Tonawanda, New York

Tonawanda population, 2020 to 2024

Tonawanda lost 141 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.9%. In the latest year it moved by +60. Among 170 New York places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 106th; the median place changed by -0.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in New York has 10,324 people, so Tonawanda is 1.5 times that size.

Tonawanda covers 3.80 square miles of land and 0.29 of water, for 3,943 people per square mile of land. The median New York place of 5,000+ has 3,760, so Tonawanda is close to the typical town.

What county Tonawanda is in

All of Tonawanda's residents live in Erie County, which had 950,602 residents in 2024. Tonawanda holds 1.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Tonawanda

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Tonawanda by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 14150. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Tonawanda is

The Census internal point of Tonawanda is at 43.011900, -78.883400. Albany, the capital, is 260.9 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is North Tonawanda, NY (29,981 people), 2.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Buffalo, NY, 8.3 miles away.

Daylight in Tonawanda

At 43.01° N, Tonawanda gets about 15 h 22 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 00 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 22 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Tonawanda

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New York, measured between internal points. The closest is North Tonawanda, 2.6 miles away, with 29,981 people.