Kenmore vs Tonawanda Town

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

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

Tonawanda Town has the higher population (56,973 vs 15,097 in Kenmore). Tonawanda Town has the higher median household income ($76,644 vs $75,768 in Kenmore). Tonawanda Town has the higher median home value ($199,400 vs $192,600 in Kenmore).

Population, income & housing

	Kenmore	Tonawanda Town
Population	15,097	56,973
Median age	38.5 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$75,768	$76,644
Median home value	$192,600	$199,400
Median gross rent	$1,035	$1,062
Housing units	7,339	27,722
Homeownership rate	68.1%	72.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.7%	38.5%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kenmore	Tonawanda Town
Population	15,132 → 15,097 (-0.2%)	56,829 → 56,973 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$68,110 → $75,768 (+11.2%)	$62,641 → $76,644 (+22.4%)
Median home value	$133,600 → $192,600 (+44.2%)	$146,100 → $199,400 (+36.5%)
Median gross rent	$783 → $1,035 (+32.2%)	$869 → $1,062 (+22.2%)

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

Tonawanda Town

Population

56,82956,973

Median household income

$62,641$76,644

Median home value

$146,100$199,400

Median gross rent

$869$1,062

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kenmore	Tonawanda Town
Under 5	5.2%	4.5%
5 to 17	14.7%	12.7%
18 to 24	7.8%	6.2%
25 to 34	15.4%	16.6%
35 to 44	15.9%	12.9%
45 to 54	12.9%	11.1%
55 to 64	14.2%	15.1%
65 to 74	9.3%	13.0%
75 and over	4.8%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kenmore	Tonawanda Town
White (non-Hispanic)	80.2%	84.7%
Black or African American	5.6%	4.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.1%
Asian	1.0%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.4%
Two or more races	6.1%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kenmore	Tonawanda Town
No high school diploma	3.5%	4.3%
High school graduate	21.7%	23.5%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	24.1%	22.9%
Graduate or professional degree	21.6%	15.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kenmore	Tonawanda Town
Drove alone	73.6%	73.0%
Carpooled	10.3%	8.9%
Public transit	2.0%	2.3%
Walked	1.7%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	11.8%	13.4%
Other means	0.7%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kenmore	Tonawanda Town
1-unit, detached	64.4%	70.5%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	26.0%	13.1%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	9.1%
20 or more units	5.8%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Kenmore	Tonawanda Town
Poverty rate	9.7%	9.8%
Average household size	2.11	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	19	20
Median year structure built	1938	1955