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Olean town, Cattaraugus County, NY

1,699 Population
29.6 square miles 57.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

56.8 ±3.7 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Cattaraugus County: 42.5 ±0.3
  • about 1.4 times the figure in New York: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$53,631 ±$14,071 Per capita income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Cattaraugus County: $31,173 ±$824
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New York: $49,520 ±$230
$70,357 ±$12,047 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Cattaraugus County: $58,248 ±$1,978
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New York: $84,578 ±$372

13.2% ±5.1% (224  ±96) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Cattaraugus County: 17.6% 13,039 (±1.3% / ±974)
  • a little less than the rate in New York: 13.7% 2,656,674 (±0.1% / ±27,351)

17.2 minutes ±1.9 (11,950  ±3,293) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Cattaraugus County: 23 677,885 (±0.8 / ±28,282)
  • about half the figure in New York: 32.8 266,142,800 (±0.1 / ±921,890)

Families

870 ±153 Number of households
  • Cattaraugus County: 31,822 ±395
  • New York: 7,668,956 ±12,766
2 ±0.1 (1,699  ±322) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Cattaraugus County: 2.3 73,645 (±0 / ±55)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,274,232

3.4% ±5.3% (8  ±13) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Cattaraugus County: 5% † 792 (±0.8% / ±120)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New York: 4.9% 230,168 (±0.1% / ±4,006)

Housing

1,007 ±156 Number of housing units
  • Cattaraugus County: 40,279 ±64
  • New York: 8,539,536 ±1,410

$141,700 ±$19,893 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Cattaraugus County: $109,400 ±$2,707
  • about one-third of the amount in New York: $403,000 ±$1,347

4.7% ±2.7% (80  ±47.6) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Cattaraugus County: 9% 6,854 (±0.8% / ±631.2)
  • about half the rate in New York: 10.1% 1,981,213 (±0.1% / ±18,773.1)

Social

94% ±21.7% (1,322  ±187.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Cattaraugus County: 89.2% 47,213 (±2% / ±1,066.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 87.9% 12,297,601 (±0.2% / ±31,621.6)
20.1% ±3.1% (283  ±67.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Cattaraugus County: 20.7% 10,940 (±1.1% / ±560.2)
  • about half the rate in New York: 39.6% 5,535,503 (±0.2% / ±20,933.1)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

0.7% ±0.8% (12  ±13) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Cattaraugus County: 1.8% 1,354
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in New York: 22.6% 4,499,147

12.2% ±4.2% (180  ±70) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Cattaraugus County: 8.5% 5,067 (±0.5% / ±276)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 3.9% 607,728 (±0% / ±6,791)
180 Total veterans ±70 158 Male ±60 22 Female ±34

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