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Rapids CDP, New York: commercial real estate data.

Rapids CDP is a Census CDP of 1,655 people across 3.64 square miles of land, in Niagara County. Median household income is $121,875, 90.0 percent of occupied homes are owned.

48 sourced place values · tier FULL · 6 sections · underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency

Rapids

What Rapids is

  • Census place typeCDP
  • Land area3.64 sq mi
  • Water area0 sq mi
  • Population per square mile of land454 plus or minus 97
  • County holding the largest share of its areaNiagara County, 100.0 percent

US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.

Rapids

How many people live in Rapids

  • Population1,655 plus or minus 352
  • Median age44.0
  • Population under 18431 plus or minus 171
  • Share under 1826.0 percent plus or minus 8.7
  • Population 65 and over293 plus or minus 110
  • Share 65 and over17.7 percent plus or minus 5.4
  • Households641 plus or minus 138
  • Family households477 plus or minus 110
  • Share of households that are families74.4 percent

US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.

Rapids

Income and work in Rapids

  • Median household income$121,875 plus or minus $43,194
  • Per capita income$57,795 plus or minus $12,965
  • Civilian labor force718 plus or minus 186
  • Employed652 plus or minus 175
  • Unemployed66 plus or minus 72
  • Unemployment rate9.2 percent plus or minus 9.7
  • Adults 25 and over1,154 plus or minus 255
  • Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher94.6 percent
  • Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher42.5 percent plus or minus 10.1
  • Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree12.4 percent plus or minus 7.7

US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.

Rapids

Housing in Rapids

  • Housing units663 plus or minus 142
  • Occupied units641 plus or minus 138
  • Vacant units22 plus or minus 35
  • Vacancy rate3.3 percent plus or minus 5.2
  • Owner occupied577 plus or minus 128
  • Renter occupied64 plus or minus 60
  • Ownership rate90.0 percent
  • Median owner-occupied home value$294,700
  • Single family units564 plus or minus 117
  • Share single family85.1 percent plus or minus 25.3
  • Units in buildings of two or more0
  • Share in buildings of two or more0.0 percent
  • Mobile homes99 plus or minus 88
  • Median year structure built1985

US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.

Rapids

How Rapids gets to work

  • Workers 16 and over who commute516 plus or minus 150
  • Commuting under 15 minutes93 plus or minus 60
  • Share commuting under 15 minutes18.0 percent plus or minus 10.5
  • Commuting 30 minutes or more175 plus or minus 104
  • Share commuting 30 minutes or more33.9 percent plus or minus 17.6
  • Drove alone81.9 percent
  • Carpooled0.0 percent
  • Public transport0.0 percent
  • Walked0.0 percent
  • Worked from home18.1 percent plus or minus 14.6

US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.

Niagara County, not Rapids

Niagara County context, not Rapids figures

These are Niagara County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Rapids measurements.

  • Establishments in Niagara County4,475
  • Employment at those establishments, Niagara County57,764
  • Covered employment, Niagara County68,068
  • Average annual pay, Niagara County$55,707
  • Average weekly wage, Niagara County$1,071
  • Housing units permitted, Niagara County167
  • Of those, single family, Niagara County165
  • County product, 2024, Niagara County$13,570,171,000
  • County product change over the prior year, Niagara County4.0 percent
  • Average income of an arriving household, Niagara County$57,878

Every figure in this section is published for Niagara County as a whole and is not a measurement of Rapids. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.

US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.

Coverage

What this page does not hold.

Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.

  • No SBA approvals are recorded to a borrower address in this place in either FOIA release.
  • This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
  • No median gross rent is published for this place.
  • Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.

SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.

Common questions

Rapids questions, answered from the record.

How many people live in Rapids, New York?

1,655, in 641 households. Rapids CDP covers 3.64 square miles of land, which is 454 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.

What county is Rapids in?

Niagara County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.

What is the median household income in Rapids?

$121,875. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $294,700. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.

Are the county figures on this page Rapids figures?

No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Niagara County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Rapids.

Is zoning published for Rapids?

Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.