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Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area

1,161,192 Population
1,565.1 square miles 741.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.9 ±0.3 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$40,288 ±$1,093 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $41,804 ±$92
$68,698 ±$1,861 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $74,755 ±$148

13.5% ±0.9% (153,513  ±10,294) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,951,624 (±0.1% / ±260,310)

21.8 minutes ±0.4 (10,671,590  ±303,287) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,591,156,000 (±0 / ±7,204,853)

Families

505,423 ±3,540 Number of households
  • United States: 129,870,930 ±136,261
2.2 ±0 (1,128,845  ±847) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 325,134,660

5.2% ±1% (13,558  ±2,586) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,036,894 (±0.1% / ±36,689)

Housing

541,766 ±393 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,772,900 ±7,466

$219,300 ±$3,997 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $320,900 ±$622

9.6% ±0.8% (110,767  ±8,835.5) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.6% 41,404,691 (±0.1% / ±,187,841.9)

Social

92.6% ±1.7% (765,189  ±14,096.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 205,882,074 (±0.1% / ±,272,504.5)
36% ±1.1% (297,763  ±8,732.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 35.7% 81,908,335 (±0.1% / ±,175,321.9)

10.2% ±0.7% (112,829  ±7,326.4) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about half the rate in United States: 22% 69,241,800 (±0.1% / ±,203,206.2)

6.8% (78,400  ±5,430) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,182,176

5.9% ±0.4% (54,593  ±3,816) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,200,322 (±0% / ±70,866)
54,593 Total veterans ±3,816 51,551 Male ±3,770 3,042 Female ±843

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