Allegany vs Cattaraugus

A side-by-side comparison of Allegany and Cattaraugus: population, income, housing, and more.

Allegany and Cattaraugus are places in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Allegany has the higher population (1,773 vs 1,153 in Cattaraugus). Allegany has the higher median household income ($73,802 vs $59,145 in Cattaraugus). Allegany has the higher median home value ($152,000 vs $73,100 in Cattaraugus).

Population, income & housing

	Allegany	Cattaraugus
Population	1,773	1,153
Median age	37.1 yrs	35.3 yrs
Median household income	$73,802	$59,145
Median home value	$152,000	$73,100
Median gross rent	$767	$633
Housing units	866	540
Homeownership rate	64.1%	68.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.7%	15.0%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	9.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Allegany	Cattaraugus
Population	1,865 → 1,773 (-4.9%)	1,042 → 1,153 (+10.7%)
Median household income	$55,643 → $73,802 (+32.6%)	$46,250 → $59,145 (+27.9%)
Median home value	$109,900 → $152,000 (+38.3%)	$68,000 → $73,100 (+7.5%)
Median gross rent	$659 → $767 (+16.4%)	$464 → $633 (+36.4%)

Allegany

Population

1,8651,773

Median household income

$55,643$73,802

Median home value

$109,900$152,000

Median gross rent

$659$767

Cattaraugus

Population

1,0421,153

Median household income

$46,250$59,145

Median home value

$68,000$73,100

Median gross rent

$464$633

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Allegany	Cattaraugus
Under 5	3.9%	5.1%
5 to 17	16.8%	22.7%
18 to 24	17.3%	9.6%
25 to 34	8.4%	12.4%
35 to 44	16.4%	12.2%
45 to 54	7.3%	11.7%
55 to 64	10.8%	12.2%
65 to 74	10.2%	7.6%
75 and over	9.0%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Allegany	Cattaraugus
White (non-Hispanic)	86.7%	92.0%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	4.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.7%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	7.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Allegany	Cattaraugus
No high school diploma	2.0%	14.4%
High school graduate	20.0%	40.6%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	22.2%	5.8%
Graduate or professional degree	24.5%	9.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Allegany	Cattaraugus
Drove alone	85.4%	73.1%
Carpooled	4.1%	18.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	5.7%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Allegany	Cattaraugus
1-unit, detached	74.4%	71.5%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	20.0%	19.6%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	4.3%
20 or more units	0.3%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Allegany	Cattaraugus
Poverty rate	16.0%	14.1%
Average household size	2.32	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	16	38
Median year structure built	1954	1938