Depew vs Lackawanna

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

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

Lackawanna has the higher population (19,779 vs 15,065 in Depew). Depew has the higher median household income ($75,226 vs $48,185 in Lackawanna). Depew has the higher median home value ($180,800 vs $126,500 in Lackawanna).

Population, income & housing

	Depew	Lackawanna
Population	15,065	19,779
Median age	41.4 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$75,226	$48,185
Median home value	$180,800	$126,500
Median gross rent	$1,048	$823
Housing units	6,994	9,204
Homeownership rate	76.1%	55.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.4%	20.0%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Depew	Lackawanna
Population	15,102 → 15,065 (-0.2%)	17,831 → 19,779 (+10.9%)
Median household income	$58,458 → $75,226 (+28.7%)	$38,289 → $48,185 (+25.8%)
Median home value	$120,200 → $180,800 (+50.4%)	$94,700 → $126,500 (+33.6%)
Median gross rent	$847 → $1,048 (+23.7%)	$656 → $823 (+25.5%)

Depew

Population

15,10215,065

Median household income

$58,458$75,226

Median home value

$120,200$180,800

Median gross rent

$847$1,048

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)

	Depew	Lackawanna
Under 5	4.7%	8.4%
5 to 17	14.7%	13.8%
18 to 24	6.6%	8.5%
25 to 34	16.2%	15.5%
35 to 44	11.9%	11.3%
45 to 54	11.3%	13.2%
55 to 64	15.1%	13.3%
65 to 74	12.9%	9.2%
75 and over	6.6%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Depew	Lackawanna
White (non-Hispanic)	90.4%	72.1%
Black or African American	2.9%	14.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.5%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.3%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	9.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Depew	Lackawanna
No high school diploma	5.1%	13.3%
High school graduate	35.5%	34.2%
Some college or associate's	35.1%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	13.6%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Depew	Lackawanna
Drove alone	83.2%	74.3%
Carpooled	7.0%	11.5%
Public transit	0.0%	4.5%
Walked	1.3%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.1%
Worked from home	7.2%	6.1%
Other means	1.0%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Depew	Lackawanna
1-unit, detached	68.5%	45.1%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	4.9%
2 to 4 units	23.6%	33.4%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	9.1%
20 or more units	0.7%	4.2%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Depew	Lackawanna
Poverty rate	8.3%	22.6%
Average household size	2.25	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	19	20
Median year structure built	1961	1954