County · New York

Cattaraugus County, New York

Cattaraugus County, New York has a quality-of-life score of 49 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #1,600 of 3,143 US counties. Within New York it ranks #60 of 62 counties. It ranks best on firearm deaths (low), hot days (low) and suicide rate (low). It ranks worst on effective property tax rate (high), hospital quality rating (low) and child care cost burden (high).

49Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #1,600 of 3,143 counties
New York: #60 of 62 in NY
Population: 75,390 (2025)
Land area: 1,308 mi²
Density: 57.6 /mi²
FIPS code: 36009

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 76 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.

Safety84#511/3,096
Economy22#2,450/3,143
Housing56#1,382/3,140
Health51#1,535/3,144
Healthcare40#1,871/3,143
Environment49#1,597/3,108
Education48#1,641/3,144
Infrastructure45#1,740/3,144
Community47#1,675/3,144
Leisure & amenities58#1,315/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Cattaraugus County, New York ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Firearm deaths · low8.7 /100k
96/100New York 4.2 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimateProvisional data
Hot days · low1 days
96/100New York 3 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
Suicide rate · low14.8 /100k
95/100New York 8.5 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimateProvisional data
Students per teacher · low9.6×
94/100New York 12.0×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education Statistics
Home price to income ratio · low1.9×
93/100New York 4.9×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Public EV charging ports · high13.4 /10k
91/100New York 10.8 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of Energy

Weaknesses

Effective property tax rate · high1.92%
2/100New York 1.30%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Hospital quality rating · low1.0
2/100New York 2.8United States 3.2Jul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Child care cost burden · high43.8%
3/100New York 37.7%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
New business applications · low7.3 /1k
6/100New York 15.1 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census Bureau
Child poverty rate · high27.5%
7/100New York 17.9%United States 15.5%2024U.S. Census BureauModel-based estimate
Dental care shortage · high18.0
13/100New York 3.7United States 5.7Oct 2026Health Resources and Services Administration

Trends

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

Homicide rateWorsening
2.4 /100k (2021) → 4.5 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
+88%5 yearsUS 7.8 /100k → 4.8 /100k
New business applicationsImproving
4.1 /1k (2020) → 7.3 /1k (2025)
+77%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
71.7% (2015-2019) → 83.9% (2020-2024)
+12 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Child care cost burdenWorsening
33.3% (2020 & 2021) → 43.8% (2023 & 2024)
+11 pts3 yearsUS 24.5% → 27.9%
Access to exercise opportunitiesImproving
50.2% (2010 & 2021) → 59.2% (2022 & 2024)
+9 pts3 yearsUS 79.8% → 84.5%
Flu vaccinationsWorsening
45.0% (2019) → 37.0% (2023)
−8 pts4 yearsUS 48.0% → 44.0%

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 County, New York improved on 10 of 32 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 20 moved within the margin of error and 1 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2020 with 2025); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved10

Property tax−0.6 points2.52% → 1.92%
Unemployment−4.9 points9.1% → 4.2%
New businesses+77%4.1 /1k → 7.3 /1k
Broadband+12 points71.7% → 83.9%
Violent crime−30%174 /100k → 122 /100k

