Gowanda vs St. Bonaventure

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

Gowanda and St. Bonaventure 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 1,961 in St. Bonaventure). St. Bonaventure has the higher median household income ($55,208 vs $49,946 in Gowanda). St. Bonaventure has the higher median home value ($125,000 vs $84,700 in Gowanda).

Population, income & housing

	Gowanda	St. Bonaventure
Population	2,929	1,961
Median age	37.4 yrs	20.6 yrs
Median household income	$49,946	$55,208
Median home value	$84,700	$125,000
Median gross rent	$709	$571
Housing units	1,306	281
Homeownership rate	63.3%	78.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.5%	28.7%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gowanda	St. Bonaventure
Population	2,898 → 2,929 (+1.1%)	1,909 → 1,961 (+2.7%)
Median household income	$40,109 → $49,946 (+24.5%)	$36,944 → $55,208 (+49.4%)
Median home value	$80,000 → $84,700 (+5.9%)	$97,100 → $125,000 (+28.7%)
Median gross rent	$651 → $709 (+8.9%)	$543 → $571 (+5.2%)

Gowanda

Population

2,8982,929

Median household income

$40,109$49,946

Median home value

$80,000$84,700

Median gross rent

$651$709

St. Bonaventure

Population

1,9091,961

Median household income

$36,944$55,208

Median home value

$97,100$125,000

Median gross rent

$543$571

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gowanda	St. Bonaventure
Under 5	9.8%	0.2%
5 to 17	20.2%	2.5%
18 to 24	6.2%	71.2%
25 to 34	8.4%	1.0%
35 to 44	13.2%	0.9%
45 to 54	10.9%	3.1%
55 to 64	13.6%	11.5%
65 to 74	8.4%	3.6%
75 and over	9.3%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gowanda	St. Bonaventure
White (non-Hispanic)	85.3%	85.8%
Black or African American	1.0%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	5.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	7.3%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gowanda	St. Bonaventure
No high school diploma	8.9%	11.1%
High school graduate	50.0%	37.1%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	23.0%
Bachelor's degree	6.4%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gowanda	St. Bonaventure
Drove alone	72.6%	56.3%
Carpooled	17.8%	2.0%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	5.7%	29.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.3%	11.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gowanda	St. Bonaventure
1-unit, detached	63.9%	76.5%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	26.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	4.3%
20 or more units	4.2%	7.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	12.1%

Poverty & households

	Gowanda	St. Bonaventure
Poverty rate	15.5%	13.7%
Average household size	2.46	1.68
Mean commute (minutes)	22	16
Median year structure built	1938	1957