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Chautauqua County, NY

126,807 Population
1,060.4 square miles 119.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.2 ±0.8 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$26,796 ±$1,680 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New York: $43,078 ±$345
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $38,332 ±$79
$46,661 ±$3,313 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New York: $74,314 ±$613
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $69,717 ±$134

17.4% ±2.5% (21,230  ±3,102) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New York: 13.9% 2,688,587 (±0.3% / ±47,579)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,393,176 (±0.1% / ±243,679)

18.7 minutes ±0.6 (959,535  ±39,997) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2021 5-year data
  • about three-fifths of the figure in New York: 33.3 284,720,580 (±0.1 / ±1,011,891)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,757,208,800 (±0.1 / ±8,102,155)

Families

53,309 ±1,824 Number of households
  • New York: 7,652,666 ±17,305
  • United States: 127,544,730 ±97,632
2.3 ±0.1 (121,740  ±690) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,265,908 (±0)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 324,132,900

5.9% ±1.9% (1,536  ±496) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New York: 4.6% 213,704 (±0.2% / ±8,773)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 3,922,188 (±0.1% / ±46,069)

Housing

66,337 ±307 Number of housing units
  • New York: 8,530,561 ±867
  • United States: 142,148,050 ±4,219

$99,900 ±$4,682 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-quarter of the amount in New York: $368,800 ±$2,957
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $281,400 ±$452

8.9% ±1.9% (11,098  ±2,341.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New York: 10.4% 2,042,824 (±0.2% / ±41,806.8)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,911,615 (±0.1% / ±181,549)

Social

88.9% ±4% (80,299  ±3,683.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 88% 12,313,514 (±0.4% / ±59,937.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.4% 203,920,983 (±0.1% / ±264,625.2)
24.4% ±2.2% (22,076  ±1,998.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New York: 39.9% 5,583,687 (±0.3% / ±39,932.6)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 35% 79,903,463 (±0.1% / ±166,943.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2021 5-year data

2.3% ±0.9% (2,963  ±1,171) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in New York: 22.3% 4,427,356 (±0.2% / ±43,047)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 13.6% 45,270,104 (±0% / ±140,397)

6.7% ±1% (6,776  ±1,014) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New York: 3.9% 614,289 (±0.1% / ±12,232)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,501,502 (±0% / ±78,614)
6,776 Total veterans ±1,014 6,639 Male ±1,014 137 Female ±106

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