Buffalo vs Eggertsville

A side-by-side comparison of Buffalo and Eggertsville: population, income, housing, and more.

Buffalo and Eggertsville are places in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Buffalo has the higher population (276,397 vs 15,416 in Eggertsville). Eggertsville has the higher median household income ($82,359 vs $48,050 in Buffalo). Eggertsville has the higher median home value ($225,400 vs $152,300 in Buffalo).

Population, income & housing

	Buffalo	Eggertsville
Population	276,397	15,416
Median age	34.3 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$48,050	$82,359
Median home value	$152,300	$225,400
Median gross rent	$989	$868
Housing units	136,533	7,082
Homeownership rate	42.7%	72.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.3%	50.8%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buffalo	Eggertsville
Population	256,480 → 276,397 (+7.8%)	15,721 → 15,416 (-1.9%)
Median household income	$37,354 → $48,050 (+28.6%)	$72,652 → $82,359 (+13.4%)
Median home value	$89,800 → $152,300 (+69.6%)	$155,900 → $225,400 (+44.6%)
Median gross rent	$776 → $989 (+27.4%)	$885 → $868 (-1.9%)

Buffalo

Population

256,480276,397

Median household income

$37,354$48,050

Median home value

$89,800$152,300

Median gross rent

$776$989

Eggertsville

Population

15,72115,416

Median household income

$72,652$82,359

Median home value

$155,900$225,400

Median gross rent

$885$868

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buffalo	Eggertsville
Under 5	6.1%	7.5%
5 to 17	16.4%	14.6%
18 to 24	11.0%	8.0%
25 to 34	17.5%	15.5%
35 to 44	12.5%	10.6%
45 to 54	10.6%	12.9%
55 to 64	12.1%	11.8%
65 to 74	8.9%	11.4%
75 and over	4.9%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buffalo	Eggertsville
White (non-Hispanic)	42.7%	69.3%
Black or African American	31.8%	15.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	8.2%	8.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.9%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	12.7%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buffalo	Eggertsville
No high school diploma	13.4%	6.5%
High school graduate	27.2%	18.4%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	24.4%
Bachelor's degree	16.9%	28.4%
Graduate or professional degree	13.4%	22.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buffalo	Eggertsville
Drove alone	64.5%	79.8%
Carpooled	9.9%	3.9%
Public transit	8.5%	2.6%
Walked	4.7%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.2%
Worked from home	9.6%	10.2%
Other means	2.3%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buffalo	Eggertsville
1-unit, detached	36.1%	73.8%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	43.2%	21.9%
5 to 19 units	6.2%	1.9%
20 or more units	10.8%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Buffalo	Eggertsville
Poverty rate	27.4%	10.5%
Average household size	2.24	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	20	19
Median year structure built	1938	1952