Lackawanna vs West Seneca

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

Lackawanna 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 19,779 in Lackawanna). West Seneca has the higher median household income ($75,465 vs $48,185 in Lackawanna). West Seneca has the higher median home value ($215,000 vs $126,500 in Lackawanna).

Population, income & housing

	Lackawanna	West Seneca
Population	19,779	45,329
Median age	38.2 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$48,185	$75,465
Median home value	$126,500	$215,000
Median gross rent	$823	$1,040
Housing units	9,204	21,268
Homeownership rate	55.1%	76.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.0%	33.2%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lackawanna	West Seneca
Population	17,831 → 19,779 (+10.9%)	45,344 → 45,329 (-0.0%)
Median household income	$38,289 → $48,185 (+25.8%)	$67,617 → $75,465 (+11.6%)
Median home value	$94,700 → $126,500 (+33.6%)	$151,700 → $215,000 (+41.7%)
Median gross rent	$656 → $823 (+25.5%)	$834 → $1,040 (+24.7%)

Lackawanna

Population

17,83119,779

Median household income

$38,289$48,185

Median home value

$94,700$126,500

Median gross rent

$656$823

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)

	Lackawanna	West Seneca
Under 5	8.4%	4.7%
5 to 17	13.8%	13.9%
18 to 24	8.5%	7.3%
25 to 34	15.5%	13.1%
35 to 44	11.3%	12.0%
45 to 54	13.2%	12.9%
55 to 64	13.3%	15.8%
65 to 74	9.2%	11.6%
75 and over	6.7%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lackawanna	West Seneca
White (non-Hispanic)	72.1%	91.6%
Black or African American	14.0%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.6%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	9.4%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lackawanna	West Seneca
No high school diploma	13.3%	5.2%
High school graduate	34.2%	28.9%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	14.1%	21.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	12.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lackawanna	West Seneca
Drove alone	74.3%	81.8%
Carpooled	11.5%	5.6%
Public transit	4.5%	0.4%
Walked	1.1%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.3%
Worked from home	6.1%	10.0%
Other means	2.3%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lackawanna	West Seneca
1-unit, detached	45.1%	68.5%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	33.4%	12.6%
5 to 19 units	9.1%	9.1%
20 or more units	4.2%	5.9%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Lackawanna	West Seneca
Poverty rate	22.6%	8.3%
Average household size	2.31	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	20	23
Median year structure built	1954	1966