Declined1

Poverty+4 points14.7% → 18.7%

All 32 measures

Change of every measure of Cattaraugus County, New York between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	3.0 /10k2020	2.8 /10k2025	−6.8%	Within the margin of error	23%
Average commute time	22.1 min2015-2019	22.6 min2020-2024	+0.5 min	Within the margin of error	46%
Average weekly wage	$8582020	$1,0722025	+25%	Improved	58%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.1%2015-2019	21.1%2020-2024	+2.1 points	Improved	38%
Broadband subscriptions	71.7%2015-2019	83.9%2020-2024	+12 points	Improved	67%
Child poverty rate	21.5%2019	27.5%2024	+6 points	Within the margin of error	1%
Distance to an airport	51 mi2020	51 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	19.5 /100k2020	22.5 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	+15%	Within the margin of error	15%
Effective property tax rate	2.52%2015-2019	1.92%2020-2024	−0.6 points	Improved	99%
Firearm deaths	9.8 /100k2020	8.7 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−11%	Within the margin of error	66%
Grocery stores	2.1 /10k2020	1.7 /10k2025	−17%	Within the margin of error	21%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.8 /10k2020	0.5 /10k2025	−32%	Within the margin of error	16%
High school diploma or higher	88.8%2015-2019	89.5%2020-2024	+0.6 points	Within the margin of error	23%
Home price to income ratio	1.8×2015-2019	1.9×2020-2024	+0.1×	Within the margin of error	81%
Homicide rate	2.9 /100k2020	4.5 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+55%	Within the margin of error	4%
Income adjusted for local prices	$43,8462019	$56,0142024	+28%	Improved	25%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4332015-2019	0.4412020-2024	+0.008	Within the margin of error	39%
Median household income	$50,7832019	$61,3762024	+21%	Improved	28%
New business applications	4.1 /1k2020	7.3 /1k2025	+77%	Improved	82%
Pharmacies	1.9 /10k2020	1.6 /10k2025	−18%	Within the margin of error	26%
Poverty rate	14.7%2019	18.7%2024	+4 points	Declined	1%
Property crime rate	1,042 /100k2020	1,033 /100k2025	−0.8%	Within the margin of error	11%
Public libraries	1.7 /10k2019	1.7 /10k2024	+1%	Within the margin of error	63%
Rent as share of income	28.7%2015-2019	27.9%2020-2024	−0.8 points	Within the margin of error	65%
Rent-burdened households	46.8%2015-2019	45.6%2020-2024	−1.2 points	Within the margin of error	63%
Restaurants and bars	13.4 /10k2020	11.7 /10k2025	−13%	Within the margin of error	21%
Students per teacher	10.7×2019	9.6×2024	−1.1×	Improved	65%
Suicide rate	14.3 /100k2020	14.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+3.5%	Within the margin of error	50%
Traffic deaths	10.9 /100k2015-2019	11.8 /100k2020-2024	+8.6%	Within the margin of error	44%
Unemployment rate	9.1%2020	4.2%2025	−4.9 points	Improved	93%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	6.9%2019	6.4%2024	−0.5 points	Within the margin of error	38%
Violent crime rate	174 /100k2020	122 /100k2025	−30%	Improved	68%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2303 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. 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 3144 counties 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.

Counties like Cattaraugus County, New York five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Cattaraugus County, 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 County, New York itself moved −3.8 points in standing on average over the same 32 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

76,145 residents

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: 50–59 women (−1.3 points).

Table view

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

Race and Hispanic origin

76,145 residents

Cattaraugus County, New York
New York share

White88%66,800
Black1.4%1,086
Hispanic or Latino2.4%1,817

Education

52,793 residents (±106)

Cattaraugus County, New York
New York share

No high school diploma11%5,558
High school or GED41%21,531
Some college16%8,251

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

31,895 households (±379)

Cattaraugus County, New York
New York share

Under $25k21%6,824
$25k–50k22%6,943
$50k–75k17%5,427
$75k–100k14%4,309
$100k–150k17%5,383
$150k–200k5.6%1,773
$200k or more3.9%1,236

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $100k–150k (+5.5 points).

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

31,895 households (±379)

Cattaraugus County, New York
New York share

Own75%23,996
Rent25%7,899

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+3.6 points).

Table view

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

Rent paid

7,101 households (±472)

Cattaraugus County, New York
New York share

Under $75047%3,331
$750–1,00027%1,905
$1,000–1,50022%1,596

Home values

23,996 homes (±405)

Cattaraugus County, New York
New York share

Under $150k62%14,809
$150k–250k23%5,627
$250k–400k10%2,430

Age of homes

40,356 homes (±77)

Cattaraugus County, New York
New York share

2010 or later4.1%1,643
2000–20096.7%2,696
1980–199920%8,253

Size of homes

40,356 homes (±77)

Cattaraugus County, New York
New York share

Studio1.9%†768
1 bedroom11%4,335
2 bedrooms23%9,400

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

31,566 workers (±623)

Cattaraugus County, New York
New York share

Drive alone76%23,919
Carpool9.4%2,952
Public transit0.4%†131
Walk4.8%1,521
Bike0.2%†70
Work from home8.0%2,515
Other1.5%458

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Drive alone (−6.8 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 B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

29,051 workers (±674)

Cattaraugus County, New York
New York share

Under 15 min43%12,471
15–29 min27%7,961
30–44 min15%4,320

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.

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

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 contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $70.4M on contracts performed in Cattaraugus County, New York: $933 per resident (US $1,995).

Obligations: $70.4M; −61% vs FY2025
Per resident: $933; US $1,995
Sole-source: 93%; US 30%
Single offer: 1.5%; 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

Departmental Offices$36.2M51%
Bureau of the Fiscal Service$19.6M

Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $579.5M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Cattaraugus County, New York: $7,687 per resident (US $12,975).

