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Cheektowaga, NY

73,359 Population
25.4 square miles 2,890.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39 ±2.6 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 41.3 ±0.3
  • a little less than the figure in New York: 40.1 ±0.2

Economics

$35,056 ±$2,437 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: $42,171 ±$804
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New York: $51,002 ±$412
$66,230 ±$4,364 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: $72,300 ±$1,724
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New York: $85,820 ±$653

15.6% ±4.3% (11,039  ±3,035) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 12.9% 145,707 (±1.1% / ±11,924)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 14% 2,704,799 (±0.3% / ±50,713)

20.6 minutes ±1.6 (701,040  ±61,024) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • a little less than the figure in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 21.5 10,360,860 (±0.3 / ±152,143)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in New York: 32.6 258,262,370 (±0.1 / ±834,810)

Families

32,721 ±2,019 Number of households
  • the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 504,693 ±4,292
  • New York: 7,828,074 ±18,401
2.2 ±0.2 (70,886  ±2,798) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 2.2 1,125,961 (±0 / ±1,127)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,188,964

4.4% ±2.9% (845  ±573) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 5.4% † 14,028 (±0.9% / ±2,302)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 4.7% 219,646 (±0.2% / ±8,685)

Housing

34,762 ±2,149 Number of housing units
  • the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 543,994 ±529
  • New York: 8,676,911 ±743

$219,500 ±$6,193 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: $253,200 ±$4,883
  • about half the amount in New York: $449,800 ±$3,718

11.5% ±3.1% (8,393  ±2,300.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 9.5% 109,661 (±0.8% / ±9,219.3)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New York: 9.3% 1,836,837 (±0.2% / ±36,336)

Social

92.9% ±4.4% (48,437  ±3,429.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 93% 772,311 (±1.6% / ±13,333.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 88% 12,430,128 (±0.4% / ±58,727.5)
29.9% ±3.7% (15,564  ±2,108.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 38.3% 317,769 (±1.1% / ±8,947.7)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New York: 41.2% 5,819,065 (±0.3% / ±39,724.9)

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

12.3% ±3.1% (8,995  ±2,302) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 7.9% 91,374
  • about half the rate in New York: 23.3% 4,621,382

6.6% ±1.5% (3,885  ±929) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 5.5% 51,312 (±0.4% / ±3,529)
  • nearly double the rate in New York: 3.5% 550,582 (±0.1% / ±11,292)
3,885 Total veterans ±929 3,185 Male ±827 700 Female ±542

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