Gowanda vs Salamanca

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

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

Salamanca has the higher population (5,878 vs 2,929 in Gowanda). Gowanda has the higher median household income ($49,946 vs $39,871 in Salamanca). Gowanda has the higher median home value ($84,700 vs $78,000 in Salamanca).

Population, income & housing

	Gowanda	Salamanca
Population	2,929	5,878
Median age	37.4 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$49,946	$39,871
Median home value	$84,700	$78,000
Median gross rent	$709	$702
Housing units	1,306	2,879
Homeownership rate	63.3%	53.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.5%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	8.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gowanda	Salamanca
Population	2,898 → 2,929 (+1.1%)	5,497 → 5,878 (+6.9%)
Median household income	$40,109 → $49,946 (+24.5%)	$31,934 → $39,871 (+24.9%)
Median home value	$80,000 → $84,700 (+5.9%)	$64,100 → $78,000 (+21.7%)
Median gross rent	$651 → $709 (+8.9%)	$654 → $702 (+7.3%)

Gowanda

Population

2,8982,929

Median household income

$40,109$49,946

Median home value

$80,000$84,700

Median gross rent

$651$709

Salamanca

Population

5,4975,878

Median household income

$31,934$39,871

Median home value

$64,100$78,000

Median gross rent

$654$702

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gowanda	Salamanca
Under 5	9.8%	6.1%
5 to 17	20.2%	20.6%
18 to 24	6.2%	6.8%
25 to 34	8.4%	12.4%
35 to 44	13.2%	11.9%
45 to 54	10.9%	12.8%
55 to 64	13.6%	13.8%
65 to 74	8.4%	9.4%
75 and over	9.3%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gowanda	Salamanca
White (non-Hispanic)	85.3%	67.2%
Black or African American	1.0%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	5.0%	16.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.5%	7.9%
Hispanic or Latino	7.3%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gowanda	Salamanca
No high school diploma	8.9%	12.7%
High school graduate	50.0%	42.2%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	6.4%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gowanda	Salamanca
Drove alone	72.6%	71.3%
Carpooled	17.8%	13.3%
Public transit	0.6%	0.7%
Walked	5.7%	9.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	3.3%	4.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gowanda	Salamanca
1-unit, detached	63.9%	60.4%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	26.8%	22.7%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	10.5%
20 or more units	4.2%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Gowanda	Salamanca
Poverty rate	15.5%	24.3%
Average household size	2.46	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	22	17
Median year structure built	1938	1938