3500+: 325

Vehicle availabilityOwner and Renter

No vehicle

3,946

23,084

1 vehicle

23,663

31,152

2 vehicles

18,482

11,162

3 vehicles

3,988

1,870

4 vehicles

951

542

5+ vehicles

466

324

Workers age 16+: 120,738
Average commute: 19.9 min

Travel mode

Drive alone: 75,82362.8%Derived from published counts
Carpool: 12,28710.2%Derived from published counts
Public transit: 9,8048.1%Derived from published counts
Walk or bicycle: 6,2275.2%Derived from published counts
Work from home: 13,62811.3%Derived from published counts
Other: 2,9692.5%Derived from published counts

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Walk or bicycle

Walked: 5,414
Bicycle: 813

Other

Other Transportation: 1,772
Motorcycle: 49
Taxi Or Ride Hailing: 1,148

Commute timeWorkers by travel time

35,49133.1%

Under 15 min

51,38248.0%

15–29 min

13,11512.2%

30–44 min

2,9572.8%

45–59 min

4,1653.9%

60+ min

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Under 15 min

Under 5: 2,632
5–9: 12,893
10–14: 19,966

15–29 min

15–19: 24,715
20–24: 19,004
25–29: 7,663

30–44 min

30–34: 10,763
35–39: 878
40–44: 1,474

60+ min

60–89: 2,822
90+: 1,343

Population age 16+: 221,590
Civilian labor force: 133,843
Employed: 124,111
Unemployed: 9,732
Unemployment rate: 7.3%
Poverty universe: 270,058
Persons below poverty: 70,101
Gini index: 0.5
White-collar workers: 72,513
Blue-collar workers: 22,687

Occupation by sexMale and Female

Service Occupations

12,029

16,882

Sales Office Occupations

8,741

15,542

Management Business Science Arts

20,972

27,258

Production Transportation Material Moving

12,546

4,772

Natural Resources Construction Maintenance

5,109

260

Occupation by sex values
Category	Male	Female
Service Occupations	12,029	16,882
Sales Office Occupations	8,741	15,542
Management Business Science Arts	20,972	27,258
Production Transportation Material Moving	12,546	4,772
Natural Resources Construction Maintenance	5,109	260

Employment and commuting

Resident workers: 93,994
Workplace jobs: 136,768
Internal commuters: 39,608
Inbound commuters: 97,160
Outbound commuters: 54,386
Net worker inflow: 42,774

Coverage status

Insured: 263,94395.9%Derived from published counts
Uninsured: 11,2414.1%

Uninsured by ageResidents without coverage

1,26911.3%

Under 19

4,36738.8%

Age 19–34

5,34847.6%

Age 35–64

2572.3%

Age 65+

Nativity

Native born: 246,71289.1%
Foreign born: 30,14210.9%

Citizenship

Naturalized citizen: 16,542
Not a citizen: 13,600

Residential mobility

Same house: 236,085
Within same county: 24,633
From another county: 7,918
From another state: 3,774
From abroad: 1,877

Source vintages

Demographics: 2024 ACS 5-year
Historical baseline: 2020 Census
Employment: 2023 LODES

Report quality

Status: complete
kind: published geography
estimated: false

Historical housing baseline

2020 housing units: 136,350

The 2020 Census is used only as a historical population and housing baseline. It is not an annual population series and no intermediate years are inferred.

Named-geography values are published ACS estimates; margins of error are retained alongside direct values where supplied.

Geography	Population	Median income	Median age	Owner occupied
Buffalo city, New York	276,854	$50,041	34.3 years	43%
United States	334,922,500	$80,734	38.9 years	65.2%
New York	19,852,366	$85,974	39.8 years	54.3%

Category	Male	Female
Under 5	8,481	8,265
5–17	22,721	22,334
18–24	14,227	15,999
25–34	23,640	25,510
35–44	16,557	18,740
45–54	14,184	14,718
55–64	15,475	16,724
65+	16,801	22,478

Category	Value
White alone	122,709
Black alone	89,107
Two or more races	24,856
Asian alone	24,364
Some other race	14,571
American Indian / Alaska Native	1,233
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander	14

Category	Value
1 person	48,716
2 people	35,224
3 people	15,051
4 people	10,784
5+ people	9,855

Category	Value
Under $25k	32,688
$25–49k	27,091
$50–74k	20,595
$75–99k	13,311
$100–149k	14,002
$150–199k	5,645
$200k+	6,298

Category	Value
For rent	3,081
For sale	392
Rented, not occupied	400
Sold, not occupied	807
Seasonal	662
Migrant workers	0
Other	11,878

Category	Value
Detached	49,580
Attached	4,476
2–4 units	59,277
5–19 units	8,433
20+ units	14,696
Mobile or other	388

Category	Value
Before 1960	109,868
1960–79	12,888
1980–99	7,798
2000–19	5,709
2020+	587

Category	Owner	Renter
Before 1990	11,150	1,140
1990s	8,176	2,313
2000s	10,036	7,094
2010s	16,026	34,033
2020–22	5,299	18,896
2023+	809	4,658

Category	Value
Under $100k	13,935
$100–249k	22,067
$250–499k	10,706
$500–749k	3,078
$750–999k	1,007
$1–1.49m	497
$1.5m+	206

Category	Value
Under $500	6,441
$500–999	23,811
$1,000–1,499	24,783
$1,500–1,999	7,773
$2,000–2,499	1,880
$2,500–2,999	943
$3,000+	384

Housing occupancy values
Category	Value
Occupied	119,630
Vacant	17,220

Vehicle availability values
Category	Owner	Renter
No vehicle	3,946	23,084
1 vehicle	23,663	31,152
2 vehicles	18,482	11,162
3 vehicles	3,988	1,870
4 vehicles	951	542
5+ vehicles	466	324

Travel mode values
Category	Value
Drive alone	75,823
Carpool	12,287
Public transit	9,804
Walk or bicycle	6,227
Work from home	13,628
Other	2,969

Coverage status values
Category	Value
Insured	263,943
Uninsured	11,241

Category	Value
Under 15 min	35,491
15–29 min	51,382
30–44 min	13,115
45–59 min	2,957
60+ min	4,165

5–17

18–24

25–34

35–44

45–54

55–64

65+

Ethnicity

5+ people

Under $25k

$25–49k

$50–74k

$100–149k

Less than 9th grade

Grades 9–12, no diploma

High school or equivalent

Some college, no degree

Graduate or professional

Owner financing

2–4 units

5–19 units

20+ units

Mobile or other

Before 1960

1960–79

1980–99

2000–19

Under $100k

$100–249k

$250–499k

$1.5m+

Under $500

$500–999

$1,000–1,499

$3,000+

Walk or bicycle

Other

Under 15 min

15–29 min

30–44 min

60+ min

Employment and commuting

Citizenship

Residential mobility

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