Niagara Falls vs North Tonawanda

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

Niagara Falls and North Tonawanda 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 30,338 in North Tonawanda). North Tonawanda has the higher median household income ($66,774 vs $48,535 in Niagara Falls). North Tonawanda has the higher median home value ($184,900 vs $104,400 in Niagara Falls).

Population, income & housing

	Niagara Falls	North Tonawanda
Population	48,198	30,338
Median age	40.7 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$48,535	$66,774
Median home value	$104,400	$184,900
Median gross rent	$784	$914
Housing units	26,161	14,754
Homeownership rate	57.5%	68.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.8%	26.6%
Unemployment rate	9.7%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Niagara Falls	North Tonawanda
Population	48,252 → 48,198 (-0.1%)	30,487 → 30,338 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$36,346 → $48,535 (+33.5%)	$58,211 → $66,774 (+14.7%)
Median home value	$77,400 → $104,400 (+34.9%)	$122,700 → $184,900 (+50.7%)
Median gross rent	$665 → $784 (+17.9%)	$706 → $914 (+29.5%)

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

North Tonawanda

Population

30,48730,338

Median household income

$58,211$66,774

Median home value

$122,700$184,900

Median gross rent

$706$914

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Niagara Falls	North Tonawanda
Under 5	5.4%	5.8%
5 to 17	15.3%	12.7%
18 to 24	8.2%	6.4%
25 to 34	13.3%	16.5%
35 to 44	12.9%	11.2%
45 to 54	11.3%	12.6%
55 to 64	14.6%	15.5%
65 to 74	11.7%	11.2%
75 and over	7.2%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Niagara Falls	North Tonawanda
White (non-Hispanic)	64.1%	90.1%
Black or African American	17.1%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.1%
Asian	2.3%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.7%
Two or more races	7.2%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	8.0%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Niagara Falls	North Tonawanda
No high school diploma	11.4%	6.7%
High school graduate	37.0%	33.0%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	14.0%	17.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	9.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Niagara Falls	North Tonawanda
Drove alone	73.1%	76.7%
Carpooled	9.7%	5.3%
Public transit	3.1%	0.2%
Walked	4.2%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.1%
Worked from home	7.0%	14.0%
Other means	2.7%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Niagara Falls	North Tonawanda
1-unit, detached	59.8%	66.5%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	23.7%	18.2%
5 to 19 units	6.2%	9.2%
20 or more units	6.6%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Niagara Falls	North Tonawanda
Poverty rate	23.7%	12.1%
Average household size	2.11	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	18	20
Median year structure built	1948	1955