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Gowanda, NY

2,929 Population
1.6 square miles 1,838.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.4 ±6.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Olean, NY Micro Area: 42.5 ±0.3
  • a little less than the figure in New York: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$24,635 ±$6,494 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Olean, NY Micro Area: $31,173 ±$824
  • about half the amount in New York: $49,520 ±$230
$49,946 ±$5,455 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Olean, NY Micro Area: $58,248 ±$1,978
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New York: $84,578 ±$372

15.5% ±4.4% (436  ±164) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Olean, NY Micro Area: 17.6% 13,039 (±1.3% / ±974)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 13.7% 2,656,674 (±0.1% / ±27,351)

22.4 minutes ±4.8 (22,370  ±5,972) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Olean, NY Micro Area: 23 677,885 (±0.8 / ±28,282)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in New York: 32.8 266,142,800 (±0.1 / ±921,890)

Families

1,135 ±122 Number of households
  • the Olean, NY Micro Area: 31,822 ±395
  • New York: 7,668,956 ±12,766
2.5 ±0.6 (2,789  ±698) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Olean, NY Micro Area: 2.3 73,645 (±0 / ±55)
  • about the same as the figure in New York: 2.5 19,274,232

10.9% ±7.2% (62  ±44) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Olean, NY Micro Area: 5% † 792 (±0.8% / ±120)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 4.9% 230,168 (±0.1% / ±4,006)

Housing

1,306 ±137 Number of housing units
  • the Olean, NY Micro Area: 40,279 ±64
  • New York: 8,539,536 ±1,410

$84,700 ±$9,140 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Olean, NY Micro Area: $109,400 ±$2,707
  • about one-fifth of the amount in New York: $403,000 ±$1,347

9.9% ±3.3% (286  ±117.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Olean, NY Micro Area: 9% 6,854 (±0.8% / ±631.2)
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 10.1% 1,981,213 (±0.1% / ±18,773.1)

Social

91.1% ±5.5% (1,701  ±206.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Olean, NY Micro Area: 89.2% 47,213 (±2% / ±1,066.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 87.9% 12,297,601 (±0.2% / ±31,621.6)
10.5% ±2.9% (196  ±58.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Olean, NY Micro Area: 20.7% 10,940 (±1.1% / ±560.2)
  • about one-quarter of 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

3.4% ±1.7% (100  ±54) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in the Olean, NY Micro Area: 1.8% 1,354
  • less than a fifth of the rate in New York: 22.6% 4,499,147

10.9% ±4.4% (223  ±94) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Olean, NY Micro Area: 8.5% 5,067 (±0.5% / ±276)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 3.9% 607,728 (±0% / ±6,791)
223 Total veterans ±94 217 Male ±93 6 Female ±8

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