Olean vs St. Bonaventure

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

Olean and St. Bonaventure 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 1,961 in St. Bonaventure). St. Bonaventure has the higher median household income ($55,208 vs $47,553 in Olean). St. Bonaventure has the higher median home value ($125,000 vs $90,500 in Olean).

Population, income & housing

	Olean	St. Bonaventure
Population	13,798	1,961
Median age	38.7 yrs	20.6 yrs
Median household income	$47,553	$55,208
Median home value	$90,500	$125,000
Median gross rent	$786	$571
Housing units	6,912	281
Homeownership rate	54.3%	78.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.1%	28.7%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Olean	St. Bonaventure
Population	13,670 → 13,798 (+0.9%)	1,909 → 1,961 (+2.7%)
Median household income	$41,742 → $47,553 (+13.9%)	$36,944 → $55,208 (+49.4%)
Median home value	$80,200 → $90,500 (+12.8%)	$97,100 → $125,000 (+28.7%)
Median gross rent	$648 → $786 (+21.3%)	$543 → $571 (+5.2%)

Olean

Population

13,67013,798

Median household income

$41,742$47,553

Median home value

$80,200$90,500

Median gross rent

$648$786

St. Bonaventure

Population

1,9091,961

Median household income

$36,944$55,208

Median home value

$97,100$125,000

Median gross rent

$543$571

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Olean	St. Bonaventure
Under 5	6.2%	0.2%
5 to 17	18.4%	2.5%
18 to 24	6.9%	71.2%
25 to 34	13.3%	1.0%
35 to 44	14.3%	0.9%
45 to 54	10.6%	3.1%
55 to 64	12.0%	11.5%
65 to 74	11.9%	3.6%
75 and over	6.2%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Olean	St. Bonaventure
White (non-Hispanic)	86.9%	85.8%
Black or African American	2.4%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.0%
Asian	2.2%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.1%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Olean	St. Bonaventure
No high school diploma	10.6%	11.1%
High school graduate	36.1%	37.1%
Some college or associate's	24.1%	23.0%
Bachelor's degree	15.3%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	13.8%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Olean	St. Bonaventure
Drove alone	74.7%	56.3%
Carpooled	8.2%	2.0%
Public transit	1.6%	0.0%
Walked	5.1%	29.4%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.5%	11.9%
Other means	0.9%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Olean	St. Bonaventure
1-unit, detached	56.9%	76.5%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	27.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.7%	4.3%
20 or more units	4.8%	7.1%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	12.1%

Poverty & households

	Olean	St. Bonaventure
Poverty rate	24.1%	13.7%
Average household size	2.16	1.68
Mean commute (minutes)	16	16
Median year structure built	1938	1957