Buffalo vs West Seneca

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

Buffalo and West Seneca 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 45,329 in West Seneca). West Seneca has the higher median household income ($75,465 vs $48,050 in Buffalo). West Seneca has the higher median home value ($215,000 vs $152,300 in Buffalo).

Population, income & housing

	Buffalo	West Seneca
Population	276,397	45,329
Median age	34.3 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$48,050	$75,465
Median home value	$152,300	$215,000
Median gross rent	$989	$1,040
Housing units	136,533	21,268
Homeownership rate	42.7%	76.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.3%	33.2%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buffalo	West Seneca
Population	256,480 → 276,397 (+7.8%)	45,344 → 45,329 (-0.0%)
Median household income	$37,354 → $48,050 (+28.6%)	$67,617 → $75,465 (+11.6%)
Median home value	$89,800 → $152,300 (+69.6%)	$151,700 → $215,000 (+41.7%)
Median gross rent	$776 → $989 (+27.4%)	$834 → $1,040 (+24.7%)

Buffalo

Population

256,480276,397

Median household income

$37,354$48,050

Median home value

$89,800$152,300

Median gross rent

$776$989

West Seneca

Population

45,34445,329

Median household income

$67,617$75,465

Median home value

$151,700$215,000

Median gross rent

$834$1,040

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buffalo	West Seneca
Under 5	6.1%	4.7%
5 to 17	16.4%	13.9%
18 to 24	11.0%	7.3%
25 to 34	17.5%	13.1%
35 to 44	12.5%	12.0%
45 to 54	10.6%	12.9%
55 to 64	12.1%	15.8%
65 to 74	8.9%	11.6%
75 and over	4.9%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buffalo	West Seneca
White (non-Hispanic)	42.7%	91.6%
Black or African American	31.8%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	8.2%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	12.7%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buffalo	West Seneca
No high school diploma	13.4%	5.2%
High school graduate	27.2%	28.9%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	16.9%	21.0%
Graduate or professional degree	13.4%	12.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buffalo	West Seneca
Drove alone	64.5%	81.8%
Carpooled	9.9%	5.6%
Public transit	8.5%	0.4%
Walked	4.7%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.3%
Worked from home	9.6%	10.0%
Other means	2.3%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buffalo	West Seneca
1-unit, detached	36.1%	68.5%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	43.2%	12.6%
5 to 19 units	6.2%	9.1%
20 or more units	10.8%	5.9%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Buffalo	West Seneca
Poverty rate	27.4%	8.3%
Average household size	2.24	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	20	23
Median year structure built	1938	1966