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Amherst town, Erie County, NY

131,064 Population
53.2 square miles 2,463.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.4 ±2.6 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Erie County: 40.7 ±0.3
  • a little less than the figure in New York: 40.2 ±0.2

Economics

$46,842 ±$2,732 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Erie County: $40,601 ±$1,038
  • a little less than the amount in New York: $48,847 ±$350
$92,545 ±$7,672 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Erie County: $70,492 ±$1,959
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New York: $82,095 ±$500

11.1% ±2.7% (13,529  ±3,310) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Erie County: 14.1% 130,526 (±1% / ±9,540)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New York: 14.2% 2,702,955 (±0.3% / ±50,606)

20 minutes ±0.8 (1,093,550  ±53,452) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • a little less than the figure in Erie County: 21.3 8,575,235 (±0.3 / ±138,570)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in New York: 32.8 266,142,800 (±0.1 / ±921,890)

Families

52,667 ±2,007 Number of households
  • Erie County: 410,430 ±3,853
  • New York: 7,809,267 ±17,008
2.3 ±0.1 (121,633  ±152) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Erie County: 2.2 920,112 (±0 / ±2,466)
  • a little less than the figure in New York: 2.4 18,954,246

6.5% ±2.4% (1,895  ±700) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Erie County: 5.4% † 11,556 (±0.9% / ±1,838)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New York: 4.9% 223,651 (±0.2% / ±9,540)

Housing

54,734 ±2,221 Number of housing units
  • Erie County: 442,461 ±1,099
  • New York: 8,631,232 ±832

$336,000 ±$13,116 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Erie County: $241,900 ±$4,508
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New York: $420,200 ±$4,220

13.6% ±2.7% (17,590  ±3,461.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Erie County: 10.9% 101,782 (±0.9% / ±8,476.5)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New York: 9.6% 1,865,276 (±0.2% / ±35,369.7)

Social

96.1% ±4% (83,414  ±4,905.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Erie County: 92.5% 622,624 (±1.9% / ±12,753.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 88.3% 12,264,360 (±0.4% / ±57,263.1)
56.2% ±3.6% (48,756  ±3,689.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Erie County: 37.8% 254,110 (±1.2% / ±7,919.4)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New York: 40.6% 5,642,907 (±0.3% / ±38,336)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

15.2% ±2.5% (19,952  ±3,213) Foreign-born population
  • about double the rate in Erie County: 7.4% 70,327
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New York: 23.1% 4,517,996

5.3% ±1.1% (5,545  ±1,160) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Erie County: 6.2% 46,952 (±0.4% / ±3,348)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New York: 3.6% 563,400 (±0.1% / ±10,870)
5,545 Total veterans ±1,160 4,827 Male ±1,133 718 Female ±534

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