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Buffalo Niagara Region

Buffalo Niagara is strategically located with in 500 miles (800 km) of 40% of the continental North American population and is a bi-national gateway for commerce, facilitating $82 billion in annual trade between Canada and the United States.

• Links to Canada through eight different ports of entry
• Features one the most highly develop rail systems in the works
• Offer lowest airfare costs ($124.00) and an international airport

Highlights:

• Population: 1, 506,874 (2009)
• 15 four-year colleges and universities, and 20 two-year schools
• Nearly 15,500 high school graduates per year
• Average one-way commute: 21.1 minutes (2008)
• Median home price: $119,700
• % of homes affordable on a median income: 87.6% (2Q 2009)