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Amherst Central School District, NY

24,047 Population
5.1 square miles 4,756.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.5 ±2.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Erie County: 40.3 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in New York: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$54,906 ±$5,386 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Erie County: $41,560 ±$511
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New York: $49,520 ±$230
$95,299 ±$9,743 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Erie County: $71,175 ±$843
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New York: $84,578 ±$372

8.9% ±2.5% (2,075  ±587) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Erie County: 14% 130,009 (±0.5% / ±4,402)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New York: 13.7% 2,656,674 (±0.1% / ±27,351)

18.3 minutes ±1.4 (200,380  ±22,018) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Erie County: 21.3 8,575,235 (±0.3 / ±138,570)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in New York: 32.8 266,142,800 (±0.1 / ±921,890)

Families

9,832 ±509 Number of households
  • Erie County: 408,711 ±1,563
  • New York: 7,668,956 ±12,766
2.4 ±0 (23,343  ±1,281) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Erie County: 2.3 924,646 (±0 / ±515)
  • a little less than the figure in New York: 2.5 19,274,232

6% ±2.4% (333  ±136) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Erie County: 4.7% 10,152 (±0.4% / ±847)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New York: 4.9% 230,168 (±0.1% / ±4,006)

Housing

10,411 ±509 Number of housing units
  • Erie County: 439,987 ±247
  • New York: 8,539,536 ±1,410

$260,600 ±$9,622 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Erie County: $217,400 ±$1,961
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New York: $403,000 ±$1,347

10.2% ±2.4% (2,431  ±589.8) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Erie County: 10.8% 101,518 (±0.4% / ±4,008.6)
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 10.1% 1,981,213 (±0.1% / ±18,773.1)

Social

96.2% ±2.9% (15,579  ±937.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Erie County: 92.4% 621,519 (±0.9% / ±5,889.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 87.9% 12,297,601 (±0.2% / ±31,621.6)
61.3% ±3.3% (9,925  ±738.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Erie County: 36.9% 248,289 (±0.5% / ±3,624.5)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New York: 39.6% 5,535,503 (±0.2% / ±20,933.1)

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

12.4% ±3.1% (2,986  ±759) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Erie County: 7.2% 68,625
  • about half the rate in New York: 22.6% 4,499,147

4.9% ±1% (912  ±191) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Erie County: 6.1% 45,795 (±0.2% / ±1,578)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New York: 3.9% 607,728 (±0% / ±6,791)
912 Total veterans ±191 839 Male ±197 73 Female ±70

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