Buffalo Common Council Districts: Fillmore District

FACT SHEET / AUGUST 200

Sarah Wooton and Alana Barrington Dye

RESIDENTS OF FILLMORE DISTRICT FILLMORE DISTRICT Total Population1 27,022 POPULATION BY RACE, 2014-2018 Under age 18 24.3% Age 18-64 63.6% Black or African 39.8 Age 65+ 12% American % Unemployed2 10.9% Native 3 0.5% Born outside the U.S. 12.5% American Speak a language other than English at home4 23.4% Asian 8.6% Population with a disability5 22.4% Pacific Islander 0.0% Demographics district.7 More than a fifth of the Other 7.0% The Fillmore district population Fillmore population speaks a language other than English at is right at 27,000. According to Multiracial 4.5% U.S. Census results, residents of home—the third highest 39.6 the district predominantly percentage in the city, after White % identify as either black (39.8%) North and Niagara districts. or white (39.6%).6 Fillmore has Fillmore has the second highest FILLMORE DISTRICT a larger Hispanic/Latinx unemployment rate of the districts. POPULATION BY community than many districts, HISPANIC OR LATINX with the Hispanic/Latinx- ETHNICITY, 2014-2018 identifying population 14.0 representing 14% of the %

86.0 COMMUNITY LANDMARKS % Broadway Market Hispanic or Latinx Matt Urban Center Not Hispanic or Latinx Allentown Canalside Silo City

BUFFALO COMMON COUNCIL DISTRICTS: FILLMORE DISTRICT FACT SHEET

Median Income8 ANNUAL HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN FILLMORE DISTRICT, 2014-2018 The Fillmore district is arguably the poorest district in the City. It Less than $20,000 40.4% has the highest proportion of households with an income less $20,000-$34,999 21.4% than $35,000 (61.8%) and the $35,000 to $49,9999 12.3% highest proportion of households with an income less than $20,000 $50,000 to $74,900 11.6% (40.4%). $75,000 to $99,999 5.9%

$100,000 or more 8.4%

POVERTY AND UNAFFORDABILITY Poverty Population living below poverty9 41.3% Over 40% of Fillmore’s population live Total households with unaffordable 5,733 below the poverty line. Most renter housing10 households (58.4%) cannot afford their Owner-occupied households with 20.6% housing costs (meaning that housing costs 11 unaffordable housing exceed 30% of the household’s income). Renter-occupied households with 58.4% Over 5,700 Fillmore households (renters unaffordable housing12 and owners) live in unaffordable housing—

45% of all households in the district.

Education13 EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT FOR FILLMORE Over three quarters of DISTRICT RESIDENTS AGE 25 YEARS OR Fillmore residents are OLDER, 2014-2018 high school graduates 3.9% No High School Degree 4.8% (78.5%). About one High School Degree or Equivalent half (49.4%) have Some College, No Degree pursued higher 11.1% 21.5% education, and 8.7% Associates 8.3% of residents have an Bachelors advanced degree. 29.1% Masters 21.2% Professional Degree or Doctorate

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Sources

1 United States Census Bureau, “Sex by Age,” Table B01001, American Community Survey, Five-Year Estimates, 2014-2018; American Community Survey, Five-Year Estimates, 2014-2018; authors’ calculations. authors’ calculations. 9 United States Census Bureau, “Poverty Status of Individuals 2 United States Census Bureau, “Employment Status for the in the Past 12 Months by Living Arrangement,” Table B17021, Population 16 Years and Over,” Table B2305, American American Community Survey, Five-Year Estimates, 2014-2018; Community Survey, Five-Year Estimates, 2014-2018; authors’ authors’ calculations. calculations. 10 United States Census Bureau, “Age of Householder by 3 United States Census Bureau, “Allocation of Citizenship Selected Monthly Owner Costs as a Percentage of Household Status,” Table B99051, American Community Survey, Five-Year Income in the Past 12 Months,” Table B25093, American Estimates, 2014-2018; authors’ calculations. Community Survey, Five-Year Estimates, 2014-2018; United 4 United States Census Bureau, “Age by Language Spoken at States Census Bureau, “Gross Rent as a Percentage of Home by Ability to Speak English for the Population 5 Years Household Income in the Past 12 Months,” Table B25070, and Over,” Table B16004, American Community Survey, Five- American Community Survey, Five-Year Estimates, 2014-2018; Year Estimates, 2014-2018; authors’ calculations. authors’ calculations. 11 United States Census Bureau, “Age of Householder by 5 United States Census Bureau, “Age by Veteran Status by Poverty Status in the Past 12 Months by Disability Status for Selected Monthly Owner Costs as a Percentage of Household the Civilian Population 18 Years and Over,” Table C21007, Income in the Past 12 Months,” Table B25093, American American Community Survey, Five-Year Estimates, 2014-2018; Community Survey, Five-Year Estimates, 2014-2018; authors’ authors’ calculations. calculations. 12 United States Census Bureau, “Gross Rent as a Percentage 6 United States Census Bureau, “Race,” Table B02001, American Community Survey, Five-Year Estimates, 2014-2018; of Household Income in the Past 12 Months,” Table B25070, authors’ calculations. American Community Survey, Five-Year Estimates, 2014-2018; authors’ calculations. 7 United States Census Bureau, “Hispanic or Latino Origin,” 13 Table B03003, Five-Year Estimates, 2014-2018, authors’ United States Census Bureau, “Sex by Educational calculations. Attainment for the Population 25 Years and Over,” Table B15002, American Community Survey, Five-Year Estimates, 8 United States Census Bureau, “Household Income in the Past 2014-2018; authors’ calculations. 12 Months (in 2018 Inflation-Adjusted Dollars),” Table B19001,

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