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Niagara Falls city, Niagara County, NY

48,198 Population
14.1 square miles 3,422.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.7 ±1.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Niagara County: 43.2 ±0.3
  • a little higher than the figure in New York: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$30,033 ±$1,497 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Niagara County: $37,898 ±$585
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New York: $49,520 ±$230
$48,535 ±$2,663 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Niagara County: $67,809 ±$1,714
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New York: $84,578 ±$372

23.7% ±2.8% (11,313  ±1,330) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in Niagara County: 13% 27,014 (±0.9% / ±1,889)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New York: 13.7% 2,656,674 (±0.1% / ±27,351)

18.4 minutes ±0.9 (347,840  ±24,917) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Niagara County: 22.3 1,985,035 (±0.5 / ±56,283)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in New York: 32.8 266,142,800 (±0.1 / ±921,890)

Families

22,627 ±523 Number of households
  • Niagara County: 91,493 ±741
  • New York: 7,668,956 ±12,766
2.1 ±0.1 (47,756  ±78) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Niagara County: 2.3 207,173 (±0 / ±56)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,274,232

5.7% ±2.1% (623  ±230) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Niagara County: 4.7% † 2,115 (±0.7% / ±329)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New York: 4.9% 230,168 (±0.1% / ±4,006)

Housing

26,161 ±519 Number of housing units
  • Niagara County: 100,335 ±63
  • New York: 8,539,536 ±1,410

$104,400 ±$5,311 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Niagara County: $177,400 ±$3,531
  • about one-quarter of the amount in New York: $403,000 ±$1,347

11.5% ±1.8% (5,485  ±860.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Niagara County: 8.8% 18,489 (±0.7% / ±1,420.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 10.1% 1,981,213 (±0.1% / ±18,773.1)

Social

88.6% ±3.3% (30,309  ±1,258.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Niagara County: 92% 140,269 (±1.6% / ±2,508.9)
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 87.9% 12,297,601 (±0.2% / ±31,621.6)
22.8% ±1.9% (7,788  ±650) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Niagara County: 27.2% 41,401 (±0.9% / ±1,294.4)
  • about three-fifths 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

4.6% ±0.9% (2,237  ±413) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Niagara County: 3.9% 8,284
  • about one-fifth of the rate in New York: 22.6% 4,499,147

6.6% ±1% (2,527  ±382) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Niagara County: 7.7% 13,066 (±0.5% / ±818)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New York: 3.9% 607,728 (±0% / ±6,791)
2,527 Total veterans ±382 2,339 Male ±381 188 Female ±75

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