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Census Tract 79.03, Erie, NY

2,963 Population
0.5 square miles 5,515.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.9 ±4.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Tonawanda Town: 42.3 ±1.5
  • a little 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

$45,650 ±$5,981 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Tonawanda Town: $44,748 ±$1,884
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Erie County: $42,777 ±$529
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New York: $50,712 ±$237
$85,250 ±$13,499 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Tonawanda Town: $77,679 ±$3,002
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Erie County: $72,839 ±$1,077
  • about the same as the amount in New York: $85,974 ±$402

4.9% ±4% (145  ±120) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Tonawanda Town: 10% † 5,657 (±2% / ±1,104)
  • about one-third of the rate in Erie County: 13.9% 128,474 (±0.4% / ±3,952)
  • about one-third of the rate in New York: 14% 2,711,742 (±0.2% / ±29,111)

18.9 minutes ±0.9 (24,410  ±4,127) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Tonawanda Town: 21.3 553,045 (±1.5 / ±45,257)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Erie County: 21.3 8,392,185 (±0.3 / ±147,348)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in New York: 32.6 258,262,370 (±0.1 / ±834,810)

Families

1,393 ±94 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 (2,959  ±358) 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 80 percent of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,227,424

4.6% ±5.1% (24  ±27) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Tonawanda Town: 5.6% † 737 (±1.6% / ±214)
  • about the same as the rate in Erie County: 4.6% 10,062 (±0.4% / ±843)
  • a little less than the rate in New York: 4.9% 228,276 (±0.1% / ±4,383)

Housing

1,393 ±94 Number of housing units
  • Tonawanda Town: 27,998 ±663
  • Erie County: 441,214 ±295
  • New York: 8,585,241 ±652

$210,100 ±$13,749 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

3.1% ±2% (92  ±59.7) Moved since previous year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Tonawanda Town: 10.7% † 6,028 (±1.8% / ±998.1)
  • about one-third of the rate in Erie County: 10.6% 99,544 (±0.4% / ±3,748.7)
  • about one-third of the rate in New York: 9.9% 1,939,072 (±0.1% / ±17,964.9)

Social

98% ±9.1% (2,238  ±265.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than 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)
43.7% ±8% (998  ±197.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Tonawanda Town: 39.4% 17,192 (±2.5% / ±1,134.6)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Erie County: 38.1% 256,449 (±0.6% / ±3,789.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than 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

3.5% ±2.2% (104  ±65) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Tonawanda Town: 6.4% † 3,618 (±1.4% / ±810)
  • about half the rate in Erie County: 7.5% 71,068
  • less than a fifth of the rate in New York: 22.8% 4,526,014

7.3% ±2.9% (174  ±71) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Tonawanda Town: 6% † 2,830 (±0.8% / ±377)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Erie County: 5.7% 43,450 (±0.2% / ±1,596)
  • about double the rate in New York: 3.7% 581,776 (±0% / ±5,645)
174 Total veterans ±71 160 Male ±67 14 Female ±18

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