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Olean, NY

13,738 Population
5.9 square miles 2,328.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39 ±2.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Olean, NY Micro Area: 42.8 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1

Economics

$29,512 ±$2,360 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Olean, NY Micro Area: $31,747 ±$806
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New York: $50,712 ±$237
$51,261 ±$7,453 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Olean, NY Micro Area: $59,540 ±$2,028
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New York: $85,974 ±$402

26.7% ±3.9% (3,576  ±524) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Olean, NY Micro Area: 19.1% 14,056 (±1.3% / ±933)
  • nearly double the rate in New York: 14% 2,711,742 (±0.2% / ±29,111)

14.4 minutes ±1.5 (75,690  ±9,783) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Olean, NY Micro Area: 22.6 656,865 (±0.7 / ±25,251)
  • about two-fifths of the figure in New York: 32.6 258,262,370 (±0.1 / ±834,810)

Families

6,274 ±271 Number of households
  • the Olean, NY Micro Area: 31,895 ±379
  • New York: 7,722,646 ±12,717
2.1 ±0.1 (13,245  ±45) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Olean, NY Micro Area: 2.3 73,026 (±0 / ±69)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,227,424

8.5% ±3.3% (250  ±101) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Olean, NY Micro Area: 6.1% † 953 (±1% / ±161)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New York: 4.9% 228,276 (±0.1% / ±4,383)

Housing

7,078 ±288 Number of housing units
  • the Olean, NY Micro Area: 40,356 ±77
  • New York: 8,585,241 ±652

$86,100 ±$6,087 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Olean, NY Micro Area: $113,100 ±$3,389
  • about one-fifth of the amount in New York: $423,800 ±$1,627

8.8% ±2.1% (1,186  ±283.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Olean, NY Micro Area: 8.2% 6,177 (±0.7% / ±518.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 9.9% 1,939,072 (±0.1% / ±17,964.9)

Social

89.6% ±5.8% (8,604  ±625.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Olean, NY Micro Area: 89.5% 47,235 (±2% / ±1,061.2)
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 88% 12,332,714 (±0.2% / ±30,517.5)
29.9% ±3.8% (2,868  ±378.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Olean, NY Micro Area: 21.1% 11,154 (±1% / ±537.7)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New York: 40.2% 5,638,631 (±0.1% / ±20,283)

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

3.2% ±1.4% (433  ±188) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in the Olean, NY Micro Area: 1.7% 1,327
  • less than a fifth of the rate in New York: 22.8% 4,526,014

5.3% ±1.5% (558  ±160) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Olean, NY Micro Area: 7.9% 4,721 (±0.6% / ±340)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New York: 3.7% 581,776 (±0% / ±5,645)
558 Total veterans ±160 533 Male ±156 25 Female ±28

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