Allegany vs Gowanda

A side-by-side comparison of Allegany and Gowanda: population, income, housing, and more.

Allegany and Gowanda are places in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Gowanda has the higher population (2,929 vs 1,773 in Allegany). Allegany has the higher median household income ($73,802 vs $49,946 in Gowanda). Allegany has the higher median home value ($152,000 vs $84,700 in Gowanda).

Population, income & housing

	Allegany	Gowanda
Population	1,773	2,929
Median age	37.1 yrs	37.4 yrs
Median household income	$73,802	$49,946
Median home value	$152,000	$84,700
Median gross rent	$767	$709
Housing units	866	1,306
Homeownership rate	64.1%	63.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.7%	10.5%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Allegany	Gowanda
Population	1,865 → 1,773 (-4.9%)	2,898 → 2,929 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$55,643 → $73,802 (+32.6%)	$40,109 → $49,946 (+24.5%)
Median home value	$109,900 → $152,000 (+38.3%)	$80,000 → $84,700 (+5.9%)
Median gross rent	$659 → $767 (+16.4%)	$651 → $709 (+8.9%)

Allegany

Population

1,8651,773

Median household income

$55,643$73,802

Median home value

$109,900$152,000

Median gross rent

$659$767

Gowanda

Population

2,8982,929

Median household income

$40,109$49,946

Median home value

$80,000$84,700

Median gross rent

$651$709

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Allegany	Gowanda
Under 5	3.9%	9.8%
5 to 17	16.8%	20.2%
18 to 24	17.3%	6.2%
25 to 34	8.4%	8.4%
35 to 44	16.4%	13.2%
45 to 54	7.3%	10.9%
55 to 64	10.8%	13.6%
65 to 74	10.2%	8.4%
75 and over	9.0%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Allegany	Gowanda
White (non-Hispanic)	86.7%	85.3%
Black or African American	1.1%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	5.0%
Asian	4.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.7%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	7.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Allegany	Gowanda
No high school diploma	2.0%	8.9%
High school graduate	20.0%	50.0%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	22.2%	6.4%
Graduate or professional degree	24.5%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Allegany	Gowanda
Drove alone	85.4%	72.6%
Carpooled	4.1%	17.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	2.2%	5.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	3.3%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Allegany	Gowanda
1-unit, detached	74.4%	63.9%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	20.0%	26.8%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	4.3%
20 or more units	0.3%	4.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Allegany	Gowanda
Poverty rate	16.0%	15.5%
Average household size	2.32	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	16	22
Median year structure built	1954	1938