Cheektowaga vs West Seneca

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

Cheektowaga and West Seneca 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 45,329 in West Seneca). West Seneca has the higher median household income ($75,465 vs $66,293 in Cheektowaga). West Seneca has the higher median home value ($215,000 vs $169,200 in Cheektowaga).

Population, income & housing

	Cheektowaga	West Seneca
Population	76,251	45,329
Median age	39.3 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$66,293	$75,465
Median home value	$169,200	$215,000
Median gross rent	$1,025	$1,040
Housing units	35,359	21,268
Homeownership rate	70.5%	76.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.2%	33.2%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cheektowaga	West Seneca
Population	73,740 → 76,251 (+3.4%)	45,344 → 45,329 (-0.0%)
Median household income	$54,002 → $66,293 (+22.8%)	$67,617 → $75,465 (+11.6%)
Median home value	$114,100 → $169,200 (+48.3%)	$151,700 → $215,000 (+41.7%)
Median gross rent	$845 → $1,025 (+21.3%)	$834 → $1,040 (+24.7%)

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

West Seneca

Population

45,34445,329

Median household income

$67,617$75,465

Median home value

$151,700$215,000

Median gross rent

$834$1,040

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cheektowaga	West Seneca
Under 5	5.1%	4.7%
5 to 17	13.5%	13.9%
18 to 24	9.3%	7.3%
25 to 34	15.3%	13.1%
35 to 44	12.2%	12.0%
45 to 54	11.4%	12.9%
55 to 64	12.8%	15.8%
65 to 74	10.6%	11.6%
75 and over	9.7%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cheektowaga	West Seneca
White (non-Hispanic)	74.2%	91.6%
Black or African American	13.4%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	3.2%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cheektowaga	West Seneca
No high school diploma	6.9%	5.2%
High school graduate	33.5%	28.9%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	18.1%	21.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	12.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cheektowaga	West Seneca
Drove alone	78.9%	81.8%
Carpooled	6.7%	5.6%
Public transit	1.3%	0.4%
Walked	1.6%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.3%
Worked from home	9.8%	10.0%
Other means	1.4%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cheektowaga	West Seneca
1-unit, detached	63.9%	68.5%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	22.2%	12.6%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	9.1%
20 or more units	3.1%	5.9%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Cheektowaga	West Seneca
Poverty rate	9.6%	8.3%
Average household size	2.17	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	20	23
Median year structure built	1959	1966