Salamanca vs St. Bonaventure

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

Salamanca 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.

Salamanca has the higher population (5,878 vs 1,961 in St. Bonaventure). St. Bonaventure has the higher median household income ($55,208 vs $39,871 in Salamanca). St. Bonaventure has the higher median home value ($125,000 vs $78,000 in Salamanca).

Population, income & housing

	Salamanca	St. Bonaventure
Population	5,878	1,961
Median age	38.6 yrs	20.6 yrs
Median household income	$39,871	$55,208
Median home value	$78,000	$125,000
Median gross rent	$702	$571
Housing units	2,879	281
Homeownership rate	53.4%	78.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.7%	28.7%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Salamanca	St. Bonaventure
Population	5,497 → 5,878 (+6.9%)	1,909 → 1,961 (+2.7%)
Median household income	$31,934 → $39,871 (+24.9%)	$36,944 → $55,208 (+49.4%)
Median home value	$64,100 → $78,000 (+21.7%)	$97,100 → $125,000 (+28.7%)
Median gross rent	$654 → $702 (+7.3%)	$543 → $571 (+5.2%)

Salamanca

Population

5,4975,878

Median household income

$31,934$39,871

Median home value

$64,100$78,000

Median gross rent

$654$702

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)

	Salamanca	St. Bonaventure
Under 5	6.1%	0.2%
5 to 17	20.6%	2.5%
18 to 24	6.8%	71.2%
25 to 34	12.4%	1.0%
35 to 44	11.9%	0.9%
45 to 54	12.8%	3.1%
55 to 64	13.8%	11.5%
65 to 74	9.4%	3.6%
75 and over	6.2%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Salamanca	St. Bonaventure
White (non-Hispanic)	67.2%	85.8%
Black or African American	2.4%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	16.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.9%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Salamanca	St. Bonaventure
No high school diploma	12.7%	11.1%
High school graduate	42.2%	37.1%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	23.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Salamanca	St. Bonaventure
Drove alone	71.3%	56.3%
Carpooled	13.3%	2.0%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	9.7%	29.4%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	11.9%
Other means	0.2%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Salamanca	St. Bonaventure
1-unit, detached	60.4%	76.5%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	22.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	10.5%	4.3%
20 or more units	2.9%	7.1%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	12.1%

Poverty & households

	Salamanca	St. Bonaventure
Poverty rate	24.3%	13.7%
Average household size	2.40	1.68
Mean commute (minutes)	17	16
Median year structure built	1938	1957