Village · Cattaraugus County, New York

Cattaraugus, New York

Cattaraugus is a village in Cattaraugus County, New York, part of the Olean, NY metro area. It has 1,034 residents. Cattaraugus, New York has a quality-of-life score of 25 out of 100 (low), ranking #11,737 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within New York it ranks #849 of 859 cities and towns. It ranks best on home price to income ratio (low), students per teacher (low) and hot days (low). It ranks worst on effective property tax rate (high), hospital quality rating (low) and average commute time (high).

25Low

Quality-of-life score: #11,737 of 15,651 cities and towns
New York: #849 of 859 in NY
Population: 1,034 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 925.3 /mi²
FIPS code: 3613024

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 72 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety64#5,635/15,637
Economy18#12,757/15,631
Housing64#5,453/14,977
Health18#12,744/15,609
Healthcare17#12,993/15,650
Environment61#5,947/15,453
Education24#11,891/15,649
Infrastructure9#14,221/15,650
Community36#10,059/15,651
Leisure & amenities47#8,237/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Cattaraugus, New York ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Cattaraugus County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Home price to income ratio · low1.2×
100/100New York 4.9×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Students per teacher · low9.6×
99/100New York 12.0×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsCattaraugus County value
Hot days · low1 days
98/100New York 3 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationCattaraugus County value
Public libraries · high1.7 /10k
89/100New York 0.5 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesCattaraugus County value
Public EV charging ports · high13.4 /10k
89/100New York 10.8 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyCattaraugus County value
Rent as share of income · low17.0%
88/100New York 31.2%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071

Weaknesses

Effective property tax rate · high3.40%
0/100New York 1.30%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Hospital quality rating · low1.0
1/100New York 2.8United States 3.2Jul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesCattaraugus County value
Average commute time · high33.4 min
2/100New York 32.6 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Child care cost burden · high43.8%
3/100New York 37.7%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCattaraugus County value
New business applications · low7.3 /1k
3/100New York 15.1 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauCattaraugus County value
Dental care shortage · high18.0
6/100New York 3.7United States 5.7Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationCattaraugus County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Broadband subscriptionsImproving
61.3% (2015-2019) → 90.2% (2020-2024)
+29 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
50.0% (2015-2019) → 27.3% (2020-2024)
−23 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Rent as share of incomeImproving
30.0% (2015-2019) → 17.0% (2020-2024)
−13 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Unemployment rateWorsening
3.0% (2015-2019) → 9.9% (2020-2024)
+6.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B23025US 3.7% → 4.0%
Median household incomeImproving
$46,250 (2015-2019) → $60,341 (2020-2024)
+30%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Bachelor's degree or higherWorsening
20.6% (2015-2019) → 14.8% (2020-2024)
−5.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Cattaraugus, New York improved on 2 of 11 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 9 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved2

Broadband+29 points61.3% → 90.2%
Rent / income−13 points30.0% → 17.0%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 11 measures

Change of every measure of Cattaraugus, New York between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	27.1 min2015-2019	33.4 min2020-2024	+6.3 min	Within the margin of error	6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.6%2015-2019	14.8%2020-2024	−5.9 points	Within the margin of error	6%
Broadband subscriptions	61.3%2015-2019	90.2%2020-2024	+29 points	Improved	97%
Effective property tax rate	3.40%2015-2019	3.40%2020-2024	+0 points	Within the margin of error	16%
High school diploma or higher	84.3%2015-2019	86.4%2020-2024	+2.1 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Home price to income ratio	1.5×2015-2019	1.2×2020-2024	−0.3×	Within the margin of error	89%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3962015-2019	0.3632020-2024	−0.033	Within the margin of error	76%
Median household income	$46,2502015-2019	$60,3412020-2024	+30%	Within the margin of error	56%
Poverty rate	13.1%2015-2019	14.3%2020-2024	+1.2 points	Within the margin of error	32%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	30.0%2015-2019	17.0%2020-2024	−13 points	Improved	96%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Cattaraugus, New York five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Cattaraugus, New York in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Cattaraugus, New York itself moved +7.1 points in standing on average over the same 9 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,034 residents (±176)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

429 households (±64)

Cattaraugus, New York
New York share

Under $25k20%†87
$25k–50k24%†105
$50k–75k

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

429 households (±64)

Cattaraugus, New York
New York share

Own70%301
Rent30%†128

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

402 workers (±93)

Cattaraugus, New York
New York share

Drive alone81%326
Carpool13%†52
Public transit0.0%0

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Olean, NY

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Cattaraugus County, the county holding most of Cattaraugus's residents.

Cattaraugus County has 1,501 employer establishments, 198 for every 10,000 residents (0.80× the US rate of 248; 0.73× New York's), with 19,887 paid employees at an average annual pay of $46,578. The Census Bureau also counts 4,071 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,501; 4,071 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 198; US 248 · New York 274
Paid employees: 19,887
Average annual pay: $46,578; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Cattaraugus County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Restaurants and other eating places	136	18	0.98×About typical	1,827	$22,634	17
Ambulatory health care services	84	11.1	0.53×Fewer than typical	807	$71,258	158
Specialty trade contractors	83	11	0.71×Fewer than typical	386	$70,212	347
Full-service restaurants	69	9.1	1.19×About typical	1,143	$22,850	6
Religious organizations	65	8.6	1.55×More than typical	286	$30,339	—
Limited-service restaurants	48	6.3	0.79×Fewer than typical	585	$21,802	5
Construction of buildings	47	6.2	0.82×About typical	194	$67,649	162
Lessors of real estate	43	5.7	0.46×Fewer than typical	128	$37,555	371
Automotive repair and maintenance	42	5.6	1.10×About typical	192	$41,693	76
Services to buildings and dwellings	35	4.6	0.69×Fewer than typical	81	$34,111	228
Banks and credit unions	34	4.5	1.39×More than typical	525	$50,878	3
Gasoline stations	33	4.4	1.35×More than typical	399	$26,514	—

Rank places for an industry Open Cattaraugus County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 75,671 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

No federal contract obligations recorded here in FY2026.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Cattaraugus is mostly in Cattaraugus County.

See federal money in Cattaraugus County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Cattaraugus, New York is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Nicholas A. LangworthyR-NY-23 · 100% of residentsWith party 98%Missed 1.6%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Cattaraugus County49100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Olean, NY43

Other cities and towns in Cattaraugus County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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