TEN Jewish Database
    Buffalo

    Buffalo

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    Study Year

    2013

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    Jewish 🏠 making sub $50k

    10%

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    Jewish 🏠 struggling to make ends meet💰

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    Partner Organization

    Buffalo invests in several services as shown below.

    Study Links

    https://www.jewishdatabank.org/api/download/studyId=768&mediaId=bjdb%5c2013_Greater_Buffalo_REPORT_ONLY_DB.pdf || https://www.jccbuffalo.org/clientuploads/Annual-Report-2020.pdf

    Facts

    • 26% are uncertain or not confident that they will have sufficient retirement savings • In Buffalo, 28.3 percent of residents live below the poverty line, the 7th highest city percentage nationwide in 2021. Over half of Buffalo residents cannot afford rent, and one-fourth spend more than 50 percent of their income on housing. • Over 40 percent of the city's youth live in poverty, and three-quarters of children in Buffalo public schools are eligible for free lunches. Thirty percent of white children in Buffalo experience at least one year in poverty before turning 18, compared to more than 75 percent of Black youth

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