Town LineNY
Home to 2,229 people, the town was settled in 1831.
Is Town Line a good place to live?
94% of households live in a home they own in Town Line, against 75% in New York’s towns and 73% across U.S. towns. Among 759 New York towns, just 2 have a lower share of working residents who work in town than Town Line. We don’t grade Town Line yet; the figures below are still real.
99% of working residents leave Town Line for work
Where Town Line’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Niagara Falls and 44 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Town Line. Close and well known come first.
Big draw29 mi WaterfallNiagara Falls
Big draw14 mi Stadium & arenaHighmark Stadium
Big draw14 mi Stadium & arenaRalph Wilson Stadium10 mi Theme parkSix Flags Darien Lake1.5M visitors a year
16 mi Stadium & arenaKeyBank Center
16 mi MuseumUSS The SullivansPhoto credits
Niagara Falls: Robert F. Tobler, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Highmark Stadium: James161723, CC0 · Ralph Wilson Stadium: User Evilarry on en.wikipedia, Public domain · KeyBank Center: Andre Carrotflower, CC BY-SA 4.0 · USS The Sullivans: Unknown, Public domain
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Moving to Town Line: who provides what
Town Line 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.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Town Line.
Town Line has a very low natural-hazard risk, chiefly from inland flooding
FEMA puts 63% of Town Line’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 24% to cold waves. Storm and flood damage is expected to run lower than in 83% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most of Town Line’s workers commute out: the town has 0.3 jobs for each of them
The top destinations are Buffalo (17%), Amherst (13%) and Alden (11%). Most people who work leave Town Line to do it: just 1% work in town. Between 2013 and 2023, jobs here rose by 96, to 345. The average trip to work in the town is 29 minutes.
| Town Line | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 5.4% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expect snowy winters and pleasant summers in Town Line
In Town Line, the midsummer high is 81°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy Town Line is
Just over a tenth of Town Line adults smoke cigarettes. Against the New York average, Town Line comes out ahead on 12 CDC measures out of 32, and behind on 3. In Town Line, 30% of adults feel lonely, and 18% binge drink.
| Town Line | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 84% | 81% | 79% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 32% | 33% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 17% | 16% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 9.2% | 13% | 14% |
| What stands out | Town Line | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.2% | 17.2% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 4.7% | 7.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.8% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Town Line has set aside 0.3% of its land for conservation
1.1 miles of trail. Town Line’s trail network density comes in at 0.2 miles per square mile.
| Town Line | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.3% | 5.2% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Town Line
Colleges nearby
5 within 15 miles of the center of Town Line
About 3 of every 100 Town Line residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
About Town Line
Census-designated place in New York, United States
Town Line is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in Erie County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, Town Line had a population of 2,334. It is part of the Buffalo-Niagara Falls metropolitan area. The community is located on the boundary between the towns of Lancaster and Alden. Town Line is notable for having held a nonbinding vote to secede from the United States in 1861, and for having held a ceremonial vote to rejoin the United States in 1946.
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- Area
- 4.6 sq mi
- Elevation
- 751 ft
Town Line’s neighbors
2 towns share a border with Town Line.
Alden and Marilla report no FBI crime data of their own. Town Line isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Town Line with a neighbor →
Questions about Town Line
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Town Line, NY a good place to live?
We don’t grade Town Line yet; the figures below are still real.