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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 associated 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.

Also of interest is that Buffalo has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

A relatively large number of people in Buffalo telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 7.88% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

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.

Many people in Buffalo take advantage of public transportation to get around. In fact, for the size of the city, the number of people who use the bus to commute to work is quite high. This helps to fill a need among Buffalo citizens for affordable 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: 30.03% of adults in Buffalo have a college degree.

The per capita income in Buffalo in 2018 was $29,558, which is lower middle income relative to New York and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $118,232 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 12.34% 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.