Kenmore vs Lackawanna

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

Kenmore 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 15,097 in Kenmore). Kenmore has the higher median household income ($75,768 vs $48,185 in Lackawanna). Kenmore has the higher median home value ($192,600 vs $126,500 in Lackawanna).

Population, income & housing

	Kenmore	Lackawanna
Population	15,097	19,779
Median age	38.5 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$75,768	$48,185
Median home value	$192,600	$126,500
Median gross rent	$1,035	$823
Housing units	7,339	9,204
Homeownership rate	68.1%	55.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.7%	20.0%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kenmore	Lackawanna
Population	15,132 → 15,097 (-0.2%)	17,831 → 19,779 (+10.9%)
Median household income	$68,110 → $75,768 (+11.2%)	$38,289 → $48,185 (+25.8%)
Median home value	$133,600 → $192,600 (+44.2%)	$94,700 → $126,500 (+33.6%)
Median gross rent	$783 → $1,035 (+32.2%)	$656 → $823 (+25.5%)

Kenmore

Population

15,13215,097

Median household income

$68,110$75,768

Median home value

$133,600$192,600

Median gross rent

$783$1,035

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)

	Kenmore	Lackawanna
Under 5	5.2%	8.4%
5 to 17	14.7%	13.8%
18 to 24	7.8%	8.5%
25 to 34	15.4%	15.5%
35 to 44	15.9%	11.3%
45 to 54	12.9%	13.2%
55 to 64	14.2%	13.3%
65 to 74	9.3%	9.2%
75 and over	4.8%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kenmore	Lackawanna
White (non-Hispanic)	80.2%	72.1%
Black or African American	5.6%	14.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.1%
Asian	1.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.2%
Two or more races	6.1%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	9.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kenmore	Lackawanna
No high school diploma	3.5%	13.3%
High school graduate	21.7%	34.2%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	24.1%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	21.6%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kenmore	Lackawanna
Drove alone	73.6%	74.3%
Carpooled	10.3%	11.5%
Public transit	2.0%	4.5%
Walked	1.7%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	11.8%	6.1%
Other means	0.7%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kenmore	Lackawanna
1-unit, detached	64.4%	45.1%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	4.9%
2 to 4 units	26.0%	33.4%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	9.1%
20 or more units	5.8%	4.2%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Kenmore	Lackawanna
Poverty rate	9.7%	22.6%
Average household size	2.11	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	19	20
Median year structure built	1938	1954