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Lewiston town, Niagara County, NY

15,838 Population
37.1 square miles 426.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.1 ±4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Niagara County: 43.2 ±0.3
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New York: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$40,857 ±$2,815 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Niagara County: $37,898 ±$585
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New York: $49,520 ±$230
$72,939 ±$11,169 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Niagara County: $67,809 ±$1,714
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New York: $84,578 ±$372

10.6% ±3.7% (1,494  ±518) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Niagara County: 13% 27,014 (±0.9% / ±1,889)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New York: 13.7% 2,656,674 (±0.1% / ±27,351)

22 minutes ±1.3 (132,690  ±13,303) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Niagara County: 22.3 1,985,035 (±0.5 / ±56,283)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in New York: 32.8 266,142,800 (±0.1 / ±921,890)

Families

6,452 ±282 Number of households
  • Niagara County: 91,493 ±741
  • New York: 7,668,956 ±12,766
2.2 ±0.1 (14,025  ±33) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Niagara County: 2.3 207,173 (±0 / ±56)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,274,232

2.8% ±1.9% (102  ±69) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Niagara County: 4.7% † 2,115 (±0.7% / ±329)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New York: 4.9% 230,168 (±0.1% / ±4,006)

Housing

6,708 ±301 Number of housing units
  • Niagara County: 100,335 ±63
  • New York: 8,539,536 ±1,410

$240,600 ±$8,661 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Niagara County: $177,400 ±$3,531
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New York: $403,000 ±$1,347

12.4% ±2.5% (1,948  ±,400.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Niagara County: 8.8% 18,489 (±0.7% / ±1,420.5)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New York: 10.1% 1,981,213 (±0.1% / ±18,773.1)

Social

94.3% ±6.7% (10,607  ±,801.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Niagara County: 92% 140,269 (±1.6% / ±2,508.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 87.9% 12,297,601 (±0.2% / ±31,621.6)
34.6% ±3.6% (3,890  ±,416.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Niagara County: 27.2% 41,401 (±0.9% / ±1,294.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 39.6% 5,535,503 (±0.2% / ±20,933.1)

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

7.4% ±2.3% (1,174  ±357) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in Niagara County: 3.9% 8,284
  • about one-third of the rate in New York: 22.6% 4,499,147

8.6% ±2.3% (1,155  ±315) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Niagara County: 7.7% 13,066 (±0.5% / ±818)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 3.9% 607,728 (±0% / ±6,791)
1,155 Total veterans ±315 919 Male ±209 236 Female ±249

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