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West Seneca town, Erie County, NY

45,329 Population
21.4 square miles 2,119.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.3 ±1.3 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Erie County: 40.3 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New York: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$41,853 ±$1,509 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Erie County: $41,560 ±$511
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New York: $49,520 ±$230
$75,465 ±$3,971 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Erie County: $71,175 ±$843
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New York: $84,578 ±$372

8.3% ±2% (3,750  ±902) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Erie County: 14% 130,009 (±0.5% / ±4,402)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New York: 13.7% 2,656,674 (±0.1% / ±27,351)

23 minutes ±1.4 (481,425  ±36,941) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Erie County: 21.3 8,575,235 (±0.3 / ±138,570)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in New York: 32.8 266,142,800 (±0.1 / ±921,890)

Families

20,255 ±462 Number of households
  • Erie County: 408,711 ±1,563
  • New York: 7,668,956 ±12,766
2.2 ±0.1 (44,875  ±37) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Erie County: 2.3 924,646 (±0 / ±515)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,274,232

5.3% ±1.9% (507  ±189) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Erie County: 4.7% 10,152 (±0.4% / ±847)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 4.9% 230,168 (±0.1% / ±4,006)

Housing

21,268 ±479 Number of housing units
  • Erie County: 439,987 ±247
  • New York: 8,539,536 ±1,410

$215,000 ±$6,078 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Erie County: $217,400 ±$1,961
  • about half the amount in New York: $403,000 ±$1,347

7.8% ±1.4% (3,508  ±635.6) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Erie County: 10.8% 101,518 (±0.4% / ±4,008.6)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New York: 10.1% 1,981,213 (±0.1% / ±18,773.1)

Social

94.8% ±3.2% (31,818  ±1,236.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Erie County: 92.4% 621,519 (±0.9% / ±5,889.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 87.9% 12,297,601 (±0.2% / ±31,621.6)
33.2% ±2.2% (11,133  ±769.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Erie County: 36.9% 248,289 (±0.5% / ±3,624.5)
  • about 80 percent 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

2.4% ±0.6% (1,070  ±272) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Erie County: 7.2% 68,625
  • about 10 percent of the rate in New York: 22.6% 4,499,147

7.2% ±0.9% (2,658  ±343) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Erie County: 6.1% 45,795 (±0.2% / ±1,578)
  • nearly double the rate in New York: 3.9% 607,728 (±0% / ±6,791)
2,658 Total veterans ±343 2,552 Male ±360 106 Female ±85

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