Buffalo vs Tonawanda Town

A side-by-side comparison of Buffalo and Tonawanda Town: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Buffalo has the higher population (276,397 vs 56,973 in Tonawanda Town). Tonawanda Town has the higher median household income ($76,644 vs $48,050 in Buffalo). Tonawanda Town has the higher median home value ($199,400 vs $152,300 in Buffalo).

Population, income & housing

	Buffalo	Tonawanda Town
Population	276,397	56,973
Median age	34.3 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$48,050	$76,644
Median home value	$152,300	$199,400
Median gross rent	$989	$1,062
Housing units	136,533	27,722
Homeownership rate	42.7%	72.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.3%	38.5%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buffalo	Tonawanda Town
Population	256,480 → 276,397 (+7.8%)	56,829 → 56,973 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$37,354 → $48,050 (+28.6%)	$62,641 → $76,644 (+22.4%)
Median home value	$89,800 → $152,300 (+69.6%)	$146,100 → $199,400 (+36.5%)
Median gross rent	$776 → $989 (+27.4%)	$869 → $1,062 (+22.2%)

Buffalo

Population

256,480276,397

Median household income

$37,354$48,050

Median home value

$89,800$152,300

Median gross rent

$776$989

Tonawanda Town

Population

56,82956,973

Median household income

$62,641$76,644

Median home value

$146,100$199,400

Median gross rent

$869$1,062

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buffalo	Tonawanda Town
Under 5	6.1%	4.5%
5 to 17	16.4%	12.7%
18 to 24	11.0%	6.2%
25 to 34	17.5%	16.6%
35 to 44	12.5%	12.9%
45 to 54	10.6%	11.1%
55 to 64	12.1%	15.1%
65 to 74	8.9%	13.0%
75 and over	4.9%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buffalo	Tonawanda Town
White (non-Hispanic)	42.7%	84.7%
Black or African American	31.8%	4.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	8.2%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.9%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	12.7%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buffalo	Tonawanda Town
No high school diploma	13.4%	4.3%
High school graduate	27.2%	23.5%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	16.9%	22.9%
Graduate or professional degree	13.4%	15.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buffalo	Tonawanda Town
Drove alone	64.5%	73.0%
Carpooled	9.9%	8.9%
Public transit	8.5%	2.3%
Walked	4.7%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.2%
Worked from home	9.6%	13.4%
Other means	2.3%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buffalo	Tonawanda Town
1-unit, detached	36.1%	70.5%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	43.2%	13.1%
5 to 19 units	6.2%	9.1%
20 or more units	10.8%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Buffalo	Tonawanda Town
Poverty rate	27.4%	9.8%
Average household size	2.24	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	20	20
Median year structure built	1938	1955