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Cheektowaga, NY

75,443 Population
25.4 square miles 2,973 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.4 ±4.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 41.2 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in New York: 40.2 ±0.2

Economics

$34,614 ±$2,241 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: $40,027 ±$908
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New York: $48,847 ±$350
$61,246 ±$5,451 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: $69,861 ±$1,917
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New York: $82,095 ±$500

11.3% ±3.3% (8,168  ±2,381) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 14.2% 160,164 (±1% / ±11,564)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New York: 14.2% 2,702,955 (±0.3% / ±50,606)

20.3 minutes ±1.5 (705,025  ±58,232) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • a little less than the figure in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 21.5 10,560,275 (±0.3 / ±156,556)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in New York: 32.8 266,142,800 (±0.1 / ±921,890)

Families

34,150 ±2,247 Number of households
  • the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 502,324 ±4,229
  • New York: 7,809,267 ±17,008
2.1 ±0.2 (72,452  ±3,123) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 2.2 1,124,827 (±0 / ±2,375)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 2.4 18,954,246

4.9% ±2.5% (871  ±461) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 5% † 12,915 (±0.7% / ±1,767)
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 4.9% 223,651 (±0.2% / ±9,540)

Housing

34,954 ±2,410 Number of housing units
  • the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 543,065 ±1,059
  • New York: 8,631,232 ±832

$202,000 ±$7,214 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: $233,300 ±$4,208
  • about half the amount in New York: $420,200 ±$4,220

8.4% ±2.3% (6,239  ±1,709) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 10.6% 121,768 (±0.8% / ±9,321.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 9.6% 1,865,276 (±0.2% / ±35,369.7)

Social

94.2% ±4.5% (51,719  ±3,708.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 92.4% 762,145 (±1.7% / ±13,671.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 88.3% 12,264,360 (±0.4% / ±57,263.1)
28.4% ±3.2% (15,589  ±1,948.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 35.7% 294,400 (±1% / ±8,299.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New York: 40.6% 5,642,907 (±0.3% / ±38,336)

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

6.9% ±2.5% (5,166  ±1,888) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 6.8% 78,735
  • about one-third of the rate in New York: 23.1% 4,517,996

6.4% ±1.2% (3,983  ±764) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 6.4% 58,715 (±0.4% / ±3,409)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New York: 3.6% 563,400 (±0.1% / ±10,870)
3,983 Total veterans ±764 3,417 Male ±663 566 Female ±374

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