Cheektowaga vs Eggertsville

A side-by-side comparison of Cheektowaga and Eggertsville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cheektowaga has the higher population (76,251 vs 15,416 in Eggertsville). Eggertsville has the higher median household income ($82,359 vs $66,293 in Cheektowaga). Eggertsville has the higher median home value ($225,400 vs $169,200 in Cheektowaga).

Population, income & housing

	Cheektowaga	Eggertsville
Population	76,251	15,416
Median age	39.3 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$66,293	$82,359
Median home value	$169,200	$225,400
Median gross rent	$1,025	$868
Housing units	35,359	7,082
Homeownership rate	70.5%	72.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.2%	50.8%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cheektowaga	Eggertsville
Population	73,740 → 76,251 (+3.4%)	15,721 → 15,416 (-1.9%)
Median household income	$54,002 → $66,293 (+22.8%)	$72,652 → $82,359 (+13.4%)
Median home value	$114,100 → $169,200 (+48.3%)	$155,900 → $225,400 (+44.6%)
Median gross rent	$845 → $1,025 (+21.3%)	$885 → $868 (-1.9%)

Cheektowaga

Population

73,74076,251

Median household income

$54,002$66,293

Median home value

$114,100$169,200

Median gross rent

$845$1,025

Eggertsville

Population

15,72115,416

Median household income

$72,652$82,359

Median home value

$155,900$225,400

Median gross rent

$885$868

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cheektowaga	Eggertsville
Under 5	5.1%	7.5%
5 to 17	13.5%	14.6%
18 to 24	9.3%	8.0%
25 to 34	15.3%	15.5%
35 to 44	12.2%	10.6%
45 to 54	11.4%	12.9%
55 to 64	12.8%	11.8%
65 to 74	10.6%	11.4%
75 and over	9.7%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cheektowaga	Eggertsville
White (non-Hispanic)	74.2%	69.3%
Black or African American	13.4%	15.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	3.2%	8.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.5%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.6%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cheektowaga	Eggertsville
No high school diploma	6.9%	6.5%
High school graduate	33.5%	18.4%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	24.4%
Bachelor's degree	18.1%	28.4%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	22.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cheektowaga	Eggertsville
Drove alone	78.9%	79.8%
Carpooled	6.7%	3.9%
Public transit	1.3%	2.6%
Walked	1.6%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.2%
Worked from home	9.8%	10.2%
Other means	1.4%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cheektowaga	Eggertsville
1-unit, detached	63.9%	73.8%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	22.2%	21.9%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	1.9%
20 or more units	3.1%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cheektowaga	Eggertsville
Poverty rate	9.6%	10.5%
Average household size	2.17	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	20	19
Median year structure built	1959	1952