Delevan vs Gowanda

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

Delevan 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 1,283 in Delevan). Delevan has the higher median household income ($62,887 vs $49,946 in Gowanda). Delevan has the higher median home value ($109,600 vs $84,700 in Gowanda).

Population, income & housing

	Delevan	Gowanda
Population	1,283	2,929
Median age	36.5 yrs	37.4 yrs
Median household income	$62,887	$49,946
Median home value	$109,600	$84,700
Median gross rent	$760	$709
Housing units	581	1,306
Homeownership rate	65.9%	63.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.7%	10.5%
Unemployment rate	8.7%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Delevan	Gowanda
Population	1,069 → 1,283 (+20.0%)	2,898 → 2,929 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$43,125 → $62,887 (+45.8%)	$40,109 → $49,946 (+24.5%)
Median home value	$95,000 → $109,600 (+15.4%)	$80,000 → $84,700 (+5.9%)
Median gross rent	$574 → $760 (+32.4%)	$651 → $709 (+8.9%)

Delevan

Population

1,0691,283

Median household income

$43,125$62,887

Median home value

$95,000$109,600

Median gross rent

$574$760

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)

	Delevan	Gowanda
Under 5	5.1%	9.8%
5 to 17	19.2%	20.2%
18 to 24	6.0%	6.2%
25 to 34	16.1%	8.4%
35 to 44	16.3%	13.2%
45 to 54	10.0%	10.9%
55 to 64	8.1%	13.6%
65 to 74	7.9%	8.4%
75 and over	11.4%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Delevan	Gowanda
White (non-Hispanic)	91.6%	85.3%
Black or African American	1.1%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	5.0%
Asian	0.0%	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	0.2%	7.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Delevan	Gowanda
No high school diploma	10.9%	8.9%
High school graduate	38.1%	50.0%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.1%	6.4%
Graduate or professional degree	9.6%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Delevan	Gowanda
Drove alone	82.4%	72.6%
Carpooled	12.8%	17.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	1.5%	5.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	3.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Delevan	Gowanda
1-unit, detached	67.5%	63.9%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	15.1%	26.8%
5 to 19 units	8.1%	4.3%
20 or more units	1.0%	4.2%
Mobile home & other	7.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Delevan	Gowanda
Poverty rate	18.5%	15.5%
Average household size	2.30	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	36	22
Median year structure built	1955	1938