Buffalo–Cheektowaga
13 cities and suburbs across Buffalo, each scored out of 100 on the same national scales. The metro's median home is $226,100 and its mean commute 21.5 min. Eggertsville scores highest overall at 71. Niagara Falls leads on cost of living.
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13 places
in Buffalo
in Buffalo
One of 50 metros graded so far, on the same national scales.
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Downtown Buffalo
Downtown Cheektowaga
Eggertsville
Kenmore
Tonawanda Town
Lancaster
Cheektowaga
West Seneca
Tonawanda
North Tonawanda
Lockport
Niagara Falls
Lackawanna
Dot size = overall scoreA B C D Positions plotted from place centroids · rings measured from Downtown Buffalo
Every suburb of Buffalo, ranked
| # | Place | Score | Hous | Scho | Cost | Comm | Amen | Empl | Resi |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eggertsville | 71 B− | C− | B+ | C− | B+ | A | C | — |
| 2 | Kenmore | 65 C+ | C− | C− | C− | A− | A | C+ | — |
| 3 | Tonawanda Town | 64 C+ | C− | C− | C | B+ | B+ | C | — |
| 4 | Lancaster | 63 C+ | D+ | B+ | C− | B− | C− | C+ | — |
| 5 | Depew | 60 C | C− | C | C− | B | C+ | C− | — |
| 6 | Cheektowaga | 59 C | D+ | D+ | C | B | B− | C− | — |
| 7 | West Seneca | 59 C | C | C | C− | C+ | C | C− | — |
| 8 | Tonawanda | 58 C | D | C | C+ | B− | B− | D− | — |
| 9 | North Tonawanda | 56 C− | D | D+ | C | B | C+ | D | — |
| 10 | Buffalo | 52 D+ | F | F | B− | B+ | A− | F | — |
| 11 | Lockport | 52 D+ | D− | D+ | C | C− | C+ | D+ | — |
| 12 | Niagara Falls | 45 D | F | F | B− | B | C+ | F | — |
| 13 | Lackawanna | 44 D | F | F | C+ | B− | D | F | — |
— for Residents: fewer than 8 poll responses, so the category is not yet counted. Those places' overall scores are computed on the other six categories, re-normalised to 100%. 13 of 13 are currently below the threshold.
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