Lancaster vs Tonawanda

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

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

Tonawanda has the higher population (15,044 vs 10,127 in Lancaster). Lancaster has the higher median household income ($63,902 vs $61,619 in Tonawanda). Lancaster has the higher median home value ($186,300 vs $159,500 in Tonawanda).

Population, income & housing

	Lancaster	Tonawanda
Population	10,127	15,044
Median age	47.5 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	$63,902	$61,619
Median home value	$186,300	$159,500
Median gross rent	$839	$776
Housing units	5,328	7,268
Homeownership rate	73.5%	73.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.2%	26.0%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lancaster	Tonawanda
Population	10,144 → 10,127 (-0.2%)	14,830 → 15,044 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$54,875 → $63,902 (+16.5%)	$53,115 → $61,619 (+16.0%)
Median home value	$123,700 → $186,300 (+50.6%)	$108,800 → $159,500 (+46.6%)
Median gross rent	$761 → $839 (+10.2%)	$689 → $776 (+12.6%)

Lancaster

Population

10,14410,127

Median household income

$54,875$63,902

Median home value

$123,700$186,300

Median gross rent

$761$839

Tonawanda

Population

14,83015,044

Median household income

$53,115$61,619

Median home value

$108,800$159,500

Median gross rent

$689$776

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lancaster	Tonawanda
Under 5	5.2%	4.4%
5 to 17	11.3%	14.8%
18 to 24	7.4%	6.5%
25 to 34	13.8%	13.0%
35 to 44	9.8%	14.8%
45 to 54	12.8%	10.3%
55 to 64	17.2%	15.7%
65 to 74	13.1%	14.1%
75 and over	9.4%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lancaster	Tonawanda
White (non-Hispanic)	96.7%	89.7%
Black or African American	0.1%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	0.2%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.9%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lancaster	Tonawanda
No high school diploma	5.6%	7.7%
High school graduate	34.1%	31.7%
Some college or associate's	35.1%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	16.2%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lancaster	Tonawanda
Drove alone	83.0%	73.3%
Carpooled	7.7%	9.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	2.5%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	6.6%	14.6%
Other means	0.2%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lancaster	Tonawanda
1-unit, detached	61.5%	75.0%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	25.0%	13.6%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	3.1%
20 or more units	3.1%	4.7%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Lancaster	Tonawanda
Poverty rate	5.1%	12.0%
Average household size	1.98	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	18	22
Median year structure built	1952	1951