Hamburg vs University at Buffalo

A side-by-side comparison of Hamburg and University at Buffalo: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hamburg has the higher population (9,762 vs 6,776 in University at Buffalo). Since 2019, University at Buffalo's population has grown faster (+9.8% vs +1.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Hamburg	University at Buffalo
Population	9,762	6,776
Median age	40.1 yrs	19.4 yrs
Median household income	$109,028	—
Median home value	$238,000	—
Median gross rent	$1,019	$1,438
Housing units	3,953	309
Homeownership rate	80.5%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.4%	97.3%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hamburg	University at Buffalo
Population	9,636 → 9,762 (+1.3%)	6,174 → 6,776 (+9.8%)
Median household income	$79,784 → $109,028 (+36.7%)	$11,957 → $22,083 (+84.7%)
Median home value	$170,100 → $238,000 (+39.9%)	—
Median gross rent	$896 → $1,019 (+13.7%)	$1,178 → $1,438 (+22.1%)

Hamburg

Population

9,6369,762

Median household income

$79,784$109,028

Median home value

$170,100$238,000

Median gross rent

$896$1,019

University at Buffalo

Population

6,1746,776

Median household income

$11,957$22,083

Median gross rent

$1,178$1,438

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hamburg	University at Buffalo
Under 5	4.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	17.6%	3.2%
18 to 24	7.6%	91.3%
25 to 34	11.6%	2.5%
35 to 44	14.1%	0.3%
45 to 54	12.6%	2.7%
55 to 64	13.3%	0.0%
65 to 74	11.3%	0.0%
75 and over	7.3%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hamburg	University at Buffalo
White (non-Hispanic)	91.8%	53.6%
Black or African American	1.1%	13.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	1.2%	19.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	9.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hamburg	University at Buffalo
No high school diploma	3.1%	0.0%
High school graduate	13.5%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	33.0%	2.7%
Bachelor's degree	28.9%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	21.5%	81.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hamburg	University at Buffalo
Drove alone	78.0%	45.5%
Carpooled	4.5%	2.7%
Public transit	1.2%	7.7%
Walked	2.7%	32.2%
Bicycle	0.4%	1.1%
Worked from home	12.5%	9.5%
Other means	0.7%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hamburg	University at Buffalo
1-unit, detached	77.8%	0.0%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	8.1%
2 to 4 units	14.6%	40.1%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	51.8%
20 or more units	3.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hamburg	University at Buffalo
Poverty rate	3.7%	40.9%
Average household size	2.45	1.94
Mean commute (minutes)	22	16
Median year structure built	1955	2004