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Tonawanda city, Erie County, NY

15,030 Population
3.8 square miles 3,951.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.5 ±2.8 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Erie County: 40.4 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1

Economics

$36,905 ±$3,011 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Erie County: $42,777 ±$529
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New York: $50,712 ±$237
$58,326 ±$8,034 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Erie County: $72,839 ±$1,077
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New York: $85,974 ±$402

13.8% ±4% (2,080  ±597) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Erie County: 13.9% 128,474 (±0.4% / ±3,952)
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 14% 2,711,742 (±0.2% / ±29,111)

22.7 minutes ±1.8 (134,350  ±19,713) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Erie County: 21.3 8,392,185 (±0.3 / ±147,348)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in New York: 32.6 258,262,370 (±0.1 / ±834,810)

Families

7,085 ±364 Number of households
  • Erie County: 409,665 ±1,635
  • New York: 7,722,646 ±12,717
2.1 ±0.1 (14,968  ±36) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Erie County: 2.3 924,074 (±0 / ±605)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,227,424

5.8% ±3.8% (178  ±117) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Erie County: 4.6% 10,062 (±0.4% / ±843)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New York: 4.9% 228,276 (±0.1% / ±4,383)

Housing

7,412 ±382 Number of housing units
  • Erie County: 441,214 ±295
  • New York: 8,585,241 ±652

$173,600 ±$6,798 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Erie County: $233,800 ±$1,649
  • about two-fifths of the amount in New York: $423,800 ±$1,627

11.3% ±6% (1,684  ±891.9) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Erie County: 10.6% 99,544 (±0.4% / ±3,748.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 9.9% 1,939,072 (±0.1% / ±17,964.9)

Social

92% ±6.6% (10,467  ±864.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Erie County: 92.5% 623,605 (±0.9% / ±5,903.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 88% 12,332,714 (±0.2% / ±30,517.5)
28.5% ±4.3% (3,242  ±510.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Erie County: 38.1% 256,449 (±0.6% / ±3,789.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New York: 40.2% 5,638,631 (±0.1% / ±20,283)

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

8.1% ±5.8% (1,222  ±877) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Erie County: 7.5% 71,068
  • about one-third of the rate in New York: 22.8% 4,526,014

6.8% ±2.1% (837  ±259) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Erie County: 5.7% 43,450 (±0.2% / ±1,596)
  • nearly double the rate in New York: 3.7% 581,776 (±0% / ±5,645)
837 Total veterans ±259 769 Male ±260 68 Female ±67

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