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Olean town, Cattaraugus County, NY

1,664 Population
29.6 square miles 56.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

53.8 ±5.5 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Cattaraugus County: 42.8 ±0.3
  • about 1.4 times the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$52,832 ±$15,069 Per capita income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Cattaraugus County: $31,747 ±$806
  • a little higher than the amount in New York: $50,712 ±$237
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$74,583 ±$19,949 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Cattaraugus County: $59,540 ±$2,028
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New York: $85,974 ±$402
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

16.3% ±5.5% (271  ±99) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Cattaraugus County: 19.1% 14,056 (±1.3% / ±933)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New York: 14% 2,711,742 (±0.2% / ±29,111)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

18.6 minutes ±3.5 (12,675  ±3,472) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Cattaraugus County: 22.6 656,865 (±0.7 / ±25,251)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in New York: 32.6 258,262,370 (±0.1 / ±834,810)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

832 ±111 Number of households
  • Cattaraugus County: 31,895 ±379
  • New York: 7,722,646 ±12,717
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2 ±0.1 (1,664  ±242) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Cattaraugus County: 2.3 73,026 (±0 / ±69)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,227,424
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.5% ±4.9% (9  ±13) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Cattaraugus County: 6.1% † 953 (±1% / ±161)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New York: 4.9% 228,276 (±0.1% / ±4,383)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

955 ±125 Number of housing units
  • Cattaraugus County: 40,356 ±77
  • New York: 8,585,241 ±652
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$158,600 ±$16,882 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Cattaraugus County: $113,100 ±$3,389
  • about two-fifths of the amount in New York: $423,800 ±$1,627
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

3.9% ±2.8% (65  ±47.7) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Cattaraugus County: 8.2% 6,177 (±0.7% / ±518.2)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New York: 9.9% 1,939,072 (±0.1% / ±17,964.9)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95.9% ±18.3% (1,270  ±168.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Cattaraugus County: 89.5% 47,235 (±2% / ±1,061.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 88% 12,332,714 (±0.2% / ±30,517.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
23.3% ±4.6% (309  ±73.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Cattaraugus County: 21.1% 11,154 (±1% / ±537.7)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New York: 40.2% 5,638,631 (±0.1% / ±20,283)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

0.6% ±0.8% (10  ±13) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Cattaraugus County: 1.7% 1,327
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in New York: 22.8% 4,526,014
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.3% ±3.3% (131  ±50) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Cattaraugus County: 7.9% 4,721 (±0.6% / ±340)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 3.7% 581,776 (±0% / ±5,645)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
131 Total veterans ±50 120 Male ±46 11 Female ±17

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