† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
——
D+60R+60
2 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupBuffalo-Cheektowaga, NYNew YorkUnited States
German21.2%8.6%12.5%
Irish15.5%10.5%9.4%
Italian14.7%10.9%4.8%
Polish13.7%3.9%2.2%
English8.0%5.6%9.5%
American3.1%4.2%5.3%
French1.8%1.3%1.6%
Scottish1.5%—1.3%
African American†9.8%8.0%9.9%
African0.5%0.6%0.5%
Jamaican0.3%1.6%0.4%
Puerto Rican3.3%5.1%1.8%
Mexican0.8%2.5%11.3%
Dominican0.4%4.6%0.7%
Cuban0.2%—0.7%
Spanish0.2%——
Asian Indian1.1%1.9%1.4%
Bangladeshi0.8%0.6%—
Chinese0.6%3.6%1.3%
Burmese0.4%——
Vietnamese0.2%—0.6%
Korean0.2%0.6%0.4%
Pakistani0.2%0.4%—
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY
New York
United States
Median age
40.9
39.9
39.1
Age 18–24
8.8%
9.0%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
19.5%
18.0%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY
New York
United States
Median household income
$72,257
$85,974
$84,427
Poverty rate
13.8%
14.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
36.2%
40.0%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY
New York
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
10.3%
30.9%
22.3%
Spanish
3.0%
14.8%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
2.5%
4.0%
2.0%
Arabic
1.0%
0.7%
0.4%
Religious landscape
Measure
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY
New York
United States
Catholic
43.3%
30.8%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
7.1%
5.1%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
35.5%
48.7%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
5.0%
3.8%
5.2%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+0.3%
1896
−18.9%
1900
−6.3%
1904
−15.2%
1908
−8.0%
1912
+15.7%
1916
−9.6%
1920
−38.7%
1924
−38.8%
1928
−10.4%
1932
−6.0%
1936
+7.5%
1940
+0.6%
1944
+1.6%
1948
+4.6%
1952
−14.0%
1956
−28.6%
1960
+11.3%
1964
+45.4%
1968
+15.8%
1972
−9.5%
1976
+1.2%
1980
+9.4%
1984
+0.9%
1988
+9.9%
1992
+13.1%
1996
+21.0%
2000
+16.8%
2004
+12.4%
2008
+14.6%
2012
+13.6%
2016
+2.1%
2020
+10.3%
2024
+5.1%
DemocraticRepublican
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
52.3%Harris292,089
47.1%Trump263,452
0.4%Stein2,337 +9
D+5.1
R+5.2
D+6.6
558,981
All 12 candidates in 2024 · 10 minor / independent
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic52.3%292,089
Donald J TrumpRepublican47.1%263,452
Jill SteinIndependent0.4%2,337
Chase OliverIndependent0.1%494
Claudia De La CruzIndependent0.0%204
Cornel WestIndependent0.0%202
Peter SonskiIndependent0.0%181
Chris GarrityIndependent0.0%13
Future Madam PotusIndependent0.0%3
Raymond Anthony ScollinIndependent0.0%3
Shiva AyyaduraiIndependent0.0%2
Garry HubbardIndependent0.0%1
D
54.2%Biden313,299
43.9%Trump253,620
1.8%
D+10.3
D+8.2
D+5.9
577,541
D
48.6%Clinton251,015
46.6%Trump240,264
4.8%
D+2.1
R+11.5
±0.0
516,027
D
55.9%Obama281,342
42.3%Romney212,915
1.8%
D+13.6
R+1.0
D+9.7
503,208
D
56.5%Obama303,602
41.9%McCain225,163
1.6%
D+14.6
D+2.2
D+7.3
537,257
D
55.1%Kerry298,692
42.7%Bush231,534
2.1%
D+12.4
R+4.4
D+14.9
541,718
D
55.6%Gore287,957
38.8%Bush201,128
5.6%
D+16.8
R+4.2
D+16.2
517,924
D
53.8%Clinton268,757
32.8%Dole163,781
13.4%
D+21.0
D+7.9
D+12.5
499,678
D
42.3%Clinton231,882
29.2%Bush159,845
28.5%
D+13.1
D+3.2
D+7.6
548,080
D
54.6%Dukakis282,580
44.7%Bush231,333
0.7%
D+9.9
D+9.0
D+17.6
517,660
D
50.3%Mondale278,999
49.4%Reagan274,171
0.2%
D+0.9
R+8.5
D+19.1
554,529
D
50.4%Carter255,688
41.0%Reagan207,969
8.5%
D+9.4
D+8.2
D+19.2
506,867
D
50.3%Carter273,064
49.1%Ford266,411
0.7%
D+1.2
D+10.7
R+0.8
543,082
R
45.1%McGovern257,096
54.6%Nixon311,239
0.3%
R+9.5
R+25.3
D+13.7
570,114
D
54.0%Humphrey292,053
38.2%Nixon206,649
7.8%
D+15.8
R+29.6
D+16.5
541,090
D
72.6%Johnson412,170
27.2%Goldwater154,625
0.1%
D+45.4
D+34.1
D+22.8
567,561
D
55.6%Kennedy328,883
44.3%Nixon261,958
0.1%
D+11.3
D+39.9
D+11.2
