Olcott vs Sanborn

A side-by-side comparison of Olcott and Sanborn: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sanborn has the higher population (1,466 vs 821 in Olcott). Sanborn has the higher median household income ($81,620 vs $74,970 in Olcott). Sanborn has the higher median home value ($198,500 vs $162,100 in Olcott).

Population, income & housing

	Olcott	Sanborn
Population	821	1,466
Median age	43.7 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$74,970	$81,620
Median home value	$162,100	$198,500
Median gross rent	$942	$1,068
Housing units	605	535
Homeownership rate	80.4%	73.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.3%	32.3%
Unemployment rate	10.1%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Olcott	Sanborn
Population	1,282 → 821 (-36.0%)	987 → 1,466 (+48.5%)
Median household income	$56,625 → $74,970 (+32.4%)	$50,365 → $81,620 (+62.1%)
Median home value	$110,100 → $162,100 (+47.2%)	$127,000 → $198,500 (+56.3%)
Median gross rent	$842 → $942 (+11.9%)	$775 → $1,068 (+37.8%)

Olcott

Population

1,282821

Median household income

$56,625$74,970

Median home value

$110,100$162,100

Median gross rent

$842$942

Sanborn

Population

9871,466

Median household income

$50,365$81,620

Median home value

$127,000$198,500

Median gross rent

$775$1,068

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Olcott	Sanborn
Under 5	1.3%	1.5%
5 to 17	18.4%	19.0%
18 to 24	7.7%	17.5%
25 to 34	12.3%	9.2%
35 to 44	11.6%	15.2%
45 to 54	14.6%	19.8%
55 to 64	16.3%	8.5%
65 to 74	10.1%	3.8%
75 and over	7.7%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Olcott	Sanborn
White (non-Hispanic)	92.1%	90.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	7.9%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Olcott	Sanborn
No high school diploma	5.5%	3.4%
High school graduate	45.1%	31.1%
Some college or associate's	28.0%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	20.4%
Graduate or professional degree	13.3%	11.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Olcott	Sanborn
Drove alone	82.5%	65.3%
Carpooled	3.3%	17.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.4%	7.4%
Bicycle	2.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.3%	10.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Olcott	Sanborn
1-unit, detached	87.1%	70.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	20.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Olcott	Sanborn
Poverty rate	2.8%	5.5%
Average household size	2.04	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	32	22
Median year structure built	1965	1965