Tonawanda Town

Population & Demographics

Tonawanda Town, NY

Tonawanda Town is home to 56,806 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 28,809 resident workers commute each day.

New YorkCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
56,806
people
Population

56,806 residents

Median age 42.3 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Tonawanda Town population & demographics

Who lives in Tonawanda Town — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
56,806
Median age
42.3yrs
Median household income
$77,679
Median home value
$215,200
Median gross rent
$1,102/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
39.4%
Poverty rate
10.0%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Tonawanda Town

How Tonawanda Town breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

White83.6%
Hispanic or Latino5.4%
Black4.2%
Two or more races3.2%
Asian3.0%
Some other race0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.1%

Race across Tonawanda Town

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Tonawanda Town.

Tonawanda Town at a glance
Employed Residents
28,809
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
5.5mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
14.3%
Share working within the area
Work from home
14.1%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Buffalo
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Tonawanda Town proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Tonawanda Town commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

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Commute Score

69 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Tonawanda Town

28,809 commutes, one dot at a time

Tonawanda Town

Where 28,809 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Tonawanda Town, by worker count.

1Buffalo5.5 mi7,447
2Tonawanda Town0.0 mi4,106
3Cheektowaga7.1 mi1,596
4New York299.3 mi649
5Niagara Falls11.3 mi590
6Tonawanda2.2 mi553
7University at Buffalo3.6 mi506
8West Seneca11.2 mi457

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Tonawanda Town.

1Tonawanda Town0.0 mi4,106
2Buffalo5.5 mi4,065
3Cheektowaga7.1 mi1,380
4North Tonawanda4.0 mi1,222
5Kenmore1.6 mi869
6Niagara Falls11.3 mi857
7West Seneca11.2 mi761
8Tonawanda2.2 mi720

Top industries

The sectors that employ Tonawanda Town’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
MFManufacturing21.3%
TRTransportation and Warehousing12.1%
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance11.4%
EDEducational Services7.9%
RTRetail Trade7.0%
COConstruction7.0%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services6.9%
AFAccommodation and Food Services6.2%
WSWholesale Trade4.7%
Connectivity

Internet options for Tonawanda Town

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

5 providers · 2 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps67%
5 Gbps67%
8 Gbps67%
See all internet providers in Tonawanda Town

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