Buffalo is a large city located in the state of New York. With a population of 274,678 people and 159 associated neighborhoods, Buffalo is the sixth largest community in New York. Much of the housing stock in Buffalo was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.Buffalo is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Buffalo is a city of professionals, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Buffalo who work in office and administrative support (11.64%), management occupations (8.35%), and sales jobs (8.30%). 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. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 9.57% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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. 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: 30.34% of adults in Buffalo have a college degree. The per capita income in Buffalo in 2022 was $30,995, which is lower middle income relative to New York and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $123,980 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 12.73% 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.
