A town of 15,000. Nearly 2.4% of it is conserved land.
The 3 things Depew does most differently from other towns.
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Ordered by what stands out in Depew. Another town gets a different order.
Most working residents leave Depew for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Buffalo (21%), Amherst (16%) and Cheektowaga (14%). Half commute less than 8 miles.
0.1 miles of trails across 4 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Firemens Park | — | 17 |
| 2. Rehm Rd Park | — | 8 |
| 3. Dawson Field | — | 6 |
The typical Depew home is worth about $273,000, up 3.7% in a year, 48% below the New York typical home.
Depew beats the New York average on 8 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 3.
| What stands out | Depew | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 11.2% | 17.2% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5.4% | 7.9% |
| More adults with depression | 21.8% | 17.5% |
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 29% of U.S. communities.
Depew has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 81°, a January night drops to 18°, and about 95 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.
Depew reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 51% report less.
6 postcards, papers and photographs from public archives.
3 notable people were born in Depew.
Village in New York, United States
Depew () is a village in Erie County, New York. As of the 2020 census, Depew had a population of 15,178. It is part of the Buffalo–Niagara Falls metropolitan area. The village is named for Chauncey Depew, a politician and one of the original investors who bought the land for the village, which was incorporated in 1894. The village extends across the boundary between the towns of Lancaster and Cheektowaga. The village lies on both sides of NY Route 78 (Transit Road), a major north-south route. Village residents voted on January 17, 2017, to not dissolve the Village of Depew into the Towns of Lancaster and Cheektowaga, by a margin of 3,006–1,165.
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One town shares a border with Depew.
