Eggertsville vs Tonawanda

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

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

Eggertsville has the higher population (15,416 vs 15,044 in Tonawanda). Eggertsville has the higher median household income ($82,359 vs $61,619 in Tonawanda). Eggertsville has the higher median home value ($225,400 vs $159,500 in Tonawanda).

Population, income & housing

	Eggertsville	Tonawanda
Population	15,416	15,044
Median age	39.1 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	$82,359	$61,619
Median home value	$225,400	$159,500
Median gross rent	$868	$776
Housing units	7,082	7,268
Homeownership rate	72.7%	73.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.8%	26.0%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eggertsville	Tonawanda
Population	15,721 → 15,416 (-1.9%)	14,830 → 15,044 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$72,652 → $82,359 (+13.4%)	$53,115 → $61,619 (+16.0%)
Median home value	$155,900 → $225,400 (+44.6%)	$108,800 → $159,500 (+46.6%)
Median gross rent	$885 → $868 (-1.9%)	$689 → $776 (+12.6%)

Eggertsville

Population

15,72115,416

Median household income

$72,652$82,359

Median home value

$155,900$225,400

Median gross rent

$885$868

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)

	Eggertsville	Tonawanda
Under 5	7.5%	4.4%
5 to 17	14.6%	14.8%
18 to 24	8.0%	6.5%
25 to 34	15.5%	13.0%
35 to 44	10.6%	14.8%
45 to 54	12.9%	10.3%
55 to 64	11.8%	15.7%
65 to 74	11.4%	14.1%
75 and over	7.7%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eggertsville	Tonawanda
White (non-Hispanic)	69.3%	89.7%
Black or African American	15.5%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	8.2%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.2%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eggertsville	Tonawanda
No high school diploma	6.5%	7.7%
High school graduate	18.4%	31.7%
Some college or associate's	24.4%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree	28.4%	16.2%
Graduate or professional degree	22.4%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eggertsville	Tonawanda
Drove alone	79.8%	73.3%
Carpooled	3.9%	9.3%
Public transit	2.6%	0.7%
Walked	2.1%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.7%
Worked from home	10.2%	14.6%
Other means	1.2%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eggertsville	Tonawanda
1-unit, detached	73.8%	75.0%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	21.9%	13.6%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	3.1%
20 or more units	0.9%	4.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Eggertsville	Tonawanda
Poverty rate	10.5%	12.0%
Average household size	2.33	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	19	22
Median year structure built	1952	1951