Niagara Falls is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of New York. With a population of 55,677 people and 24 constituent neighborhoods, Niagara Falls is the 17th largest community in New York.

Niagara Falls is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Niagara Falls is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Niagara Falls who work in office and administrative support jobs (17.16%), sales jobs (11.99%), and food service (7.41%).

One of the benefits of Niagara Falls is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 17.02 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.

Like elsewhere in America, most people in Niagara Falls use a private automobile to get to work. But notably, a substantial number of Niagara Falls's citizens do make use of public transit in their daily commute, primarily riding the bus. This helps more people get to work with less air pollution, and require fewer highways to get them there.

Niagara Falls Information and Demographics

The citizens of Niagara Falls are slightly less educated than the national average of 14.96% for the average city or town: 12.53% of adults in Niagara Falls have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Niagara Falls in 2000 was $15,721, which is lower middle income relative to New York and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $62,884 for a family of four.

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

The most common language spoken in Niagara Falls is English.