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Niagara Falls city, Niagara County, NY

48,502 Population
14.1 square miles 3,444.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.3 ±1.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Niagara County: 43.1 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in New York: 39.3 ±0.1

Economics

$29,391 ±$1,799 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Niagara County: $36,556 ±$664
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New York: $47,173 ±$209
$45,932 ±$2,215 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Niagara County: $65,882 ±$1,757
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New York: $81,386 ±$350

25.1% ±2.3% (12,046  ±1,098) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in Niagara County: 13% 27,046 (±0.9% / ±1,767)
  • nearly double the rate in New York: 13.6% 2,655,662 (±0.1% / ±26,624)

18.8 minutes ±0.7 (352,965  ±21,272) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Niagara County: 22.8 2,068,130 (±0.4 / ±47,091)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in New York: 33.2 275,523,680 (±0.1 / ±986,828)

Families

22,428 ±518 Number of households
  • Niagara County: 90,982 ±763
  • New York: 7,604,523 ±13,178
2.1 ±0.1 (48,101  ±36) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Niagara County: 2.3 208,233 (±0 / ±57)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New York: 2.6 19,400,424

5.3% ±1.9% (587  ±212) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Niagara County: 5% † 2,227 (±0.8% / ±351)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 4.8% 228,348 (±0.1% / ±4,362)

Housing

26,141 ±497 Number of housing units
  • Niagara County: 100,182 ±161
  • New York: 8,494,452 ±916

$94,900 ±$3,297 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Niagara County: $163,100 ±$3,452
  • about one-quarter of the amount in New York: $384,100 ±$1,487

10.4% ±1.6% (4,995  ±,757.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Niagara County: 8.5% 17,873 (±0.7% / ±1,534.4)
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 10.2% 2,026,056 (±0.1% / ±17,574.7)

Social

87.3% ±3.1% (29,882  ±1,178.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Niagara County: 91.7% 139,891 (±1.6% / ±2,514)
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 87.6% 12,281,021 (±0.2% / ±31,135.3)
22% ±1.8% (7,518  ±,627.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Niagara County: 27% 41,237 (±0.9% / ±1,297.8)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New York: 38.8% 5,439,415 (±0.2% / ±20,453)

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

4.4% ±0.8% (2,155  ±400) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Niagara County: 4% 8,374
  • about one-fifth of the rate in New York: 22.6% 4,508,936

6.6% ±0.9% (2,506  ±349) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Niagara County: 8% 13,610 (±0.5% / ±830)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New York: 4% 634,062 (±0% / ±5,837)
2,506 Total veterans ±349 2,363 Male ±355 143 Female ±73

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