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Amherst town, Erie County, NY

130,862 Population
53.2 square miles 2,459.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

43 ±2.6 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Erie County: 40.9 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New York: 40.1 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$50,825 ±$3,189 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Erie County: $42,684 ±$884
  • about the same as the amount in New York: $51,002 ±$412
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$88,844 ±$9,077 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Erie County: $73,011 ±$2,255
  • a little higher than the amount in New York: $85,820 ±$653
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

10.1% ±2.4% (12,421  ±2,884) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Erie County: 12.7% 117,254 (±1% / ±9,530)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New York: 14% 2,704,799 (±0.3% / ±50,713)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

20 minutes ±0.7 (1,061,375  ±49,464) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • a little less than the figure in Erie County: 21.3 8,392,185 (±0.3 / ±147,348)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in New York: 32.6 258,262,370 (±0.1 / ±834,810)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

55,986 ±1,810 Number of households
  • Erie County: 411,547 ±3,895
  • New York: 7,828,074 ±18,401
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.2 ±0.1 (121,340  ±351) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Erie County: 2.2 921,640 (±0 / ±970)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,188,964
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

2.4% ±1.4% (732  ±437) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Erie County: 5.4% † 11,623 (±1% / ±2,076)
  • about half the rate in New York: 4.7% 219,646 (±0.2% / ±8,685)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

58,061 ±2,031 Number of housing units
  • Erie County: 443,253 ±441
  • New York: 8,676,911 ±743
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$343,500 ±$14,548 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Erie County: $262,500 ±$5,288
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New York: $449,800 ±$3,718
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

9.4% ±2.1% (12,206  ±2,698.4) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Erie County: 9.5% 89,553 (±0.9% / ±8,132.1)
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 9.3% 1,836,837 (±0.2% / ±36,336)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

96.4% ±4.4% (87,311  ±4,811.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Erie County: 93.4% 632,033 (±1.8% / ±12,427)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 88% 12,430,128 (±0.4% / ±58,727.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
58.6% ±3.5% (53,063  ±3,557.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Erie County: 39.8% 269,264 (±1.2% / ±8,325)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New York: 41.2% 5,819,065 (±0.3% / ±39,724.9)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

11.8% ±2.3% (15,486  ±2,999) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Erie County: 8.4% 80,004
  • about half the rate in New York: 23.3% 4,621,382
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

5% ±1.2% (5,327  ±1,256) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Erie County: 5.3% 40,162 (±0.4% / ±3,080)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New York: 3.5% 550,582 (±0.1% / ±11,292)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
5,327 Total veterans ±1,256 5,199 Male ±1,236 128 Female ±152

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