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A city in New York, home to 56,806 people.
17% of residents are under 18 in Tonawanda Town, against 20% in New York’s towns and 22% across U.S. towns. The biggest park or preserve is Brighton Park, at 202 acres. We don’t grade Tonawanda Town yet; the figures below are still real.
Census counts: 2,812 in 1870, a peak of 21,898 in 1970, 15,129 in 2020. The archive holds 4 old photos and papers going back to 1900 and 3 maps from 1894 on.
Explore the history →Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Tonawanda Town. Close and well known come first.
Big draw12 mi WaterfallNiagara Falls
Big draw15 mi Stadium & arenaHighmark Stadium
Big draw15 mi Stadium & arenaRalph Wilson Stadium
12 mi WaterfallHorseshoe Falls
8 mi Stadium & arenaKeyBank Center
7 mi MuseumUSS The SullivansNiagara Falls: Robert F. Tobler, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Highmark Stadium: James161723, CC0 · Ralph Wilson Stadium: User Evilarry on en.wikipedia, Public domain · Horseshoe Falls: Ujjwal Kumar, Public domain · KeyBank Center: Andre Carrotflower, CC BY-SA 4.0 · USS The Sullivans: Unknown, Public domain
Tonawanda Town is unincorporated, so Erie County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in Tonawanda Town.
Summer afternoons peak near 81° in July, and January nights bottom out around 19°; snowfall runs to about 95 inches a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The top destinations are Buffalo (26%), Amherst (21%) and Tonawanda (15%). Only 14% of working residents stay in Tonawanda Town for work; the rest commute out. Half the trips to work are shorter than 6 miles.
| Tonawanda Town | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 21 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 14% | 10% | 8% |
| Work from home | 14% | 12% | 11% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
For adults in Tonawanda Town, the share who smoke cigarettes is 11%. The town beats the New York average on 13 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 3. 83% of adults here had a checkup this year; 18% binge drink.
| Tonawanda Town | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 32% | 33% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 83% | 81% | 79% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 17% | 16% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 13% | 14% |
| What stands out | Tonawanda Town | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 10.4% | 17.2% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5% | 7.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.7% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Walkers can cover 5.1 miles of trail in 13 parks and preserves. Parks and preserves in Tonawanda Town: 13, covering 483 acres. The town’s concentration of trails stands at 0.3 miles per square mile.
| Tonawanda Town | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 6.2% | 5.2% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Isle View Park | 1.1 mi | 19 |
| 2. Brighton Park | 0.6 mi | 202 |
| 3. Aqua Lane Park | 0.3 mi | 3 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Four-year graduates: two in five adults 25 and older here, 40% across New York. Every broad age group is within 4 points of the New York average. The share of residents in Tonawanda Town who are 65 or older: 21%.
| Tonawanda Town | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 40% | 32% | 29% |
| Aged 65 or older | 21% | 20% | 18% |
| Median age | 42.3 years | 43 years | 40.5 years |
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±1.2 points). Across New York, 51.2% of residents are women. Median age: women 43.4, men 41.0.
| Tonawanda Town | NY | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 9.6% | 11% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 7.8% | 9.5% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 5.8% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 16.3% | 14.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 14% | 13% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 10.2% | 12.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 15.1% | 13.3% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 13.1% | 10.3% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 8.1% | 7.6% | 7% |
| No diploma | 4.4% | 12% | 10.4% |
| High school | 22.5% | 24.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 20.5% | 14.6% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 13.2% | 8.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 23.4% | 22.4% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 16.1% | 17.9% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Since 1978, 38 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Tonawanda Town. Expected damage from storms and floods is lower here than in 55% of U.S. communities. Of the losses FEMA expects here, 68% come from inland flooding and 21% from cold waves.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
On the market in Tonawanda Town: a median 10 days to sell. In Tonawanda Town, 78% of sales closed above the list price.
| Tonawanda Town | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 73% | 75% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,102 a month | $1,101 a month | $1,185 a month |
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
11 within 15 miles of the center of Tonawanda Town
About 4 of every 100 Tonawanda Town residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
10 notable people were born in Tonawanda Town.
City in New York, United States
Tonawanda is a city in Erie County, New York, United States. The population was 15,129 at the 2020 census. It is at the northern edge of Erie County, south across the Erie Canal (Tonawanda Creek) from North Tonawanda, east of Grand Island, and north of Buffalo. It is part of the Buffalo-Niagara Falls metropolitan area.
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8 towns share a border with Tonawanda Town.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tonawanda Town | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tonawanda | #321 | B | C+ | — | C+ | A− |
| Kenmore | #292 | B | C+ | B− | C+ | A |
| Tonawanda | #420 | B− | B− | B− | B− | B |
| Grand Island | #152 | A− | C− | — | A− | A |
| North Tonawanda | #427 | B− | C+ | B | B− | B |
| Amherst | #270 | B+ | D | C | A− | A |
| Buffalo | #722 | D− | B | D− | D | C− |
Tonawanda and Grand Island report no FBI crime data of their own. Tonawanda Town isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Tonawanda Town with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
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