591,329
R
35.7%Stevenson197,091
64.3%Eisenhower355,090
0.0%
R+28.6
R+14.6
R+13.2
552,181
R
42.9%Stevenson232,882
56.9%Eisenhower308,770
0.2%
R+14.0
R+18.5
R+3.2
542,748
D
50.9%Truman231,737
46.3%Dewey210,976
2.8%
D+4.6
D+3.0
D+0.1
455,591
D
50.6%Roosevelt230,755
49.0%Dewey223,589
0.3%
D+1.6
D+1.0
R+5.9
455,901
D
50.2%Roosevelt222,986
49.6%Willkie220,393
0.3%
D+0.6
R+6.9
R+9.4
444,536
D
52.7%Roosevelt212,762
45.2%Landon182,456
2.1%
D+7.5
D+13.5
R+16.8
403,623
R
45.2%Roosevelt151,777
51.2%Hoover171,911
3.6%
R+6.0
D+4.4
R+23.8
335,821
R
42.9%Smith143,330
53.2%Hoover177,955
3.9%
R+10.4
D+28.5
D+7.1
334,242
R
21.2%Davis48,773
60.1%Coolidge137,944
18.7%
R+38.8
R+0.1
R+13.7
229,542
R
25.3%Cox47,852
64.1%Harding120,955
10.6%
R+38.7
R+29.1
R+12.5
188,828
R
43.7%Wilson53,989
53.2%Hughes65,850
3.1%
R+9.6
R+25.3
R+12.7
123,684
D
39.6%Wilson41,165
23.9%Taft24,839
36.5%
D+15.7
D+23.7
R+3.8
103,921
R
44.8%Bryan53,759
52.8%Taft63,327
2.4%
R+8.0
D+7.2
D+1.6
120,016
R
40.8%Parker44,132
55.9%Roosevelt60,550
3.3%
R+15.2
R+8.9
D+4.5
108,287
R
45.6%Bryan47,559
51.9%McKinley54,119
2.5%
R+6.3
D+12.6
D+1.3
104,258
R
39.2%Bryan36,613
58.1%McKinley54,238
2.7%
R+18.9
R+19.2
R+12.8
93,369
D
47.4%Cleveland39,281
47.0%Harrison39,003
5.6%
D+0.3
—
R+1.3
82,940
Congressional elections · 3 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2024
D
54.9%297,423
44.6%241,398
541,778
2022
D
53.2%220,929
46.2%191,846
415,331
2018
D
59.5%241,249
40.5%163,948
405,226
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2026D+15.0
vs
Presidential vote · 2024D+5.1
Registration leans Democratic; the presidential vote runs 9.9 points more Democratic.
Domestic migration in Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY in Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−2,318
2012
−3,864
2013
−2,140
2014
−2,862
2015
−5,343
2016
−6,003
2017
−2,523
2018
−2,505
2019
−2,783
2021
+285
2022
−4,203
2023
−4,676
2024
−1,898
2025
−2,345
Buffalo anchors a mid-size metro that has voted Democratic in presidential races by double digits for decades, even as surrounding Erie County suburbs shift enough to keep county-level margins competitive in off-cycle contests.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 45.4 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 38.8 points in 1924. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 5.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 5.1 points.
A population of 1,161,343, a 74% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $72,257 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Syracuse, NY and Pittsburgh, PA.
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How did Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY, New York vote in 2024?
In 2024, Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY, New York voted Democratic by 5.1 points (D+5.1), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 558,981 votes cast, 292,089 went Democratic and 263,452 went Republican.
When did Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY, New York last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY, New York voted Republican was 1972.
How many people live in Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY, New York?
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY, New York has a population of 1,161,343 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY, New York?
Median household income in Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY, New York is $72,257 — below the national median of $80,734. The New York state median is $85,974.
What is the political history of Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY, New York?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY, New York from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 22 went Democratic and 12 went Republican.
