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Wheatfield town, Niagara County, NY

18,549 Population
27.9 square miles 664.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.3 ±2.1 Median age
  • about 10 percent 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
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$44,349 ±$2,863 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
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$93,682 ±$6,362 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Niagara County: $69,633 ±$2,124
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New York: $85,974 ±$402
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

5.9% ±1.7% (1,077  ±305) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Niagara County: 13.5% 28,014 (±1% / ±2,039)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New York: 14% 2,711,742 (±0.2% / ±29,111)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23 minutes ±1.8 (176,530  ±19,047) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as 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)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

7,448 ±348 Number of households
  • Niagara County: 91,884 ±707
  • New York: 7,722,646 ±12,717
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (18,082  ±25) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Niagara County: 2.2 206,131 (±0 / ±74)
  • about the same as the figure in New York: 2.5 19,227,424
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

8% ±3.7% (278  ±130) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Niagara County: 4.6% † 2,056 (±0.8% / ±342)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New York: 4.9% 228,276 (±0.1% / ±4,383)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

7,970 ±419 Number of housing units
  • Niagara County: 100,446 ±96
  • New York: 8,585,241 ±652
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$314,900 ±$18,673 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Niagara County: $189,800 ±$4,741
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New York: $423,800 ±$1,627
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6.5% ±2% (1,183  ±371.3) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Niagara County: 9.2% 19,249 (±0.8% / ±1,566.8)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New York: 9.9% 1,939,072 (±0.1% / ±17,964.9)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.1% ±6.2% (12,169  ±879.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Niagara County: 92.1% 140,345 (±1.7% / ±2,606.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 88% 12,332,714 (±0.2% / ±30,517.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
35.3% ±4% (4,656  ±537.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Niagara County: 28% 42,605 (±1% / ±1,488.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 40.2% 5,638,631 (±0.1% / ±20,283)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

3.3% ±1.2% (607  ±215) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Niagara County: 4.4% 9,339
  • less than a fifth of the rate in New York: 22.8% 4,526,014
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.6% ±1.5% (939  ±209) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Niagara County: 7.4% 12,450 (±0.5% / ±910)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New York: 3.7% 581,776 (±0% / ±5,645)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
939 Total veterans ±209 909 Male ±206 30 Female ±28

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