Kenmore vs West Seneca

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

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

West Seneca has the higher population (45,329 vs 15,097 in Kenmore). Kenmore has the higher median household income ($75,768 vs $75,465 in West Seneca). West Seneca has the higher median home value ($215,000 vs $192,600 in Kenmore).

Population, income & housing

	Kenmore	West Seneca
Population	15,097	45,329
Median age	38.5 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$75,768	$75,465
Median home value	$192,600	$215,000
Median gross rent	$1,035	$1,040
Housing units	7,339	21,268
Homeownership rate	68.1%	76.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.7%	33.2%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kenmore	West Seneca
Population	15,132 → 15,097 (-0.2%)	45,344 → 45,329 (-0.0%)
Median household income	$68,110 → $75,768 (+11.2%)	$67,617 → $75,465 (+11.6%)
Median home value	$133,600 → $192,600 (+44.2%)	$151,700 → $215,000 (+41.7%)
Median gross rent	$783 → $1,035 (+32.2%)	$834 → $1,040 (+24.7%)

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

West Seneca

Population

45,34445,329

Median household income

$67,617$75,465

Median home value

$151,700$215,000

Median gross rent

$834$1,040

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kenmore	West Seneca
Under 5	5.2%	4.7%
5 to 17	14.7%	13.9%
18 to 24	7.8%	7.3%
25 to 34	15.4%	13.1%
35 to 44	15.9%	12.0%
45 to 54	12.9%	12.9%
55 to 64	14.2%	15.8%
65 to 74	9.3%	11.6%
75 and over	4.8%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kenmore	West Seneca
White (non-Hispanic)	80.2%	91.6%
Black or African American	5.6%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.1%
Asian	1.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.1%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kenmore	West Seneca
No high school diploma	3.5%	5.2%
High school graduate	21.7%	28.9%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	24.1%	21.0%
Graduate or professional degree	21.6%	12.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kenmore	West Seneca
Drove alone	73.6%	81.8%
Carpooled	10.3%	5.6%
Public transit	2.0%	0.4%
Walked	1.7%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	11.8%	10.0%
Other means	0.7%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kenmore	West Seneca
1-unit, detached	64.4%	68.5%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	26.0%	12.6%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	9.1%
20 or more units	5.8%	5.9%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Kenmore	West Seneca
Poverty rate	9.7%	8.3%
Average household size	2.11	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	19	23
Median year structure built	1938	1966