Newfane vs Niagara Falls

A side-by-side comparison of Newfane and Niagara Falls: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Niagara Falls has the higher population (48,198 vs 3,470 in Newfane). Newfane has the higher median household income ($75,049 vs $48,535 in Niagara Falls). Newfane has the higher median home value ($143,500 vs $104,400 in Niagara Falls).

Population, income & housing

	Newfane	Niagara Falls
Population	3,470	48,198
Median age	37.4 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$75,049	$48,535
Median home value	$143,500	$104,400
Median gross rent	$836	$784
Housing units	1,461	26,161
Homeownership rate	77.6%	57.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.3%	22.8%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	9.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Newfane	Niagara Falls
Population	3,376 → 3,470 (+2.8%)	48,252 → 48,198 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$39,543 → $75,049 (+89.8%)	$36,346 → $48,535 (+33.5%)
Median home value	$95,900 → $143,500 (+49.6%)	$77,400 → $104,400 (+34.9%)
Median gross rent	$718 → $836 (+16.4%)	$665 → $784 (+17.9%)

Newfane

Population

3,3763,470

Median household income

$39,543$75,049

Median home value

$95,900$143,500

Median gross rent

$718$836

Niagara Falls

Population

48,25248,198

Median household income

$36,346$48,535

Median home value

$77,400$104,400

Median gross rent

$665$784

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Newfane	Niagara Falls
Under 5	13.1%	5.4%
5 to 17	11.0%	15.3%
18 to 24	4.6%	8.2%
25 to 34	10.8%	13.3%
35 to 44	16.2%	12.9%
45 to 54	9.6%	11.3%
55 to 64	12.4%	14.6%
65 to 74	15.7%	11.7%
75 and over	6.6%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Newfane	Niagara Falls
White (non-Hispanic)	92.7%	64.1%
Black or African American	0.9%	17.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.7%
Asian	0.3%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.7%
Two or more races	5.1%	7.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	8.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Newfane	Niagara Falls
No high school diploma	5.9%	11.4%
High school graduate	31.7%	37.0%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	14.0%
Graduate or professional degree	15.5%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Newfane	Niagara Falls
Drove alone	71.7%	73.1%
Carpooled	10.5%	9.7%
Public transit	0.9%	3.1%
Walked	0.4%	4.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	16.1%	7.0%
Other means	0.4%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Newfane	Niagara Falls
1-unit, detached	78.0%	59.8%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	23.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.2%
20 or more units	1.4%	6.6%
Mobile home & other	15.7%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Newfane	Niagara Falls
Poverty rate	6.2%	23.7%
Average household size	2.36	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	25	18
Median year structure built	1956	1948