Gowanda vs Weston Mills

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

Gowanda and Weston Mills 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 1,361 in Weston Mills). Weston Mills has the higher median household income ($77,596 vs $49,946 in Gowanda). Weston Mills has the higher median home value ($155,400 vs $84,700 in Gowanda).

Population, income & housing

	Gowanda	Weston Mills
Population	2,929	1,361
Median age	37.4 yrs	54.5 yrs
Median household income	$49,946	$77,596
Median home value	$84,700	$155,400
Median gross rent	$709	$757
Housing units	1,306	730
Homeownership rate	63.3%	74.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.5%	22.4%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gowanda	Weston Mills
Population	2,898 → 2,929 (+1.1%)	1,189 → 1,361 (+14.5%)
Median household income	$40,109 → $49,946 (+24.5%)	$52,991 → $77,596 (+46.4%)
Median home value	$80,000 → $84,700 (+5.9%)	$81,800 → $155,400 (+90.0%)
Median gross rent	$651 → $709 (+8.9%)	$590 → $757 (+28.3%)

Gowanda

Population

2,8982,929

Median household income

$40,109$49,946

Median home value

$80,000$84,700

Median gross rent

$651$709

Weston Mills

Population

1,1891,361

Median household income

$52,991$77,596

Median home value

$81,800$155,400

Median gross rent

$590$757

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gowanda	Weston Mills
Under 5	9.8%	1.2%
5 to 17	20.2%	10.6%
18 to 24	6.2%	6.8%
25 to 34	8.4%	7.5%
35 to 44	13.2%	4.8%
45 to 54	10.9%	20.6%
55 to 64	13.6%	16.2%
65 to 74	8.4%	20.8%
75 and over	9.3%	11.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gowanda	Weston Mills
White (non-Hispanic)	85.3%	91.6%
Black or African American	1.0%	4.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	5.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	7.3%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gowanda	Weston Mills
No high school diploma	8.9%	6.9%
High school graduate	50.0%	31.1%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	39.6%
Bachelor's degree	6.4%	15.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gowanda	Weston Mills
Drove alone	72.6%	86.2%
Carpooled	17.8%	6.5%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	5.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.3%	7.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gowanda	Weston Mills
1-unit, detached	63.9%	80.5%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	26.8%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	1.8%
20 or more units	4.2%	2.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	11.1%

Poverty & households

	Gowanda	Weston Mills
Poverty rate	15.5%	7.7%
Average household size	2.46	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	22	17
Median year structure built	1938	1960