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Census Tract 79.02, Erie, NY

6,259 Population
1.3 square miles 4,656.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.6 ±10.9 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Tonawanda Town: 42.3 ±1.5
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Erie County: 40.4 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1

Economics

$50,146 ±$4,561 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Tonawanda Town: $44,748 ±$1,884
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Erie County: $42,777 ±$529
  • about the same as the amount in New York: $50,712 ±$237
$98,313 ±$7,122 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Tonawanda Town: $77,679 ±$3,002
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Erie County: $72,839 ±$1,077
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New York: $85,974 ±$402

3.8% ±1.9% (240  ±124) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Tonawanda Town: 10% † 5,657 (±2% / ±1,104)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Erie County: 13.9% 128,474 (±0.4% / ±3,952)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New York: 14% 2,711,742 (±0.2% / ±29,111)

21.7 minutes ±4.8 (74,445  ±25,824) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Tonawanda Town: 21.3 553,045 (±1.5 / ±45,257)
  • 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

2,935 ±427 Number of households
  • Tonawanda Town: 26,921 ±604
  • Erie County: 409,665 ±1,635
  • New York: 7,722,646 ±12,717
2.1 ±0.2 (6,245  ±1,072) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Tonawanda Town: 2.1 56,255 (±0.1 / ±29)
  • a little less than the figure in Erie County: 2.3 924,074 (±0 / ±605)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,227,424

8.4% ±5.9% (94  ±70) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Tonawanda Town: 5.6% † 737 (±1.6% / ±214)
  • 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

3,109 ±387 Number of housing units
  • Tonawanda Town: 27,998 ±663
  • Erie County: 441,214 ±295
  • New York: 8,585,241 ±652

$214,700 ±$13,259 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Tonawanda Town: $215,200 ±$4,346
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Erie County: $233,800 ±$1,649
  • about half the amount in New York: $423,800 ±$1,627

10.6% ±5.6% (656  ±367.2) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Tonawanda Town: 10.7% † 6,028 (±1.8% / ±998.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Erie County: 10.6% 99,544 (±0.4% / ±3,748.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 9.9% 1,939,072 (±0.1% / ±17,964.9)

Social

96.4% ±21.6% (4,814  ±739.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Tonawanda Town: 95.6% 41,693 (±3.5% / ±1,702.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Erie County: 92.5% 623,605 (±0.9% / ±5,903.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 88% 12,332,714 (±0.2% / ±30,517.5)
36% ±9.2% (1,797  ±544.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Tonawanda Town: 39.4% 17,192 (±2.5% / ±1,134.6)
  • a little less than the rate in Erie County: 38.1% 256,449 (±0.6% / ±3,789.2)
  • about 90 percent 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

12.2% ±7.4% (764  ±480) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in Tonawanda Town: 6.4% † 3,618 (±1.4% / ±810)
  • 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

6% ±2.1% (324  ±131) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Tonawanda Town: 6% † 2,830 (±0.8% / ±377)
  • a little higher than the rate in Erie County: 5.7% 43,450 (±0.2% / ±1,596)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New York: 3.7% 581,776 (±0% / ±5,645)
324 Total veterans ±131 306 Male ±134 18 Female ±30

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