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Alden, NY

2,595 Population
2.7 square miles 954.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42 ±3.4 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 40.7 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in New York: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$39,652 ±$2,673 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: $40,894 ±$428
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New York: $49,520 ±$230
$74,426 ±$6,668 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: $70,572 ±$808
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New York: $84,578 ±$372

5% ±2.2% (130  ±57) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 13.8% 157,023 (±0.4% / ±4,895)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New York: 13.7% 2,656,674 (±0.1% / ±27,351)

28.2 minutes ±4.6 (38,505  ±7,051) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 21.5 10,560,275 (±0.3 / ±156,556)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 32.8 266,142,800 (±0.1 / ±921,890)

Families

1,165 ±76 Number of households
  • the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 500,204 ±1,649
  • New York: 7,668,956 ±12,766
2.2 ±0.2 (2,574  ±23) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 2.3 1,131,819 (±0 / ±508)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,274,232

7.6% ±5.7% (46  ±35) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 4.7% 12,267 (±0.3% / ±883)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New York: 4.9% 230,168 (±0.1% / ±4,006)

Housing

1,215 ±82 Number of housing units
  • the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 540,322 ±251
  • New York: 8,539,536 ±1,410

$206,700 ±$14,458 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: $209,600 ±$1,823
  • about half the amount in New York: $403,000 ±$1,347

5.8% ±2.7% (149  ±70.1) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 10.4% 120,007 (±0.4% / ±4,211.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New York: 10.1% 1,981,213 (±0.1% / ±18,773.1)

Social

95.7% ±8.8% (1,867  ±187.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 92.4% 761,788 (±0.8% / ±6,420.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 87.9% 12,297,601 (±0.2% / ±31,621.6)
29.1% ±5.4% (567  ±106.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 35.1% 289,690 (±0.5% / ±3,890.3)
  • about three-quarters 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

1.8% ±1% (46  ±27) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 6.6% 76,909
  • about 10 percent of the rate in New York: 22.6% 4,499,147

10.7% ±2.6% (223  ±55) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 6.4% 58,861 (±0.2% / ±1,718)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 3.9% 607,728 (±0% / ±6,791)
223 Total veterans ±55 218 Male ±52 5 Female ±8

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