Cheektowaga vs Kenmore

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

Cheektowaga and Kenmore 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 15,097 in Kenmore). Kenmore has the higher median household income ($75,768 vs $66,293 in Cheektowaga). Kenmore has the higher median home value ($192,600 vs $169,200 in Cheektowaga).

Population, income & housing

	Cheektowaga	Kenmore
Population	76,251	15,097
Median age	39.3 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$66,293	$75,768
Median home value	$169,200	$192,600
Median gross rent	$1,025	$1,035
Housing units	35,359	7,339
Homeownership rate	70.5%	68.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.2%	45.7%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cheektowaga	Kenmore
Population	73,740 → 76,251 (+3.4%)	15,132 → 15,097 (-0.2%)
Median household income	$54,002 → $66,293 (+22.8%)	$68,110 → $75,768 (+11.2%)
Median home value	$114,100 → $169,200 (+48.3%)	$133,600 → $192,600 (+44.2%)
Median gross rent	$845 → $1,025 (+21.3%)	$783 → $1,035 (+32.2%)

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

Kenmore

Population

15,13215,097

Median household income

$68,110$75,768

Median home value

$133,600$192,600

Median gross rent

$783$1,035

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cheektowaga	Kenmore
Under 5	5.1%	5.2%
5 to 17	13.5%	14.7%
18 to 24	9.3%	7.8%
25 to 34	15.3%	15.4%
35 to 44	12.2%	15.9%
45 to 54	11.4%	12.9%
55 to 64	12.8%	14.2%
65 to 74	10.6%	9.3%
75 and over	9.7%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cheektowaga	Kenmore
White (non-Hispanic)	74.2%	80.2%
Black or African American	13.4%	5.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.4%
Asian	3.2%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.6%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	6.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cheektowaga	Kenmore
No high school diploma	6.9%	3.5%
High school graduate	33.5%	21.7%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	18.1%	24.1%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	21.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cheektowaga	Kenmore
Drove alone	78.9%	73.6%
Carpooled	6.7%	10.3%
Public transit	1.3%	2.0%
Walked	1.6%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.8%	11.8%
Other means	1.4%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cheektowaga	Kenmore
1-unit, detached	63.9%	64.4%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	22.2%	26.0%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	2.6%
20 or more units	3.1%	5.8%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Cheektowaga	Kenmore
Poverty rate	9.6%	9.7%
Average household size	2.17	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	20	19
Median year structure built	1959	1938