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Amherst town, Erie County, NY

130,554 Population
53.2 square miles 2,453.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40 ±3.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Erie County: 40.3 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in New York: 40 ±0.2

Economics

$46,110 ±$2,729 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Erie County: $40,867 ±$1,283
  • a little less than the amount in New York: $47,421 ±$340
$97,098 ±$10,059 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Erie County: $70,044 ±$2,061
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in New York: $79,557 ±$722

8.8% ±1.7% (10,620  ±2,086) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Erie County: 13.2% 122,301 (±1% / ±9,206)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New York: 14.3% 2,734,819 (±0.3% / ±62,913)

20 minutes ±0.7 (1,112,695  ±47,376) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • a little less than the figure in Erie County: 21.2 8,704,880 (±0.3 / ±144,541)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in New York: 33.2 275,523,680 (±0.1 / ±986,828)

Families

50,703 ±2,306 Number of households
  • Erie County: 411,422 ±3,193
  • New York: 7,774,308 ±19,481
2.4 ±0.1 (120,235  ±111) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Erie County: 2.2 922,410 (±0 / ±849)
  • a little less than the figure in New York: 2.5 19,062,964

3.2% ±1.7% (928  ±486) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Erie County: 5.2% † 11,066 (±1.1% / ±2,254)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New York: 5.1% 232,961 (±0.2% / ±8,582)

Housing

52,669 ±2,475 Number of housing units
  • Erie County: 441,303 ±387
  • New York: 8,585,784 ±494

$299,900 ±$13,803 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Erie County: $225,600 ±$4,866
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New York: $400,400 ±$3,138

11.7% ±2.1% (15,170  ±2,696.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Erie County: 9.8% 91,899 (±0.9% / ±8,358.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 10.4% 2,027,524 (±0.2% / ±37,462)

Social

94.8% ±4.8% (84,090  ±4,910.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Erie County: 92.6% 624,013 (±1.9% / ±12,614.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 87.9% 12,211,028 (±0.4% / ±59,699)
56.5% ±3.9% (50,131  ±3,743.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Erie County: 37.7% 253,846 (±1.2% / ±7,927.2)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New York: 40% 5,556,561 (±0.3% / ±40,658.4)

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

11.4% ±2% (14,909  ±2,570) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Erie County: 7.1% 67,182
  • about half the rate in New York: 22.7% 4,459,752

4.5% ±1% (4,810  ±1,050) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Erie County: 5.5% 42,116 (±0.4% / ±3,301)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New York: 3.7% 580,856 (±0.1% / ±12,582)
4,810 Total veterans ±1,050 4,682 Male ±1,038 128 Female ±157

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