Cattaraugus County, New York (NY)

Races in Cattaraugus County, New York:

Mean price in 2015:

Detached houses: $110,877

Here:	$110,877
State:	$344,789

Townhouses or other attached units: $311,209

Here:	$311,209
State:	$553,457

In 2-unit structures: $100,613

Here:	$100,613
State:	$524,046

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $89,577

Here:	$89,577
State:	$600,393

Mobile homes: $53,338

Here:	$53,338
State:	$72,935

Crime in 2005 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 8
• Robberies: 1
• Assaults: 48
• Burglaries: 147
• Thefts: 285
• Auto thefts: 32

Crime in 2004 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 5
• Robberies: 2
• Assaults: 26
• Burglaries: 129
• Thefts: 245
• Auto thefts: 29

Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2015: $2,822 (3.0%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2015: $2,381 (2.8%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Cattaraugus County is $447 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $538 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $707 a month.

Cities in this county include: Olean, Salamanca, Gowanda, Persia, Freedom, Machias, Hinsdale, Ashford, Great Valley, St. Bonaventure.

Neighboring counties: Chautauqua County , Chemung County , Clay County, South Dakota , Yates County .

Current college students: 4,328
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 81.2%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 14.9%

Number of foreign born residents: 1,183 (57% naturalized citizens)

Mean travel time to work (commute): 21.7 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 71.2%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 25,997
• One, attached: 698
• Two: 2,990
• 3 or 4: 1,702
• 5 to 9: 970
• 10 to 19: 458
• 20 or more: 589
• Mobile homes: 5,939
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 496

Housing units in Cattaraugus County with a mortgage: 8,849 (444 second mortgage, 1,198 home equity loan, 37 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 6,805

Religion statistics for Cattaraugus County

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Agriculture in Cattaraugus County:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• New York Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, and Flooding, Incident Period: November 17, 2014 to November 27, 2014, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4204: December 22, 2014, FEMA Id: 4204, Natural disaster type: Snowstorm, Winter Storm, Flood
• New York Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: May 13, 2014 to May 22, 2014, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4180: July 08, 2014, FEMA Id: 4180, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• New York Hurricane Sandy, Incident Period: October 27, 2012 to November 09, 2012, Emergency Declared EM-3351: October 28, 2012, FEMA Id: 3351, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• New York Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: August 08, 2009 to August 10, 2009, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1857: September 01, 2009, FEMA Id: 1857, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• New York Hurricane Katrina Evacuation, Incident Period: August 29, 2005 to October 01, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3262: September 30, 2005, FEMA Id: 3262, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• New York Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: August 13, 2004 to September 16, 2004, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1564: October 01, 2004, FEMA Id: 1564, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• New York Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: May 13, 2004 to June 17, 2004, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1534: August 03, 2004, FEMA Id: 1534, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• New York Power Outage, Incident Period: August 14, 2003 to August 16, 2003, Emergency Declared EM-3186: August 23, 2003, FEMA Id: 3186, Natural disaster type: Power Outage
• New York Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding, Incident Period: July 21, 2003 to August 13, 2003, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1486: August 29, 2003, FEMA Id: 1486, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• New York Snowstorm, Incident Period: December 24, 2001 to December 29, 2001, Emergency Declared EM-3170: December 31, 2001, FEMA Id: 3170, Natural disaster type: Snowstorm
• 12 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

4.18% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($32,141 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
2.55% relocated from other counties in New York ($18,509 average AGI)
1.62% relocated from other states ($13,632 average AGI)

Cattaraugus County:	1.62%
New York average:	2.01%

from Erie County, NY	1.02% ($34,748 average AGI)
from Allegany County, NY	0.49% ($24,633)
from Chautauqua County, NY	0.44% ($28,489)
from McKean County, PA	0.24% ($31,667)
from Wyoming County, NY	0.22% ($21,969)
from Monroe County, NY	0.06% ($31,944)
from Potter County, PA	0.05% ($18,429)

5.04% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($31,902 average adjusted gross income)

0.03% of residents moved to foreign countries ($838 average AGI)

Cattaraugus County:	0.03%
New York average:	0.11%

2.92% relocated to other counties in New York ($17,454 average AGI)
2.09% relocated to other states ($13,611 average AGI)

Cattaraugus County:	2.09%
New York average:	2.38%

to Erie County, NY	1.17% ($28,680 average AGI)
to Chautauqua County, NY	0.54% ($33,098)
to Allegany County, NY	0.34% ($22,941)
to Wyoming County, NY	0.25% ($29,743)
to McKean County, PA	0.23% ($25,779)
to Monroe County, NY	0.14% ($33,372)
to Niagara County, NY	0.06% ($28,167)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 13.1
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 12.0

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 10.0
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 10.3
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2014: 10.1

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 7.6
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 7.9

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 11%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 8%

Suicides per 1,000,000 population from 2000 to 2006: 110.8. This is more than state average.

Household type by relationship:

• In family households: 63,194 (14,497 male householders, 6,063 female householders)

  15,121 spouses, 22,196 children (20,449 natural, 554 adopted, 1,193 stepchildren), 1,437 grandchildren, 409 brothers or sisters, 422 parents, 457 other relatives, 2,301 non-relatives

• In nonfamily households: 14,444 (5,918 male householders (4,570 living alone)), 5,785 female householders (4,937 living alone)), 2,741 nonrelatives
• In group quarters: 2,679 (724 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 9,673 2-persons, 4,614 3-persons, 3,545 4-persons, 1,644 5-persons, 631 6-persons, 453 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 9,507 1-person, 1,874 2-persons, 188 3-persons, 78 4-persons, 39 5-persons, 11 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons.

14,790 married couples with children.
5,256 single-parent households (1,440 men, 3,816 women).

94.9% of residents of Cattaraugus County speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (66% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 15% speak English not well).
2.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (51% speak English very well, 33% speak English well, 15% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (52% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 23% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.4% of residents speak other language at home (79% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $607,776,000 ($7,307 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $10,365,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $215,567,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $145,568,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $3,538,000
Federal grants: $187,721,000
Federal procurement contracts: $27,448,000 ($4,135,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $27,936,000 ($1,020,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $150,543,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $17,408,000
Federal Government insurance: $82,665,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:

Here:	-27 per 1000 residents
State:	-52 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 8.59 millions of gallons per day (87% from ground, 13% from surface)

64% of Cattaraugus County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 60% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 68% lived in New York.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 69,540
• Northeast: 6,809
• Midwest: 2,047
• South: 2,741
• West: 1,185

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $40,200

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 2,535
• Number of aged recipients: 184
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 2,351
• Number of recipients under 18: 302
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 1,811
• Number of recipients older than 64: 422
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 1,035
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 1,238

Cattaraugus County on our top lists:

• #23 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents relocating to foreign countries in 2011 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #27 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest number of people moving out compared to moving in (pop. 50,000+)"
• #68 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest surface withdrawal of fresh water for public supply (pop. 50,000+)"
• #85 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents relocating to foreign countries in 2011"