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Buffalo, NY real estate and demographic information

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Buffalo zip codes14201, 14203, 14204, 14208, 14209, 14213, 14214, 14222, 14220, 14202

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POPULATION
292,648

Buffalo, NY Information

BUFFALO INFORMATION DETAILS
POPULATION 292,648
NUMBER OF HOMES AND APARTMENTS 145,574
BUFFALO HOME OWNERSHIP
% OWNER OCCUPIED 36.64%
% RENTER OCCUPIED 47.66%
% VACANT 15.70%
TYPE OF BUFFALO HOMES
SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED 30.06%
ROWHOUSES AND ATTACHED HOMES 3.74%
SMALL APARTMENT BUILDINGS 51.74%
COMPLEXES OR HIGH RISE APARTMENTS 14.33%
MOBILE HOMES 0.11%
OTHER 0.02%
SIZE OF BUFFALO HOMES
NO BEDROOM 2.64%
1 BEDROOM 15.18%
2 BEDROOMS 29.58%
3 BEDROOMS 37.78%
4 BEDROOMS 10.28%
5 OR MORE BEDROOMS 4.54%
AGE OF HOMES
NEWER HOMES (1995 OR LATER) 1.34%
ESTABLISHED, BUT NOT OLD HOMES (1970-1994) 6.73%
WELL-ESTABLISHED, OLD HOMES (1940-1969) 34.24%
HISTORIC (1939 OR BEFORE) 57.69%


BUFFALO REAL ESTATE INFORMATION DETAILS
MEDIAN HOME VALUE $99,609
MEDIAN RENTAL PRICE $536
HOME VALUE RANGE
$0-$85,000 36.34%
$85,001-$169,000 51.88%
$169,001-$339,000 9.52%
$339,001-$508,000 1.46%
$508,001-$678,000 0.37%
$678,001-$847,000 0.19%
$847,001-$1,271,000 0.13%
$1,271,001-$1,694,000 0.10%
> $1,694,000 0.01%


PEOPLE OF Buffalo DETAILS
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION
UNDER 5 YEARS 7.10%
5 TO 17 19.24%
18 TO 24 11.18%
25 TO 34 14.18%
35 TO 54 27.20%
55 TO 64 7.59%
65 YEARS AND OVER 13.51%
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT OF ADULTS
HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES 74.64%
COLLEGE GRADUATES 18.29%
MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME $24,536
PER CAPITA INCOME $14,991
INDIVIDUALS BELOW POVERTY LEVEL 26.60%
INDUSTRIES PEOPLE WORK IN Healthcare (17.73%), Manufacturing (13.07%), Retail (10.67%), Education (10.67%), Accomodation (7.12%), Public Service (5.27%), Other (4.82%), Transportation (4.80%), Finance (4.42%), Administration (4.31%), Professional, scientific, and technical services (4.24%), Wholesale (3.73%), Construction (3.24%), Information Technology (2.61%)
ATTENDING COLLEGE 8.02%
RACIAL MAKEUP
WHITE 54.72%
BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN 37.22%
AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE 0.78%
ASIAN 1.30%
NATIVE HAWAIIAN AND OTHER PACIFIC ISLANDER 0.05%
SOME OTHER RACE ALONE 3.50%
TWO OR MORE RACES 2.43%
HISPANIC OR LATINO (OF ANY RACE) 7.41%
ETHNICITIES PRESENT Other Groups (37.94%), Unclassified (14.98%), Italian (9.91%), Polish (9.20%), German (8.18%), Irish (7.96%), English (2.28%)
FOREIGN BORN 4.39%
LANGUAGES SPOKEN English (81.37%) , Spanish (5.97%)
About Buffalo

Buffalo is a large city located in the state of New York. With a population of 292,648 people and 124 constituent neighborhoods, Buffalo is the sixth largest community in New York. Buffalo has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.

Buffalo is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Buffalo is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Buffalo who work in office and administrative support jobs (17.31%), sales jobs (9.68%), and teaching (6.89%).

Buffalo is a popular destination for single career-starters. One thing that you will notice when you are out and about town is that there is a large population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile career starters out at restaurants, listening to live music, and enjoying other activities. They are a real visible part of the culture of Buffalo. This makes Buffalo a good place to live for young professionals. With so many people in this demographic, Buffalo presents many opportunities for single professionals to enjoy themselves, socialize, and to create lasting relationships.

Buffalo has public transportation that is used by many people for their daily commute to and from work: primarily, this consists of people taking the bus.

Buffalo Information and Demographics

The education level of Buffalo citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 18.29% of adults in Buffalo have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Buffalo in 2000 was $14,991, which is low income relative to New York, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $59,964 for a family of four.

Buffalo is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Buffalo home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Buffalo is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Buffalo include Italian, Polish, German, Irish, and English.

The most common language spoken in Buffalo is English. Some people also speak Spanish.

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