Lackawanna vs Tonawanda Town

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

Lackawanna 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 19,779 in Lackawanna). Tonawanda Town has the higher median household income ($76,644 vs $48,185 in Lackawanna). Tonawanda Town has the higher median home value ($199,400 vs $126,500 in Lackawanna).

Population, income & housing

	Lackawanna	Tonawanda Town
Population	19,779	56,973
Median age	38.2 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$48,185	$76,644
Median home value	$126,500	$199,400
Median gross rent	$823	$1,062
Housing units	9,204	27,722
Homeownership rate	55.1%	72.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.0%	38.5%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lackawanna	Tonawanda Town
Population	17,831 → 19,779 (+10.9%)	56,829 → 56,973 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$38,289 → $48,185 (+25.8%)	$62,641 → $76,644 (+22.4%)
Median home value	$94,700 → $126,500 (+33.6%)	$146,100 → $199,400 (+36.5%)
Median gross rent	$656 → $823 (+25.5%)	$869 → $1,062 (+22.2%)

Lackawanna

Population

17,83119,779

Median household income

$38,289$48,185

Median home value

$94,700$126,500

Median gross rent

$656$823

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)

	Lackawanna	Tonawanda Town
Under 5	8.4%	4.5%
5 to 17	13.8%	12.7%
18 to 24	8.5%	6.2%
25 to 34	15.5%	16.6%
35 to 44	11.3%	12.9%
45 to 54	13.2%	11.1%
55 to 64	13.3%	15.1%
65 to 74	9.2%	13.0%
75 and over	6.7%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lackawanna	Tonawanda Town
White (non-Hispanic)	72.1%	84.7%
Black or African American	14.0%	4.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.6%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.5%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.4%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lackawanna	Tonawanda Town
No high school diploma	13.3%	4.3%
High school graduate	34.2%	23.5%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	14.1%	22.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	15.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lackawanna	Tonawanda Town
Drove alone	74.3%	73.0%
Carpooled	11.5%	8.9%
Public transit	4.5%	2.3%
Walked	1.1%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.2%
Worked from home	6.1%	13.4%
Other means	2.3%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lackawanna	Tonawanda Town
1-unit, detached	45.1%	70.5%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	33.4%	13.1%
5 to 19 units	9.1%	9.1%
20 or more units	4.2%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Lackawanna	Tonawanda Town
Poverty rate	22.6%	9.8%
Average household size	2.31	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	20	20
Median year structure built	1954	1955