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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 $72 billion in annual trade between Canada and the United States.  Click here to download pdf.

• Links to Canada through seven different ports of entry
• Features one the most highly develop rail systems in the works
• Offers low airfare costs ($173.00) compared to peer regions (Q4 2011)
  
  Highlights:
• Population: 1, 549,093 (2011)
• 15 four-year colleges and universities, and 20 two-year schools
• Nearly 15,500 high school graduates per year
• Average one-way commute: 21.2 minutes (2010)
• Median home price: $111,300 (Q1 2012)
• % of homes affordable on a median income: 91.2 (Q1 2012)