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Buffalo

United States · GDP 2024
#760 of 3,127 US counties by GDP34th-percentile growthmore diversified than 75% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$4.5B
GDP growth
+2.6%
Jobs tracked
23,423
Employers
1,777
Avg. wage
$50.9k
Population
51,172
Labor & formation
Unemployment
2.3%
Median HH income
$75.9k±$3.7k
Business applications
462 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1The Buckle, Inc.Consumer Cyclical$1.3B70B

HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).

Industry mix · employment
Health care24%
Retail trade24%
Manufacturing21%
Food & accommodation17%
Construction7%
Wholesale trade7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
51,172
residents · 2025 · +1.9% since 2020
Income per capita $72.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−49
International migration+367
Natural change+659

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$3.2B
2019
$3.3B
2020
$3.8B
2021
$4.1B
2022
$4.3B
2023
$4.5B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$246.4k±$7.0k
Median gross rent
$936/mo±$28/mo
Vacancy rate
6.1%±1.2%
Affordability
4.8× wages
Residential permits
132 (2.6/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
66.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 99Strong wind 97Drought 87
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
323
2016
338
2017
347
2018
358
2019
367
2020
394
2021
451
2022
469
2023
503
2024
513
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
20.7 km
I-80
Nearest freight rail
14.3 km
UP
Nearest port
260.8 km
CONSOLIDATED BLENDERS BLAIR TERMINAL DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
15.4 km
KEARNEY RGNL
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR

4 filings from 1 company here in the last 90 days.

10-QThe Buckle, Inc.06-11
8-KThe Buckle, Inc.06-02
8-KThe Buckle, Inc.05-29
DEF 14AThe Buckle, Inc.04-22
8-KThe Buckle, Inc.04-09
10-KThe Buckle, Inc.04-01
8-KThe Buckle, Inc.03-24
8-KThe Buckle, Inc.03-13
8-KThe Buckle, Inc.02-20
8-KThe Buckle, Inc.01-29
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$50.9k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Matanuska-Susitna Borough$4.5BGibson$4.5BAngelina$4.5BPayne$4.5BMadison$4.4BTalladega$4.5B
The read

Buffalo's economy produced $4.5B in 2024, growing 2.6% year over year — slower than 66% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.

GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.
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