Ellicottville vs West Valley

A side-by-side comparison of Ellicottville and West Valley: population, income, housing, and more.

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

West Valley has the higher population (526 vs 342 in Ellicottville). Ellicottville has the higher median household income ($88,333 vs $65,000 in West Valley). Ellicottville has the higher median home value ($277,600 vs $111,300 in West Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Ellicottville	West Valley
Population	342	526
Median age	47.6 yrs	56.9 yrs
Median household income	$88,333	$65,000
Median home value	$277,600	$111,300
Median gross rent	$984	—
Housing units	531	218
Homeownership rate	82.2%	87.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.3%	17.9%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ellicottville	West Valley
Population	279 → 342 (+22.6%)	561 → 526 (-6.2%)
Median household income	$63,750 → $88,333 (+38.6%)	$63,482 → $65,000 (+2.4%)
Median home value	$256,000 → $277,600 (+8.4%)	$90,000 → $111,300 (+23.7%)
Median gross rent	$775 → $984 (+27.0%)	—

Ellicottville

Population

279342

Median household income

$63,750$88,333

Median home value

$256,000$277,600

Median gross rent

$775$984

West Valley

Population

561526

Median household income

$63,482$65,000

Median home value

$90,000$111,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ellicottville	West Valley
Under 5	9.9%	6.7%
5 to 17	9.1%	11.4%
18 to 24	3.5%	3.2%
25 to 34	7.9%	9.9%
35 to 44	16.7%	2.3%
45 to 54	7.3%	5.5%
55 to 64	11.1%	27.6%
65 to 74	24.3%	8.9%
75 and over	10.2%	24.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ellicottville	West Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	87.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	7.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ellicottville	West Valley
No high school diploma	0.0%	1.4%
High school graduate	19.6%	50.7%
Some college or associate's	26.0%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	29.4%	16.4%
Graduate or professional degree	24.9%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ellicottville	West Valley
Drove alone	60.2%	90.2%
Carpooled	3.4%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	18.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.5%	0.0%
Other means	1.7%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ellicottville	West Valley
1-unit, detached	68.0%	62.4%
1-unit, attached	13.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.7%	24.3%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	5.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.2%	7.8%

Poverty & households

	Ellicottville	West Valley
Poverty rate	3.5%	8.6%
Average household size	2.25	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	21	31
Median year structure built	1950	1938