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Niagara Falls, NY

47,987 Population
14.1 square miles 3,407.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.8 ±1.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 40.9 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1

Economics

$30,707 ±$1,425 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: $42,074 ±$435
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New York: $50,712 ±$237
$49,101 ±$1,791 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: $72,237 ±$940
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New York: $85,974 ±$402

23.7% ±2.3% (11,272  ±1,085) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 13.8% 156,488 (±0.4% / ±4,210)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New York: 14% 2,711,742 (±0.2% / ±29,111)

19.1 minutes ±1.1 (361,650  ±28,219) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 21.5 10,360,860 (±0.3 / ±152,143)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in New York: 32.6 258,262,370 (±0.1 / ±834,810)

Families

22,730 ±520 Number of households
  • the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 501,549 ±1,795
  • New York: 7,722,646 ±12,717
2.1 ±0.1 (47,484  ±39) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 2.3 1,130,205 (±0 / ±619)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,227,424

5.3% ±2.1% (562  ±225) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 4.6% 12,118 (±0.3% / ±862)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 4.9% 228,276 (±0.1% / ±4,383)

Housing

26,251 ±572 Number of housing units
  • the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 541,660 ±319
  • New York: 8,585,241 ±652

$115,300 ±$5,672 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: $226,100 ±$1,508
  • about one-quarter of the amount in New York: $423,800 ±$1,627

11.8% ±1.9% (5,623  ±914.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 10.3% 118,793 (±0.4% / ±4,011.8)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New York: 9.9% 1,939,072 (±0.1% / ±17,964.9)

Social

88.8% ±3.2% (30,108  ±1,203) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 92.4% 763,950 (±0.8% / ±6,430.2)
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 88% 12,332,714 (±0.2% / ±30,517.5)
22.7% ±1.7% (7,713  ±601.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 36.2% 299,054 (±0.5% / ±4,039.9)
  • 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

5.2% ±0.9% (2,483  ±442) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 6.9% 80,407
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New York: 22.8% 4,526,014

6.2% ±1% (2,348  ±383) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 6% 55,900 (±0.2% / ±1,892)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New York: 3.7% 581,776 (±0% / ±5,645)
2,348 Total veterans ±383 2,168 Male ±379 180 Female ±78

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