Eggertsville vs Lackawanna

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

Eggertsville 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 15,416 in Eggertsville). Eggertsville has the higher median household income ($82,359 vs $48,185 in Lackawanna). Eggertsville has the higher median home value ($225,400 vs $126,500 in Lackawanna).

Population, income & housing

	Eggertsville	Lackawanna
Population	15,416	19,779
Median age	39.1 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$82,359	$48,185
Median home value	$225,400	$126,500
Median gross rent	$868	$823
Housing units	7,082	9,204
Homeownership rate	72.7%	55.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.8%	20.0%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eggertsville	Lackawanna
Population	15,721 → 15,416 (-1.9%)	17,831 → 19,779 (+10.9%)
Median household income	$72,652 → $82,359 (+13.4%)	$38,289 → $48,185 (+25.8%)
Median home value	$155,900 → $225,400 (+44.6%)	$94,700 → $126,500 (+33.6%)
Median gross rent	$885 → $868 (-1.9%)	$656 → $823 (+25.5%)

Eggertsville

Population

15,72115,416

Median household income

$72,652$82,359

Median home value

$155,900$225,400

Median gross rent

$885$868

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)

	Eggertsville	Lackawanna
Under 5	7.5%	8.4%
5 to 17	14.6%	13.8%
18 to 24	8.0%	8.5%
25 to 34	15.5%	15.5%
35 to 44	10.6%	11.3%
45 to 54	12.9%	13.2%
55 to 64	11.8%	13.3%
65 to 74	11.4%	9.2%
75 and over	7.7%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eggertsville	Lackawanna
White (non-Hispanic)	69.3%	72.1%
Black or African American	15.5%	14.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	8.2%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.2%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	9.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eggertsville	Lackawanna
No high school diploma	6.5%	13.3%
High school graduate	18.4%	34.2%
Some college or associate's	24.4%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	28.4%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	22.4%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eggertsville	Lackawanna
Drove alone	79.8%	74.3%
Carpooled	3.9%	11.5%
Public transit	2.6%	4.5%
Walked	2.1%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.1%
Worked from home	10.2%	6.1%
Other means	1.2%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eggertsville	Lackawanna
1-unit, detached	73.8%	45.1%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	4.9%
2 to 4 units	21.9%	33.4%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	9.1%
20 or more units	0.9%	4.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Eggertsville	Lackawanna
Poverty rate	10.5%	22.6%
Average household size	2.33	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	19	20
Median year structure built	1952	1954