Assistance · FY2026: $579.5M; −6.7% vs FY2025
Per resident: $7,687; US $12,975
Loan face value: $11.3M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.1%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$325.6M56%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$53.6M9.2%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$49.7M8.6%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$31.6M5.5%
84.041 · Impact Aid$26.2M4.5%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$17.4M3.0%
20.279 · National Highway Performance Program (NHPP)$10.4M1.8%
84.184 · School Safely National Activities$5.2M0.9%

Top recipients (organizations)

SALAMANCA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT$24.3M4.2%
SALAMANCA, NY
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION NEW YORK$17.8M3.1%
ALBANY, NY
SENECA NATION OF INDIANS$12.2M2.1%
SALAMANCA, NY
CITY OF OLEAN$5.6M1.0%
OLEAN, NY
FRANKLINVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT$5.4M

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$428.1M74%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$56.3M9.7%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Department of Education$36.7M6.3%
Federal Highway Administration$23.2M4.0%
Department of Transportation
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing$7.3M

Assistance by fiscal year

532.1MFY2021
506.7MFY2022
549.5MFY2023
587.3MFY2024
621MFY2025
579.5MFY2026

County aggregates

85%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

How Cattaraugus County, New York compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Cattaraugus County, New York
United States
Year its money jumped
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Cattaraugus County, New York and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Cattaraugus County, New York	United States
FY2017	$1,002	$1,436
FY2018	$1,050	$1,552
FY2019	$1,208	$1,654
FY2020	$1,145	$1,880
FY2021	$1,360	$1,810
FY2022	$1,849	$1,917
FY2023	$3,366	$2,079
FY2024	$2,975	$2,047
FY2025	$2,384	$2,165
FY2026	$933 (partial year)	$1,912
FY2027	$0 (partial year)	—

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Cattaraugus County, New York and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Cattaraugus County, New York	United States
FY2017	$5.00	$93.28
FY2018	$3.35	$105
FY2019	$5.33	$128
FY2020	$3.96	$145
FY2021	$1.10	$117

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Cattaraugus County, New York and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Cattaraugus County, New York	United States
FY2021	$2,446	$5,748
FY2022	$2,595	$5,221
FY2023	$4,365	$5,364
FY2024	$4,268	$5,501
FY2025	$3,630	$5,732
FY2026

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Cattaraugus County, New York and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Cattaraugus County, New York	United States
FY2021	$401	$298
FY2022	$219	$357
FY2023	$302	$301
FY2024	$444	$319
FY2025	$486	$360
FY2026	$335

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Cattaraugus County, New York and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Cattaraugus County, New York	United States
FY2021	$84.67	$239
FY2022	$146	$185
FY2023	$139	$229
FY2024	$151	$229
FY2025	$175	$249
FY2026	$124

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Cattaraugus County, New York and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Cattaraugus County, New York	United States
FY2021	$168	$2,304
FY2022	$81.44	$2,197
FY2023	$96.76	$2,274
FY2024	$92.79	$2,267
FY2025	$42.22	$2,397
FY2026

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Cattaraugus County, New York and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Cattaraugus County, New York	United States
FY2021	$521	$1,186
FY2022	$241	$465
FY2023	-$9.13	$76.52
FY2024	$31.02	$120
FY2025	$21.62	$148
FY2026	$14.36

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Cattaraugus County, New York
United States
Years with money loaded
Year its money jumped

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Cattaraugus County, New York and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Cattaraugus County, New York	United States
2014	−0.5%

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

Federal contracts · FY2023

$3,366 per resident in FY2023, against an earlier average of $1,269 (2.7× that).

Compared with 11 similar counties

Cattaraugus County, New York
Comparison counties (average)

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/36009

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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 County, 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

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Metro area

The metro or micro area Cattaraugus County belongs to. A county is in at most one.

