Olean vs Salamanca

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

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

Olean has the higher population (13,798 vs 5,878 in Salamanca). Olean has the higher median household income ($47,553 vs $39,871 in Salamanca). Olean has the higher median home value ($90,500 vs $78,000 in Salamanca).

Population, income & housing

	Olean	Salamanca
Population	13,798	5,878
Median age	38.7 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$47,553	$39,871
Median home value	$90,500	$78,000
Median gross rent	$786	$702
Housing units	6,912	2,879
Homeownership rate	54.3%	53.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.1%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	8.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Olean	Salamanca
Population	13,670 → 13,798 (+0.9%)	5,497 → 5,878 (+6.9%)
Median household income	$41,742 → $47,553 (+13.9%)	$31,934 → $39,871 (+24.9%)
Median home value	$80,200 → $90,500 (+12.8%)	$64,100 → $78,000 (+21.7%)
Median gross rent	$648 → $786 (+21.3%)	$654 → $702 (+7.3%)

Olean

Population

13,67013,798

Median household income

$41,742$47,553

Median home value

$80,200$90,500

Median gross rent

$648$786

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)

	Olean	Salamanca
Under 5	6.2%	6.1%
5 to 17	18.4%	20.6%
18 to 24	6.9%	6.8%
25 to 34	13.3%	12.4%
35 to 44	14.3%	11.9%
45 to 54	10.6%	12.8%
55 to 64	12.0%	13.8%
65 to 74	11.9%	9.4%
75 and over	6.2%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Olean	Salamanca
White (non-Hispanic)	86.9%	67.2%
Black or African American	2.4%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	16.4%
Asian	2.2%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.3%
Two or more races	6.1%	7.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Olean	Salamanca
No high school diploma	10.6%	12.7%
High school graduate	36.1%	42.2%
Some college or associate's	24.1%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.3%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	13.8%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Olean	Salamanca
Drove alone	74.7%	71.3%
Carpooled	8.2%	13.3%
Public transit	1.6%	0.7%
Walked	5.1%	9.7%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	8.5%	4.5%
Other means	0.9%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Olean	Salamanca
1-unit, detached	56.9%	60.4%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	27.7%	22.7%
5 to 19 units	8.7%	10.5%
20 or more units	4.8%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Olean	Salamanca
Poverty rate	24.1%	24.3%
Average household size	2.16	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	16	17
Median year structure built	1938	1938