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Olean, NY

13,798 Population
5.9 square miles 2,338.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.7 ±1.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Olean, NY Micro Area: 42.5 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in New York: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$29,654 ±$3,212 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Olean, NY Micro Area: $31,173 ±$824
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New York: $49,520 ±$230
$47,553 ±$5,593 Median household income
  • about 80 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

24.1% ±4.7% (3,267  ±638) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Olean, NY Micro Area: 17.6% 13,039 (±1.3% / ±974)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New York: 13.7% 2,656,674 (±0.1% / ±27,351)

16.4 minutes ±2.3 (90,915  ±14,150) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Olean, NY Micro Area: 23 677,885 (±0.8 / ±28,282)
  • about half the figure in New York: 32.8 266,142,800 (±0.1 / ±921,890)

Families

6,215 ±308 Number of households
  • the Olean, NY Micro Area: 31,822 ±395
  • New York: 7,668,956 ±12,766
2.2 ±0.1 (13,402  ±31) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Olean, NY Micro Area: 2.3 73,645 (±0 / ±55)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,274,232

2.9% ±1.8% (86  ±52) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Olean, NY Micro Area: 5% † 792 (±0.8% / ±120)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New York: 4.9% 230,168 (±0.1% / ±4,006)

Housing

6,912 ±302 Number of housing units
  • the Olean, NY Micro Area: 40,279 ±64
  • New York: 8,539,536 ±1,410

$90,500 ±$8,538 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent 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

12.3% ±2.8% (1,678  ±382.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Olean, NY Micro Area: 9% 6,854 (±0.8% / ±631.2)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New York: 10.1% 1,981,213 (±0.1% / ±18,773.1)

Social

89.4% ±5.6% (8,434  ±623.7) 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)
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 87.9% 12,297,601 (±0.2% / ±31,621.6)
29.1% ±3.7% (2,749  ±361.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Olean, NY Micro Area: 20.7% 10,940 (±1.1% / ±560.2)
  • about three-quarters 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% ±1.2% (419  ±159) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times 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

6.5% ±1.3% (671  ±141) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Olean, NY Micro Area: 8.5% 5,067 (±0.5% / ±276)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New York: 3.9% 607,728 (±0% / ±6,791)
671 Total veterans ±141 643 Male ±143 28 Female ±34

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