Newfane vs Rapids

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

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

Newfane has the higher population (3,470 vs 1,562 in Rapids). Rapids has the higher median household income ($103,482 vs $75,049 in Newfane). Rapids has the higher median home value ($275,700 vs $143,500 in Newfane).

Population, income & housing

	Newfane	Rapids
Population	3,470	1,562
Median age	37.4 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$75,049	$103,482
Median home value	$143,500	$275,700
Median gross rent	$836	—
Housing units	1,461	646
Homeownership rate	77.6%	91.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.3%	41.6%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	11.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Newfane	Rapids
Population	3,376 → 3,470 (+2.8%)	1,014 → 1,562 (+54.0%)
Median household income	$39,543 → $75,049 (+89.8%)	$90,862 → $103,482 (+13.9%)
Median home value	$95,900 → $143,500 (+49.6%)	$186,900 → $275,700 (+47.5%)
Median gross rent	$718 → $836 (+16.4%)	—

Newfane

Population

3,3763,470

Median household income

$39,543$75,049

Median home value

$95,900$143,500

Median gross rent

$718$836

Rapids

Population

1,0141,562

Median household income

$90,862$103,482

Median home value

$186,900$275,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Newfane	Rapids
Under 5	13.1%	4.8%
5 to 17	11.0%	18.2%
18 to 24	4.6%	5.6%
25 to 34	10.8%	8.1%
35 to 44	16.2%	13.7%
45 to 54	9.6%	23.0%
55 to 64	12.4%	9.0%
65 to 74	15.7%	11.2%
75 and over	6.6%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Newfane	Rapids
White (non-Hispanic)	92.7%	91.1%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Newfane	Rapids
No high school diploma	5.9%	6.3%
High school graduate	31.7%	26.2%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	29.6%
Graduate or professional degree	15.5%	12.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Newfane	Rapids
Drove alone	71.7%	81.6%
Carpooled	10.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.1%	18.4%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Newfane	Rapids
1-unit, detached	78.0%	78.3%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.7%	21.7%

Poverty & households

	Newfane	Rapids
Poverty rate	6.2%	9.4%
Average household size	2.36	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	25	23
Median year structure built	1956	1989