What is the median rent in the Town of Tonawanda, NY?

Name: Median rent in the Town of Tonawanda, NY, 2020–2024
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The median gross rent in the Town of Tonawanda, NY is $1,098 (±$27) a month, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

That is across 8,971 rented homes; gross rent is the contract rent plus the utilities and fuels a renter pays separately.

In the Town of Tonawanda, the median gross rent went from $846 in 2015–2019 to $1,098 in 2020–2024 (+29.8%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years, so it rose faster than prices: a measurable increase after inflation.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Median gross rent: $1,098 (±$27)
Rented homes: 8,971 (±670)
$2,000 or more: 2.1%
Since 2015–2019: +29.8%

How much rent costs in the Town of Tonawanda

Share of rented homes in each gross-rent range, 2020–2024
Monthly gross rent	Town of Tonawanda	Erie County	New York	United States
Less than $500	6.3% (±1.7 points)	8.4%	7.8%	6.3%
$500 to $999	31.0% (±4.6 points)	33.1%	15.2%	20.2%
$1,000 to $1,499	46.4% (±4.5 points)	38.9%	22.2%	28.1%
$1,500 to $1,999	14.1% (±4.0 points)	12.8%	19.8%	21.1%
$2,000 to $2,499	1.4% (±0.9 points)	4.1%	14.3%	12.0%
$2,500 to $2,999	0.6% (±0.9 points)	1.4%	7.6%	5.5%
$3,000 or more	0.1% (±0.2 points)	1.3%	13.2%	6.8%

The most common range is $1,000 to $1,499, paid by 46.4% of renting households.

2.1% of rented homes in the Town of Tonawanda cost $2,000 or more a month.

The Town of Tonawanda against Erie County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Town of Tonawanda	Erie County	New York	United States
Median gross rent	$1,098 (±$27)	$1,090 (±$11)	$1,621 (±$7)	$1,413
Rented homes paying rent	8,971 (±670)	134,621 (±2,515)	3,406,652 (±12,095)	42,849,984

In the Town of Tonawanda, 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, the Town of Tonawanda ranks 9 of 29 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median gross rent.

Statewide, it ranks 346 of 952.

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

How rent in the Town of Tonawanda has changed since 2015–2019

2015–2019 and 2020–2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates
	2015–2019	2020–2024	Amount of change	Verdict
Median gross rent	$846 (±$24)	$1,098 (±$27)	+29.8%	Up after inflation
Households that rent	26.4% (±1.4 points)	27.8% (±2.0 points)	+1.4 percentage points	Not a measurable change
Rental vacancy rate	3.9% (±2.0 points)	3.8% (±1.7 points)	−0.1 percentage points	Not a measurable change

The Census Bureau publishes 2015–2019 dollars in 2019 dollars and 2020–2024 dollars in 2024 dollars.

Prices (the CPI-U, US Bureau of Labor Statistics) rose 22.7% between 2019 and 2024, so a dollar figure’s verdict compares the two after raising the earlier one by that much, using the Census Bureau’s test for a difference.

The two periods do not overlap, as the Census Bureau recommends for 5-year estimates.

Median gross rent in places near the Town of Tonawanda

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with the Town of Tonawanda
Place	Distance	Median gross rent	Compared with this place
Town of Tonawanda	—	$1,098 (±$27)	—
Village of Kenmore	1.3 mi	$1,081 (±$101)	Not measurably different
Tonawanda	2.0 mi	$835 (±$176)	Lower
Eggertsville	3.7 mi	$886 (±$160)	Lower
Grandyle Village	4.0 mi	$1,209 (±$557)	Not measurably different
North Tonawanda	4.6 mi	$934 (±$26)	Lower
University at Buffalo	4.6 mi	$2,047 (±$1,180)	Not measurably different
Town of Grand Island	5.0 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
3	Town of Orchard Park	$1,304 (±$72)
4	Town of Clarence	$1,279 (±$205)
5	Town of Grand Island	$1,199 (±$67)
6	Town of Aurora	$1,116 (±$175)
7 (tie)	Town of Hamburg	$1,106 (±$45)
7 (tie)	Town of West Seneca	$1,106 (±$39)
9	Town of Tonawanda	$1,098 (±$27)
10	Town of Brant	$1,089 (±$121)
11	Town of Lancaster	$1,079 (±$90)
12	Town of Cheektowaga	$1,067 (±$20)
13	Buffalo	$1,046 (±$18)
14	Town of Eden	$1,035 (±$427)
15 (tie)	Town of Elma	$952 (±$472)

Showing 13 of 29 places in Erie County, ranked from highest to lowest.

A New York town includes the villages and hamlets inside it, so the figures for the Town of Tonawanda include them.

The figures for the Town of Tonawanda include the places inside it that have pages of their own: Tonawanda Town.

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 Town of Tonawanda

What is the average rent in the Town of Tonawanda, NY?

The Census Bureau publishes the median rather than the average: the median gross rent in the Town of Tonawanda is $1,098 (±$27) a month (2020–2024 American Community Survey), so half of renting households pay less and half pay more.

How much has rent gone up in the Town of Tonawanda?

In the Town of Tonawanda, the median gross rent went from $846 in 2015–2019 to $1,098 in 2020–2024 (+29.8%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years, so it rose faster than prices: a measurable increase after inflation.

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

2.1% of rented homes in the Town of Tonawanda have a gross rent of $2,000 or more a month, and 6.3% cost less than $500.

Is rent in the Town of Tonawanda higher than in Erie County?

In the Town of Tonawanda, 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, Erie County, New York (county subdivision:75000, in state:36 county:029).

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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