Buffalo Place Research
How is Downtown doing, and how do we know? Buffalo Place collects information to make it easier for businesses to locate Downtown and for private individuals to invest in our community. Our data collection focuses on:
Downtown Activity:
What brings people to Downtown and where do they go?
- NEW Map – April 2025 Downtown Restaurants and Bars
- NEW Report with maps - 2024 Downtown Lunchtime Pedestrian Study with Comparison to 2019
Where Are Downtown People? (Click for Map)
Downtown Employees: The Downtown community had difficulty finding an estimate of Central Business District employment, with many official sources seeming too low or high due to their methodology. During completion of the 2016-2018 Downtown Access Study, staff realized there was sufficient information from recent parking accumulation reports and a Transportation Mode Survey Of Downtown Employees to make a reliable estimate. Weekday employment was estimated at 46,135, with full Downtown employment at 55,362.
- Estimate of Downtown CBD Employment
- Map - Downtown Employees per block
- Downtown Employee Quick Facts
- Other Downtown Employment Estimates With Issues
Downtown housing units and estimated population
- NEW Downtown Buffalo Housing Units, Population Estimate, & Map (February 2025)
- Map - Downtown Residents Per Block
- Map - Downtown Residents Per Block – Existing, Proposed, and Under Construction
- Map - Downtown Housing Units – Existing, Under Construction, and Proposed
- Presentation – January 2020 Update on Downtown Housing
Downtown Hotels/Lodging
- NEW February 2025 Downtown Buffalo Hotel Rooms
- NEW Trend – Downtown Buffalo Hotel Rooms 2017- 2025
- Map - Hotel Guests Per Block
- Downtown Buffalo Hotel Rooms 12-2019
Travel to and Around Downtown – Information on travel patterns, access and parking can be found by clicking here.
Publicly available parking
- 2024-25 Downtown Buffalo Publicly Available Parking - Map and list of parking facilities with contact information and pricing
Curb parking regulations and utilization
Downtown land use
Downtown office occupancy rates
- NEW 2013-2023 CBD Office Space Occupancy Trend
- NEW 2008-2023 Downtown CBD Office Summary (Thank you to JR Militello Realty for sharing their detailed survey information)