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West Seneca, NY

45,303 Population
21.4 square miles 2,118.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.5 ±1.3 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 40.9 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1

Economics

$43,684 ±$1,826 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: $42,074 ±$435
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New York: $50,712 ±$237
$79,709 ±$4,164 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: $72,237 ±$940
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New York: $85,974 ±$402

8.8% ±2% (3,972  ±912) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 13.8% 156,488 (±0.4% / ±4,210)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New York: 14% 2,711,742 (±0.2% / ±29,111)

23 minutes ±1.8 (472,910  ±42,324) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 21.5 10,360,860 (±0.3 / ±152,143)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in New York: 32.6 258,262,370 (±0.1 / ±834,810)

Families

20,019 ±588 Number of households
  • the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 501,549 ±1,795
  • New York: 7,722,646 ±12,717
2.2 ±0.1 (44,809  ±61) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 2.3 1,130,205 (±0 / ±619)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,227,424

4.9% ±2% (491  ±201) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 4.6% 12,118 (±0.3% / ±862)
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 4.9% 228,276 (±0.1% / ±4,383)

Housing

21,150 ±553 Number of housing units
  • the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 541,660 ±319
  • New York: 8,585,241 ±652

$232,800 ±$5,955 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: $226,100 ±$1,508
  • about half the amount in New York: $423,800 ±$1,627

7.1% ±1.3% (3,201  ±588.2) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 10.3% 118,793 (±0.4% / ±4,011.8)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New York: 9.9% 1,939,072 (±0.1% / ±17,964.9)

Social

94.5% ±3.1% (31,609  ±1,255) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 92.4% 763,950 (±0.8% / ±6,430.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 88% 12,332,714 (±0.2% / ±30,517.5)
34.5% ±2.2% (11,551  ±772.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 36.2% 299,054 (±0.5% / ±4,039.9)
  • 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

2.6% ±0.6% (1,185  ±282) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 6.9% 80,407
  • about 10 percent of the rate in New York: 22.8% 4,526,014

6.7% ±1% (2,471  ±374) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area: 6% 55,900 (±0.2% / ±1,892)
  • nearly double the rate in New York: 3.7% 581,776 (±0% / ±5,645)
2,471 Total veterans ±374 2,364 Male ±367 107 Female ±83

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