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Lewiston town, Niagara County, NY

15,788 Population
37.1 square miles 425.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.6 ±2.9 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Niagara County: 43.3 ±0.3
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1

Economics

$43,470 ±$3,409 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Niagara County: $38,904 ±$815
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New York: $50,712 ±$237
$78,400 ±$11,093 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Niagara County: $69,633 ±$2,124
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New York: $85,974 ±$402

11.6% ±3.9% (1,609  ±540) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Niagara County: 13.5% 28,014 (±1% / ±2,039)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New York: 14% 2,711,742 (±0.2% / ±29,111)

20.8 minutes ±2.7 (125,950  ±11,379) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Niagara County: 22.5 1,968,680 (±0.4 / ±53,139)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in New York: 32.6 258,262,370 (±0.1 / ±834,810)

Families

6,372 ±311 Number of households
  • Niagara County: 91,884 ±707
  • New York: 7,722,646 ±12,717
2.2 ±0.1 (13,815  ±41) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Niagara County: 2.2 206,131 (±0 / ±74)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,227,424

3.2% ±2% (116  ±75) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Niagara County: 4.6% † 2,056 (±0.8% / ±342)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New York: 4.9% 228,276 (±0.1% / ±4,383)

Housing

6,665 ±305 Number of housing units
  • Niagara County: 100,446 ±96
  • New York: 8,585,241 ±652

$261,600 ±$18,720 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Niagara County: $189,800 ±$4,741
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New York: $423,800 ±$1,627

12.5% ±2.6% (1,958  ±400.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Niagara County: 9.2% 19,249 (±0.8% / ±1,566.8)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New York: 9.9% 1,939,072 (±0.1% / ±17,964.9)

Social

95.3% ±6.6% (10,586  ±785.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Niagara County: 92.1% 140,345 (±1.7% / ±2,606.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 88% 12,332,714 (±0.2% / ±30,517.5)
38.5% ±3.9% (4,273  ±444.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Niagara County: 28% 42,605 (±1% / ±1,488.6)
  • a little less than 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

8.5% ±2.2% (1,334  ±346) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in Niagara County: 4.4% 9,339
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New York: 22.8% 4,526,014

7.2% ±2.2% (959  ±295) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Niagara County: 7.4% 12,450 (±0.5% / ±910)
  • about double the rate in New York: 3.7% 581,776 (±0% / ±5,645)
959 Total veterans ±295 706 Male ±171 253 Female ±246

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