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Buffalo, NY
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Living in Buffalo



Buffalo is a large city located in the state of New York. With a population of 276,486 people and 159 constituent neighborhoods, Buffalo is the sixth largest community in New York. Buffalo has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.

Buffalo is one of the most attractive larger cities for people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile career starters. This makes it a good place to live for young singles in their 20s and 30s and who have undergraduate or graduate degrees and are starting their professional careers. Although Buffalo is a large city, this demographic is significant enough that young professionals will find many others like themselves here, with really good opportunities for friendships, recreation, romance, and more.

A lot of people in Buffalo take the bus for their daily commute. For the size of the city, the number of people who use public transportation is quite high. For many people in Buffalo, this fills their need for low-cost transportation.

In terms of college education, Buffalo is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 29.43% of adults in Buffalo have a college degree.

The per capita income in Buffalo in 2018 was $27,157, which is lower middle income relative to New York, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $108,628 for a family of four. However, Buffalo contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Buffalo is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Buffalo home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Buffalo residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Buffalo also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 12.16% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Buffalo include Irish, German, Italian, Polish, and English.

The most common language spoken in Buffalo is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.