Depew vs Tonawanda

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

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

Depew has the higher population (15,065 vs 15,044 in Tonawanda). Depew has the higher median household income ($75,226 vs $61,619 in Tonawanda). Depew has the higher median home value ($180,800 vs $159,500 in Tonawanda).

Population, income & housing

	Depew	Tonawanda
Population	15,065	15,044
Median age	41.4 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	$75,226	$61,619
Median home value	$180,800	$159,500
Median gross rent	$1,048	$776
Housing units	6,994	7,268
Homeownership rate	76.1%	73.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.4%	26.0%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Depew	Tonawanda
Population	15,102 → 15,065 (-0.2%)	14,830 → 15,044 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$58,458 → $75,226 (+28.7%)	$53,115 → $61,619 (+16.0%)
Median home value	$120,200 → $180,800 (+50.4%)	$108,800 → $159,500 (+46.6%)
Median gross rent	$847 → $1,048 (+23.7%)	$689 → $776 (+12.6%)

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

Tonawanda

Population

14,83015,044

Median household income

$53,115$61,619

Median home value

$108,800$159,500

Median gross rent

$689$776

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Depew	Tonawanda
Under 5	4.7%	4.4%
5 to 17	14.7%	14.8%
18 to 24	6.6%	6.5%
25 to 34	16.2%	13.0%
35 to 44	11.9%	14.8%
45 to 54	11.3%	10.3%
55 to 64	15.1%	15.7%
65 to 74	12.9%	14.1%
75 and over	6.6%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Depew	Tonawanda
White (non-Hispanic)	90.4%	89.7%
Black or African American	2.9%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.5%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.3%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Depew	Tonawanda
No high school diploma	5.1%	7.7%
High school graduate	35.5%	31.7%
Some college or associate's	35.1%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree	13.6%	16.2%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Depew	Tonawanda
Drove alone	83.2%	73.3%
Carpooled	7.0%	9.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	1.3%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.7%
Worked from home	7.2%	14.6%
Other means	1.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Depew	Tonawanda
1-unit, detached	68.5%	75.0%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	23.6%	13.6%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	3.1%
20 or more units	0.7%	4.7%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Depew	Tonawanda
Poverty rate	8.3%	12.0%
Average household size	2.25	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	19	22
Median year structure built	1961	1951