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Allegany County, NY

47,222 Population
1,029.5 square miles 45.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.9 ±0.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in New York: 39.3 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.5 ±0.1

Economics

$28,506 ±$1,611 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New York: $47,173 ±$209
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $41,261 ±$112
$58,725 ±$1,965 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New York: $81,386 ±$350
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $75,149 ±$152

17.1% ±1.3% (7,236  ±543) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New York: 13.6% 2,655,662 (±0.1% / ±26,624)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,521,584 (±0.1% / ±259,207)

22.6 minutes ±0.8 (402,110  ±17,054) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in New York: 33.2 275,523,680 (±0.1 / ±986,828)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.7 3,689,928,200 (±0 / ±7,200,288)

Families

16,813 ±321 Number of households
  • New York: 7,604,523 ±13,178
  • United States: 125,736,350 ±198,714
2.5 ±0.1 (42,559  ±48) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in New York: 2.6 19,400,424
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.6 322,994,300

4.8% ±1% (495  ±102) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 4.8% 228,348 (±0.1% / ±4,362)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,982,404 (±0% / ±23,722)

Housing

23,636 ±54 Number of housing units
  • New York: 8,494,452 ±916
  • United States: 140,943,620 ±3,164

$93,200 ±$3,555 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-quarter of the amount in New York: $384,100 ±$1,487
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $281,900 ±$221

12.2% ±1.1% (5,715  ±506) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New York: 10.2% 2,026,056 (±0.1% / ±17,574.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 13.1% 42,965,005 (±0% / ±,138,498.5)

Social

91.4% ±2.3% (27,375  ±,710.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 87.6% 12,281,021 (±0.2% / ±31,135.3)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.1% 202,001,292 (±0.1% / ±266,504)
24.5% ±1.4% (7,343  ±427) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New York: 38.8% 5,439,415 (±0.2% / ±20,453)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 34.3% 77,751,346 (±0.1% / ±,166,366.8)

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

1.7% (821  ±169) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in New York: 22.6% 4,508,936
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 13.7% 45,281,072

8.5% ±0.6% (3,236  ±229) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in New York: 4% 634,062 (±0% / ±5,837)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.6% 17,038,808 (±0% / ±48,952)
3,236 Total veterans ±229 2,964 Male ±220 272 Female ±79

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