Allegany vs Salamanca

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

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

Salamanca has the higher population (5,878 vs 1,773 in Allegany). Allegany has the higher median household income ($73,802 vs $39,871 in Salamanca). Allegany has the higher median home value ($152,000 vs $78,000 in Salamanca).

Population, income & housing

	Allegany	Salamanca
Population	1,773	5,878
Median age	37.1 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$73,802	$39,871
Median home value	$152,000	$78,000
Median gross rent	$767	$702
Housing units	866	2,879
Homeownership rate	64.1%	53.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.7%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	8.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Allegany	Salamanca
Population	1,865 → 1,773 (-4.9%)	5,497 → 5,878 (+6.9%)
Median household income	$55,643 → $73,802 (+32.6%)	$31,934 → $39,871 (+24.9%)
Median home value	$109,900 → $152,000 (+38.3%)	$64,100 → $78,000 (+21.7%)
Median gross rent	$659 → $767 (+16.4%)	$654 → $702 (+7.3%)

Allegany

Population

1,8651,773

Median household income

$55,643$73,802

Median home value

$109,900$152,000

Median gross rent

$659$767

Salamanca

Population

5,4975,878

Median household income

$31,934$39,871

Median home value

$64,100$78,000

Median gross rent

$654$702

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Allegany	Salamanca
Under 5	3.9%	6.1%
5 to 17	16.8%	20.6%
18 to 24	17.3%	6.8%
25 to 34	8.4%	12.4%
35 to 44	16.4%	11.9%
45 to 54	7.3%	12.8%
55 to 64	10.8%	13.8%
65 to 74	10.2%	9.4%
75 and over	9.0%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Allegany	Salamanca
White (non-Hispanic)	86.7%	67.2%
Black or African American	1.1%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	16.4%
Asian	4.1%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	6.7%	7.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Allegany	Salamanca
No high school diploma	2.0%	12.7%
High school graduate	20.0%	42.2%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	22.2%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	24.5%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Allegany	Salamanca
Drove alone	85.4%	71.3%
Carpooled	4.1%	13.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	2.2%	9.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	7.8%	4.5%
Other means	0.5%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Allegany	Salamanca
1-unit, detached	74.4%	60.4%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	20.0%	22.7%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	10.5%
20 or more units	0.3%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Allegany	Salamanca
Poverty rate	16.0%	24.3%
Average household size	2.32	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	16	17
Median year structure built	1954	1938