Scores by category

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

Safety64#5,635/15,637
Economy15#13,292/15,631
Housing28#10,792/14,977
Health24#11,940/15,609
Healthcare17#12,927/15,650
Environment61#5,947/15,453
Education26#11,657/15,649
Infrastructure1#15,477/15,650
Community38#9,772/15,651
Leisure & amenities47#8,237/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Little Valley, 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

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
Unemployment rate · low1.5%
88/100New York 4.3%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025High uncertainty
Social associations · high14.1 /10k
88/100New York 7.9 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCattaraugus County value

Weaknesses

Hospital quality rating · low1.0
1/100New York 2.8United States 3.2Jul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesCattaraugus County value
Income inequality (Gini index) · high0.525
3/100New York 0.517United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Child care cost burden · high43.8%
3/100New York 37.7%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCattaraugus County value
Broadband subscriptions · low77.6%
3/100New York 90.8%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
New business applications · low7.3 /1k
3/100New York 15.1 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauCattaraugus County value
Effective property tax rate · high2.18%
5/100New York 1.30%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090

Trends

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

PopulationRising
1,089 (2015-2019) → 1,243 (2020-2024)
+14%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Poverty rateWorsening
16.7% (2015-2019) → 28.2% (2020-2024)
+12 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Income inequality (Gini index)Worsening
0.372 (2015-2019) → 0.525 (2020-2024)
+41%5 yearsCensus table B19083US 0.482 → 0.483
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
69.4% (2015-2019) → 77.6% (2020-2024)
+8.3 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
1.7× (2015-2019) → 2.3× (2020-2024)
+31%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Child poverty rateWorsening
24.6% (2015-2019) → 30.3% (2020-2024)
+5.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%

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, Little Valley, New York improved on 2 of 13 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 10 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

Bachelor's++4.9 points9.4% → 14.3%
Broadband+8.3 points69.4% → 77.6%

Declined1

Inequality+0.1540.372 → 0.525

All 13 measures

Change of every measure of Little Valley, New York between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	22.8 min2015-2019	22.1 min2020-2024	−0.7 min	Within the margin of error	56%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.4%2015-2019	14.3%2020-2024	+4.9 points	Improved	67%
Broadband subscriptions	69.4%2015-2019	77.6%2020-2024	+8.3 points	Improved	51%
Effective property tax rate	3.34%2015-2019	2.18%2020-2024	−1.2 points	Within the margin of error	100%
High school diploma or higher	85.6%2015-2019	90.0%2020-2024	+4.5 points	Within the margin of error	79%
Home price to income ratio	1.7×2015-2019	2.3×2020-2024	+0.5×	Within the margin of error	46%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3722015-2019	0.5252020-2024	+0.154	Declined	1%
Median household income	$39,5002015-2019	$44,6552020-2024	+13%	Within the margin of error	21%
Poverty rate	16.7%2015-2019	28.2%2020-2024	+12 points	Within the margin of error	3%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	28.7%2015-2019	29.0%2020-2024	+0.3 points	Within the margin of error	52%
Rent-burdened households	45.5%2015-2019	47.5%2020-2024	+2 points	Within the margin of error	48%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	9.7%2015-2019	4.8%2020-2024	−4.9 points	Within the margin of error	86%

“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 Little Valley, New York five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Little Valley, 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, Little Valley, New York itself moved −7.3 points in standing on average over the same 10 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

1,243 residents (±202)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 20–29 men (−5.6 points).

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

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

1,243 residents (±202)

Little Valley, New York
New York share

White90%1,115
Black1.8%†22
Hispanic or Latino3.4%†42

Education

904 residents (±140)

Little Valley, New York
New York share

No high school diploma10.0%†90
High school or GED48%430
Some college15%†140

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

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

Household income

496 households (±60)

Little Valley, New York
New York share

Under $25k35%†172
$25k–50k18%†88
$50k–75k10%†51
$75k–100k8.3%†41
$100k–150k18%†89
$150k–200k6.3%†31
$200k or more4.8%†24

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $50k–75k (−15.3 points).

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

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

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

Owners and renters

496 households (±60)

Little Valley, New York
New York share

Own57%283
Rent43%213

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

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

204 households (±55)

Little Valley, New York
New York share

Under $75056%†115
$750–1,00031%†64
$1,000–1,50011%†

Home values

283 homes (±48)

Little Valley, New York
New York share

Under $150k70%197
$150k–250k26%†73
$250k–400k2.1%†6

Age of homes

545 homes (±69)

Little Valley, New York
New York share

2010 or later1.3%†7
2000–20095.0%†27
1980–199919%†101

Size of homes

545 homes (±69)

Little Valley, New York
New York share

Studio0.5%†3
1 bedroom22%†118
2 bedrooms26%†140

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

467 workers (±84)

Little Valley, New York
New York share

Drive alone81%376
Carpool5.4%†25
Public transit0.0%0
Walk6.4%†30
Bike0.0%0
Work from home4.9%†23
Other2.8%†13

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.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

444 workers (±81)

Little Valley, New York
New York share

Under 15 min32%†140
15–29 min35%†155
30–44 min26%†115

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

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 Little Valley'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

In FY2026, an estimated $81.34 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Little Valley, New York: $0.07 per resident (US $1,995).

Obligations: $81.34
Per resident: $0.07; US $1,995
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

United States Mint$81.34100%

Top recipients

BARBARA FOX$81.34100%

Spending by fiscal year

2.5KFY2017
3KFY2018
1KFY2019
1.7KFY2020
3.5KFY2021
1.3KFY2022
81.3FY2026

What was bought

Other equipment & supplies

Top industries (NAICS)

Independent artists, writers, and performers · 7115$81.34100%

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Little Valley, New York, so they do not add up across cities.

Little Valley, New York's figures are part of those of Cattaraugus County, NY ($70.4M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Little Valley 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.

Little Valley, 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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