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Cheektowaga town, Erie County, NY

88,358 Population
29.5 square miles 3,000.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.2 ±3.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Erie County: 40.7 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in New York: 40.2 ±0.2

Economics

$34,933 ±$2,037 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Erie County: $40,601 ±$1,038
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New York: $48,847 ±$350
$63,233 ±$4,314 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Erie County: $70,492 ±$1,959
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New York: $82,095 ±$500

11% ±2.8% (9,396  ±2,396) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Erie County: 14.1% 130,526 (±1% / ±9,540)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New York: 14.2% 2,702,955 (±0.3% / ±50,606)

20.1 minutes ±1.3 (813,205  ±59,304) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • a little less than the figure in Erie County: 21.3 8,575,235 (±0.3 / ±138,570)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in New York: 32.8 266,142,800 (±0.1 / ±921,890)

Families

40,033 ±2,292 Number of households
  • Erie County: 410,430 ±3,853
  • New York: 7,809,267 ±17,008
2.1 ±0.1 (85,327  ±2,342) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Erie County: 2.2 920,112 (±0 / ±2,466)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 2.4 18,954,246

5.9% ±3.2% (1,207  ±666) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Erie County: 5.4% † 11,556 (±0.9% / ±1,838)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New York: 4.9% 223,651 (±0.2% / ±9,540)

Housing

41,247 ±2,453 Number of housing units
  • Erie County: 442,461 ±1,099
  • New York: 8,631,232 ±832

$197,800 ±$7,762 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Erie County: $241,900 ±$4,508
  • about half the amount in New York: $420,200 ±$4,220

9.4% ±2.6% (8,192  ±2,290.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Erie County: 10.9% 101,782 (±0.9% / ±8,476.5)
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 9.6% 1,865,276 (±0.2% / ±35,369.7)

Social

93.2% ±4.8% (59,859  ±3,885.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Erie County: 92.5% 622,624 (±1.9% / ±12,753.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 88.3% 12,264,360 (±0.4% / ±57,263.1)
28% ±3.1% (17,968  ±2,100.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Erie County: 37.8% 254,110 (±1.2% / ±7,919.4)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New York: 40.6% 5,642,907 (±0.3% / ±38,336)

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

6.2% ±2.2% (5,501  ±1,901) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Erie County: 7.4% 70,327
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New York: 23.1% 4,517,996

6.4% ±1.1% (4,640  ±784) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Erie County: 6.2% 46,952 (±0.4% / ±3,348)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New York: 3.6% 563,400 (±0.1% / ±10,870)
4,640 Total veterans ±784 4,074 Male ±682 566 Female ±374

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