Cheektowaga vs Tonawanda Town

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

Cheektowaga 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.

Cheektowaga has the higher population (76,251 vs 56,973 in Tonawanda Town). Tonawanda Town has the higher median household income ($76,644 vs $66,293 in Cheektowaga). Tonawanda Town has the higher median home value ($199,400 vs $169,200 in Cheektowaga).

Population, income & housing

	Cheektowaga	Tonawanda Town
Population	76,251	56,973
Median age	39.3 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$66,293	$76,644
Median home value	$169,200	$199,400
Median gross rent	$1,025	$1,062
Housing units	35,359	27,722
Homeownership rate	70.5%	72.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.2%	38.5%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cheektowaga	Tonawanda Town
Population	73,740 → 76,251 (+3.4%)	56,829 → 56,973 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$54,002 → $66,293 (+22.8%)	$62,641 → $76,644 (+22.4%)
Median home value	$114,100 → $169,200 (+48.3%)	$146,100 → $199,400 (+36.5%)
Median gross rent	$845 → $1,025 (+21.3%)	$869 → $1,062 (+22.2%)

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

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)

	Cheektowaga	Tonawanda Town
Under 5	5.1%	4.5%
5 to 17	13.5%	12.7%
18 to 24	9.3%	6.2%
25 to 34	15.3%	16.6%
35 to 44	12.2%	12.9%
45 to 54	11.4%	11.1%
55 to 64	12.8%	15.1%
65 to 74	10.6%	13.0%
75 and over	9.7%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cheektowaga	Tonawanda Town
White (non-Hispanic)	74.2%	84.7%
Black or African American	13.4%	4.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	3.2%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.6%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cheektowaga	Tonawanda Town
No high school diploma	6.9%	4.3%
High school graduate	33.5%	23.5%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	18.1%	22.9%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	15.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cheektowaga	Tonawanda Town
Drove alone	78.9%	73.0%
Carpooled	6.7%	8.9%
Public transit	1.3%	2.3%
Walked	1.6%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.2%
Worked from home	9.8%	13.4%
Other means	1.4%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cheektowaga	Tonawanda Town
1-unit, detached	63.9%	70.5%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	22.2%	13.1%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	9.1%
20 or more units	3.1%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Cheektowaga	Tonawanda Town
Poverty rate	9.6%	9.8%
Average household size	2.17	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	20	20
Median year structure built	1959	1955