What is the median rent in Tonawanda Town, NY?

Name: Median rent in Tonawanda Town, NY, 2020–2024
Creator: US Census Bureau
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The median gross rent in Tonawanda Town, NY is $1,102 (±$31) a month, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

That is across 6,851 rented homes; gross rent is the contract rent plus the utilities and fuels a renter pays separately.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Median gross rent: $1,102 (±$31)
Rented homes: 6,851 (±647)
$2,000 or more: 2.7%

How much rent costs in Tonawanda Town

Share of rented homes in each gross-rent range, 2020–2024
Monthly gross rent	Tonawanda Town	Erie County	New York	United States
Less than $500	5.7% (±2.0 points)	8.4%	7.8%	6.3%
$500 to $999	30.3% (±5.4 points)	33.1%	15.2%	20.2%
$1,000 to $1,499	49.8% (±4.9 points)	38.9%	22.2%	28.1%
$1,500 to $1,999	11.6% (±3.5 points)	12.8%	19.8%	21.1%
$2,000 to $2,499	1.7% (±1.1 points)	4.1%	14.3%	12.0%
$2,500 to $2,999	0.8% (±1.1 points)	1.4%	7.6%	5.5%
$3,000 or more	0.2% (±0.3 points)	1.3%	13.2%	6.8%

The most common range is $1,000 to $1,499, paid by 49.8% of renting households.

2.7% of rented homes in Tonawanda Town cost $2,000 or more a month.

Tonawanda Town against Erie County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Tonawanda Town	Erie County	New York	United States
Median gross rent	$1,102 (±$31)	$1,090 (±$11)	$1,621 (±$7)	$1,413
Rented homes paying rent	6,851 (±647)	134,621 (±2,515)	3,406,652 (±12,095)	42,849,984

In Tonawanda Town, median gross rent is not measurably different from Erie County ($1,090).

It is also lower than in New York ($1,621).

It is lower than the national figure ($1,413).

In Erie County, Tonawanda Town ranks 8 of 14 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median gross rent.

Statewide, it ranks 304 of 349.

Rankings use the estimates alone; where margins of error overlap, neighboring ranks may not truly differ.

Median gross rent in places near Tonawanda Town

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Tonawanda Town
Place	Distance	Median gross rent	Compared with this place
Tonawanda Town	—	$1,102 (±$31)	—
Village of Kenmore	1.4 mi	$1,081 (±$101)	Not measurably different
Tonawanda	1.9 mi	$835 (±$176)	Lower
Eggertsville	3.7 mi	$886 (±$160)	Lower
Grandyle Village	4.0 mi	$1,209 (±$557)	Not measurably different
North Tonawanda	4.4 mi	$934 (±$26)	Lower
University at Buffalo	4.6 mi	$2,047 (±$1,180)	Not measurably different
Town of Grand Island	4.9 mi	$1,199 (±$67)	Higher
Town of Amherst	6.3 mi	$1,393 (±$45)	Higher

Nearby places with a measurably lower figure: Tonawanda, NY ($835), Eggertsville, NY ($886), North Tonawanda, NY ($934).

Nearby places with a measurably higher figure: Town of Grand Island, NY ($1,199), Town of Amherst, NY ($1,393).

Distance is measured in a straight line between the Census Bureau’s internal points for each place.

Median gross rent across Erie County, place by place

Rank	Place	Median gross rent
2	Harris Hill	$1,734 (±$179)
3	Angola on the Lake	$1,508 (±$699)
4	Elma Center	$1,395 (±$258)
5	North Boston	$1,359 (±$99)
6	Grandyle Village	$1,209 (±$557)
7	West Seneca (community)	$1,106 (±$39)
8	Tonawanda Town	$1,102 (±$31)
9	Cheektowaga (community)	$1,055 (±$23)
10	Highland-on-the-Lake	$1,000 (±$257)
11	Eggertsville	$886 (±$160)
12	Eden (community)	$841 (±$238)
13	Holland (community)	$765 (±$500)
14	Clarence (community)	$650 (±$273)

Showing 13 of 14 places in Erie County, ranked from highest to lowest.

Tonawanda Town is a census-designated place: an unincorporated community the Census Bureau draws for statistics, with no municipal government of its own.

It lies inside the Town of Tonawanda, whose figures include it.

Survey years: 2020–2024 (American Community Survey 5-year estimates), compared with 2015–2019.

Margins of error are at the 90% confidence level.

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Questions about Tonawanda Town

What is the average rent in Tonawanda Town, NY?

The Census Bureau publishes the median rather than the average: the median gross rent in Tonawanda Town is $1,102 (±$31) a month (2020–2024 American Community Survey), so half of renting households pay less and half pay more.

How many rentals in Tonawanda Town cost more than $2,000 a month?

2.7% of rented homes in Tonawanda Town have a gross rent of $2,000 or more a month, and 5.7% cost less than $500.

Is rent in Tonawanda Town higher than in Erie County?

In Tonawanda Town, median gross rent is not measurably different from Erie County ($1,090).

It is also lower than in New York ($1,621).

It is lower than the national figure ($1,413).

Is this the rent for an apartment listed today?

No: these are rents households reported paying across 2020–2024, not asking rents for vacant homes, which usually run higher.

Sources

To check these figures in the Census Bureau’s own API, request the variables below from the 2024 ACS 5-year data profile (acs/acs5/profile) for Tonawanda Town CDP, New York (place:75021, in state:36).

Each estimate (E or PE) has a margin of error beside it (M or PM).

The 2015–2019 figures are B25064_001E, B25064_001M, DP04_0047PE, DP04_0047PM, DP04_0005E, DP04_0005M from the 2019 release.

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DP04_0134E, DP04_0134M, DP04_0126E, DP04_0126M, DP04_0127PE, DP04_0127PM, DP04_0128PE, DP04_0128PM, DP04_0129PE, DP04_0129PM, DP04_0130PE, DP04_0130PM, DP04_0131PE, DP04_0131PM, DP04_0132PE, DP04_0132PM, DP04_0133PE, DP04_0133PM

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