Cattaraugus vs Portville

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

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

Cattaraugus has the higher population (1,153 vs 915 in Portville). Portville has the higher median household income ($59,917 vs $59,145 in Cattaraugus). Portville has the higher median home value ($99,000 vs $73,100 in Cattaraugus).

Population, income & housing

	Cattaraugus	Portville
Population	1,153	915
Median age	35.3 yrs	47.3 yrs
Median household income	$59,145	$59,917
Median home value	$73,100	$99,000
Median gross rent	$633	$590
Housing units	540	430
Homeownership rate	68.3%	71.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.0%	25.3%
Unemployment rate	9.4%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cattaraugus	Portville
Population	1,042 → 1,153 (+10.7%)	983 → 915 (-6.9%)
Median household income	$46,250 → $59,145 (+27.9%)	$47,578 → $59,917 (+25.9%)
Median home value	$68,000 → $73,100 (+7.5%)	$86,800 → $99,000 (+14.1%)
Median gross rent	$464 → $633 (+36.4%)	$625 → $590 (-5.6%)

Cattaraugus

Population

1,0421,153

Median household income

$46,250$59,145

Median home value

$68,000$73,100

Median gross rent

$464$633

Portville

Population

983915

Median household income

$47,578$59,917

Median home value

$86,800$99,000

Median gross rent

$625$590

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cattaraugus	Portville
Under 5	5.1%	1.3%
5 to 17	22.7%	20.7%
18 to 24	9.6%	9.7%
25 to 34	12.4%	2.5%
35 to 44	12.2%	13.2%
45 to 54	11.7%	15.7%
55 to 64	12.2%	14.3%
65 to 74	7.6%	11.9%
75 and over	6.3%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cattaraugus	Portville
White (non-Hispanic)	92.0%	91.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	8.4%
Hispanic or Latino	7.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cattaraugus	Portville
No high school diploma	14.4%	9.9%
High school graduate	40.6%	26.9%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	37.9%
Bachelor's degree	5.8%	13.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.2%	12.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cattaraugus	Portville
Drove alone	73.1%	79.3%
Carpooled	18.0%	8.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.2%	7.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	4.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cattaraugus	Portville
1-unit, detached	71.5%	72.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	19.6%	15.1%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	3.5%
20 or more units	3.1%	8.4%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cattaraugus	Portville
Poverty rate	14.1%	10.2%
Average household size	2.59	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	38	17
Median year structure built	1938	1951