Busti vs Chautauqua

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

Busti 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 213 in Busti). Chautauqua has the higher median home value ($732,100 vs $217,100 in Busti). Since 2019, Chautauqua's population has grown faster (+5.3% vs -22.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Busti	Chautauqua
Population	213	340
Median age	42.3 yrs	48.7 yrs
Median home value	$217,100	$732,100
Median gross rent	$655	—
Housing units	117	1,297
Homeownership rate	40.2%	76.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.9%	79.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	12.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Busti	Chautauqua
Population	275 → 213 (-22.5%)	323 → 340 (+5.3%)
Median household income	$62,037 → $69,097 (+11.4%)	—
Median home value	$108,300 → $217,100 (+100.5%)	$455,000 → $732,100 (+60.9%)
Median gross rent	$616 → $655 (+6.3%)	—

Busti

Population

275213

Median household income

$62,037$69,097

Median home value

$108,300$217,100

Median gross rent

$616$655

Chautauqua

Population

323340

Median home value

$455,000$732,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Busti	Chautauqua
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	7.9%
18 to 24	9.9%	32.9%
25 to 34	23.5%	0.3%
35 to 44	21.1%	1.2%
45 to 54	2.8%	21.8%
55 to 64	22.5%	1.8%
65 to 74	20.2%	13.5%
75 and over	0.0%	20.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Busti	Chautauqua
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	82.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	12.1%
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%	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+

	Busti	Chautauqua
No high school diploma	4.2%	1.0%
High school graduate	54.7%	3.0%
Some college or associate's	32.3%	16.4%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	13.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	66.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Busti	Chautauqua
Drove alone	85.1%	9.1%
Carpooled	5.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.6%	24.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	38.2%
Other means	0.0%	28.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Busti	Chautauqua
1-unit, detached	40.2%	48.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.0%	28.1%
5 to 19 units	30.8%	21.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	17.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Busti	Chautauqua
Poverty rate	14.6%	27.3%
Average household size	1.82	1.43
Mean commute (minutes)	—	12
Median year structure built	1938	1966