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Census Tract 171, Erie, NY

5,367 Population
0.8 square miles 6,877.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

25.5 ±3.2 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Buffalo: 34.3 ±0.5
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Erie County: 40.4 ±0.2
  • about two-thirds of the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1

Economics

$26,356 ±$9,585 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Buffalo: $31,843 ±$777
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Erie County: $42,777 ±$529
  • about half the amount in New York: $50,712 ±$237
$39,763 ±$13,038 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Buffalo: $50,041 ±$1,988
  • about half the amount in Erie County: $72,839 ±$1,077
  • about half the amount in New York: $85,974 ±$402

26.6% ±10.3% (1,337  ±579) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Buffalo: 26% 70,101 (±1% / ±2,754)
  • nearly double the rate in Erie County: 13.9% 128,474 (±0.4% / ±3,952)
  • nearly double the rate in New York: 14% 2,711,742 (±0.2% / ±29,111)

20.3 minutes ±3.3 (44,745  ±14,349) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Buffalo: 19.9 2,129,310 (±0.3 / ±60,807)
  • a little less than 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

1,626 ±183 Number of households
  • Buffalo: 119,630 ±1,553
  • Erie County: 409,665 ±1,635
  • New York: 7,722,646 ±12,717
3.1 ±0.5 (4,958  ±969) Persons per household
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Buffalo: 2.3 268,804 (±0 / ±107)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Erie County: 2.3 924,074 (±0 / ±605)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in New York: 2.5 19,227,424

8.1% ±5.9% (134  ±104) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in Buffalo: 4.3% † 3,164 (±0.8% / ±566)
  • more than 1.5 times 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

2,120 ±191 Number of housing units
  • Buffalo: 136,850 ±1,365
  • Erie County: 441,214 ±295
  • New York: 8,585,241 ±652

$117,700 ±$90,819 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Buffalo: $164,200 ±$5,446
  • about half the amount in Erie County: $233,800 ±$1,649
  • about one-quarter of the amount in New York: $423,800 ±$1,627

21.7% ±8.4% (1,116  ±472.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Buffalo: 13.9% 38,202 (±1% / ±2,621.8)
  • about 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

77.9% ±3.5% (2,162  ±380.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Buffalo: 87% 160,800 (±1.7% / ±3,469.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Erie County: 92.5% 623,605 (±0.9% / ±5,903.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 88% 12,332,714 (±0.2% / ±30,517.5)
23.7% ±6% (657  ±200.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Buffalo: 31.2% 57,644 (±1.1% / ±2,020.3)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Erie County: 38.1% 256,449 (±0.6% / ±3,789.2)
  • about three-fifths 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% ±4.9% (656  ±287) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Buffalo: 10.9% 30,142 (±0.7% / ±1,788)
  • 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

1.5% ±1.7% (62  ±71) Population with veteran status
  • about one-third of the rate in Buffalo: 5% 10,673 (±0.4% / ±869)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Erie County: 5.7% 43,450 (±0.2% / ±1,596)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New York: 3.7% 581,776 (±0% / ±5,645)
62 Total veterans ±71 62 Male ±71 N/A Female ±19

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