Cheektowaga vs Lackawanna

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

Cheektowaga and Lackawanna 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 19,779 in Lackawanna). Cheektowaga has the higher median household income ($66,293 vs $48,185 in Lackawanna). Cheektowaga has the higher median home value ($169,200 vs $126,500 in Lackawanna).

Population, income & housing

	Cheektowaga	Lackawanna
Population	76,251	19,779
Median age	39.3 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$66,293	$48,185
Median home value	$169,200	$126,500
Median gross rent	$1,025	$823
Housing units	35,359	9,204
Homeownership rate	70.5%	55.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.2%	20.0%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cheektowaga	Lackawanna
Population	73,740 → 76,251 (+3.4%)	17,831 → 19,779 (+10.9%)
Median household income	$54,002 → $66,293 (+22.8%)	$38,289 → $48,185 (+25.8%)
Median home value	$114,100 → $169,200 (+48.3%)	$94,700 → $126,500 (+33.6%)
Median gross rent	$845 → $1,025 (+21.3%)	$656 → $823 (+25.5%)

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

Lackawanna

Population

17,83119,779

Median household income

$38,289$48,185

Median home value

$94,700$126,500

Median gross rent

$656$823

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cheektowaga	Lackawanna
Under 5	5.1%	8.4%
5 to 17	13.5%	13.8%
18 to 24	9.3%	8.5%
25 to 34	15.3%	15.5%
35 to 44	12.2%	11.3%
45 to 54	11.4%	13.2%
55 to 64	12.8%	13.3%
65 to 74	10.6%	9.2%
75 and over	9.7%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cheektowaga	Lackawanna
White (non-Hispanic)	74.2%	72.1%
Black or African American	13.4%	14.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	3.2%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.6%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	9.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cheektowaga	Lackawanna
No high school diploma	6.9%	13.3%
High school graduate	33.5%	34.2%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	18.1%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cheektowaga	Lackawanna
Drove alone	78.9%	74.3%
Carpooled	6.7%	11.5%
Public transit	1.3%	4.5%
Walked	1.6%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.1%
Worked from home	9.8%	6.1%
Other means	1.4%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cheektowaga	Lackawanna
1-unit, detached	63.9%	45.1%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	4.9%
2 to 4 units	22.2%	33.4%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	9.1%
20 or more units	3.1%	4.2%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Cheektowaga	Lackawanna
Poverty rate	9.6%	22.6%
Average household size	2.17	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	20	20
Median year structure built	1959	1954