Olean, NY43Central county

Cities and towns in Cattaraugus County

Places whose residents live mostly in Cattaraugus County, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

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.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-07
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
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
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

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Calendar years	Cattaraugus County, New York	United States
2014	−1.4%	−4.2%
2015	+1.1%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+2.7%	+3.3%
2018	+4.2%	+6.8%
2019	+5.7%	+10.5%
2020	+15.9%	+19.4%
2021	+22.8%	+26.1%
2022	+29.3%	+30.6%
2023	+36.6%	+35.0%
2024	+40.4%	+41.0%
2025	+44.9%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Cattaraugus County, New York	United States
2014	−3.1%	−5.5%
2015	+0.2%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+5.9%	+4.1%
2018	+6.9%	+8.9%
2019	+12.4%	+13.5%
2020	+23.8%	+20.8%
2021	+29.6%	+32.1%
2022	+28.4%	+35.4%
2023	+36.4%	+42.9%
2024	+42.8%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Cattaraugus County, New York	United States
2014	1.0/1k	3.3/1k
2015	1.0/1k	3.7/1k
2016	0.8/1k	3.7/1k
2017	1.1/1k	3.9/1k
2018	1.1/1k	4.1/1k
2019	1.0/1k	4.2/1k
2020	1.0/1k	4.4/1k
2021	1.7/1k	5.2/1k
2022	2.0/1k	5.0/1k
2023	1.6/1k	4.5/1k
2024	1.3/1k	4.3/1k
2025	2.0/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Cattaraugus County, New York	United States
2014	−5.0%	−6.9%
2015	−11.4%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.6%	+4.7%
2018	+3.9%	+7.5%
2019	+9.9%	+14.0%
2020	+12.1%	+16.9%
2021	+18.1%	+21.0%
2022	+13.3%	+29.7%
2023	+21.0%	+34.9%
2024	+32.8%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Cattaraugus County, New York	United States
2014	−5.3% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−4.3% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+1.8% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+4.2% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+10.3% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+22.9% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+42.6% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+61.6% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+67.2% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+74.6% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+78.0% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Cattaraugus County, New York	United States
2014	7.0%	6.2%
2015	6.3%	5.3%
2016	6.0%	4.9%
2017	6.1%	4.4%
2018	5.3%	3.9%
2019	4.8%	3.7%
2020	9.1%	8.1%
2021	5.3%	5.4%
2022	4.1%	3.7%
2023	4.1%	3.6%
2024	4.1%	4.0%
2025	4.2%	4.3%

Calendar years	Cattaraugus County, New York	United States
2014	16.2%	15.5%
2015	18.0%	14.7%
2016	14.6%	14.0%
2017	15.8%	13.4%
2018	17.1%	13.1%
2019	14.7%	12.3%
2020	16.3%	11.9%
2021	16.1%	12.8%
2022	16.2%	12.6%
2023	18.6%	12.5%
2024	18.7%	12.1%

Calendar years	Cattaraugus County, New York	United States
2014	9.5%	13.5%
2015	7.5%	10.9%
2016	7.2%	10.0%
2017	6.5%	10.2%
2018	6.5%	10.4%
2019	6.9%	10.8%
2020	6.8%	10.4%
2021	6.5%	10.2%
2022	6.6%	9.5%
2023	5.8%	9.5%
2024	6.4%	9.8%

Calendar years	Cattaraugus County, New York	United States
2014	3.9/1k	8.5/1k
2015	4.0/1k	8.7/1k
2016	3.9/1k	9.1/1k
2017	4.2/1k	9.8/1k
2018	4.1/1k	10.7/1k
2019	4.4/1k	10.6/1k
2020	4.1/1k	13.1/1k
2021	5.6/1k	16.2/1k
2022	6.5/1k	15.1/1k
2023	7.2/1k	16.2/1k
2024	6.5/1k	15.4/1k
2025	7.3/1k	16.6/1k

Year	Cattaraugus County, New York	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	−10.4 points	−11.0 points	−12.3 points to −10.2 points
Year −2	+2.9 points	+1.3 points	−0.2 points to +2.6 points
Year −1	0.0 points	0.0 points	0.0 points to 0.0 points
Year 0	+1.6 points	−0.5 points	−1.3 points to 0.0 points
Year +1	−0.2 points	−0.5 points	−2.1 points to +0.6 points
Year +2	+1.2 points	−1.6 points	−3.0 points to 0.0 points

Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved10

Declined1

Counties like Cattaraugus County, New York five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Income

Household income

Homes

Owners and renters

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

Getting to work

How people get to work

Time to get to work

Jobs and pay

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Federal contract spending

Top buying agencies

Federal grants & assistance

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County aggregates

Public money & outcomes

Money per resident

How outcomes moved

When its money jumped

Compared with 11 similar counties

Representation in Congress

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Metro area

Cities and towns in Cattaraugus County

Neighboring counties

Similar counties

Data and sources

Improved10

Declined1

House

Senate

Household income

Age and sex

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Owners and renters

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

How people get to work

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Money per resident

How outcomes moved

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Compared with 11 similar counties

Top programs

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