Bemus Point vs Chautauqua

A side-by-side comparison of Bemus Point and Chautauqua: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Chautauqua has the higher population (340 vs 206 in Bemus Point). Chautauqua has the higher median home value ($732,100 vs $372,700 in Bemus Point). Since 2019, Chautauqua's population has grown faster (+5.3% vs -19.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Bemus Point	Chautauqua
Population	206	340
Median age	57.6 yrs	48.7 yrs
Median household income	$86,000	—
Median home value	$372,700	$732,100
Median gross rent	$750	—
Housing units	227	1,297
Homeownership rate	67.9%	76.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.6%	79.6%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	12.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bemus Point	Chautauqua
Population	256 → 206 (-19.5%)	323 → 340 (+5.3%)
Median household income	$38,750 → $86,000 (+121.9%)	—
Median home value	$195,800 → $372,700 (+90.3%)	$455,000 → $732,100 (+60.9%)
Median gross rent	$550 → $750 (+36.4%)	—

Bemus Point

Population

256206

Median household income

$38,750$86,000

Median home value

$195,800$372,700

Median gross rent

$550$750

Chautauqua

Population

323340

Median home value

$455,000$732,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bemus Point	Chautauqua
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	3.9%	7.9%
18 to 24	11.2%	32.9%
25 to 34	8.3%	0.3%
35 to 44	3.4%	1.2%
45 to 54	12.1%	21.8%
55 to 64	39.3%	1.8%
65 to 74	8.7%	13.5%
75 and over	13.1%	20.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bemus Point	Chautauqua
White (non-Hispanic)	94.7%	82.9%
Black or African American	1.0%	12.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	3.2%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bemus Point	Chautauqua
No high school diploma	4.0%	1.0%
High school graduate	9.7%	3.0%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	16.4%
Bachelor's degree	26.3%	13.4%
Graduate or professional degree	26.3%	66.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bemus Point	Chautauqua
Drove alone	84.5%	9.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.2%	24.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.2%	38.2%
Other means	2.1%	28.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bemus Point	Chautauqua
1-unit, detached	64.3%	48.1%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.1%	28.1%
5 to 19 units	13.2%	21.7%
20 or more units	4.4%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bemus Point	Chautauqua
Poverty rate	11.7%	27.3%
Average household size	1.84	1.43
Mean commute (minutes)	18	12
Median year structure built	1956	1966