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Census Tract 78, Erie, NY

5,092 Population
1.4 square miles 3,524 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.5 ±3.7 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Tonawanda: 43.5 ±2.8
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Erie County: 40.4 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1

Economics

$35,720 ±$6,080 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Tonawanda: $36,905 ±$3,011
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Erie County: $42,777 ±$529
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New York: $50,712 ±$237
$55,781 ±$16,922 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Tonawanda: $58,326 † ±$8,034
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Erie County: $72,839 ±$1,077
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New York: $85,974 ±$402

9.9% ±5.4% (503  ±283) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Tonawanda: 13.8% † 2,080 (±4% / ±597)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Erie County: 13.9% 128,474 (±0.4% / ±3,952)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New York: 14% 2,711,742 (±0.2% / ±29,111)

21.6 minutes ±2.8 (42,050  ±9,998) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Tonawanda: 22.7 134,350 (±1.8 / ±19,713)
  • about the same as the figure in Erie County: 21.3 8,392,185 (±0.3 / ±147,348)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in New York: 32.6 258,262,370 (±0.1 / ±834,810)

Families

2,390 ±206 Number of households
  • Tonawanda: 7,085 ±364
  • Erie County: 409,665 ±1,635
  • New York: 7,722,646 ±12,717
2.1 ±0.3 (5,077  ±752) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Tonawanda: 2.1 14,968 (±0.1 / ±36)
  • a little less than the figure in Erie County: 2.3 924,074 (±0 / ±605)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,227,424

8.5% ±6.9% (80  ±68) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Tonawanda: 5.8% † 178 (±3.8% / ±117)
  • nearly double the rate in Erie County: 4.6% 10,062 (±0.4% / ±843)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New York: 4.9% 228,276 (±0.1% / ±4,383)

Housing

2,472 ±209 Number of housing units
  • Tonawanda: 7,412 ±382
  • Erie County: 441,214 ±295
  • New York: 8,585,241 ±652

$178,700 ±$13,625 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Tonawanda: $173,600 ±$6,798
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Erie County: $233,800 ±$1,649
  • about two-fifths of the amount in New York: $423,800 ±$1,627

20.5% ±17.8% (1,032  ±910.3) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in Tonawanda: 11.3% † 1,684 (±6% / ±891.9)
  • nearly double the rate in Erie County: 10.6% 99,544 (±0.4% / ±3,748.7)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 9.9% 1,939,072 (±0.1% / ±17,964.9)

Social

89.1% ±9.2% (3,345  ±465) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Tonawanda: 92% 10,467 (±6.6% / ±864.9)
  • a little less than the rate in Erie County: 92.5% 623,605 (±0.9% / ±5,903.2)
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 88% 12,332,714 (±0.2% / ±30,517.5)
28.3% ±6.5% (1,063  ±262.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Tonawanda: 28.5% † 3,242 (±4.3% / ±510.5)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Erie County: 38.1% 256,449 (±0.6% / ±3,789.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New York: 40.2% 5,638,631 (±0.1% / ±20,283)

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

12.4% ±15.7% (629  ±803) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Tonawanda: 8.1% † 1,222 (±5.8% / ±877)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Erie County: 7.5% 71,068
  • about half the rate in New York: 22.8% 4,526,014

9.8% ±4.4% (388  ±178) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Tonawanda: 6.8% † 837 (±2.1% / ±259)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Erie County: 5.7% 43,450 (±0.2% / ±1,596)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 3.7% 581,776 (±0% / ±5,645)
388 Total veterans ±178 344 Male ±178 44 Female ±62

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