The median owner-occupied home in Cattaraugus County had a real-estate tax bill of $2,946 (± $73) a year, compared with $6,450 in New York and $2,969 nationwide. The median home value was $109,400 (± $2,707), compared with $403,000 in New York and $303,400 nationwide.
| Measure | Cattaraugus County | New York | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 76,479 | 19,872,319 | 332,387,540 |
| Median annual property tax bill (homeowners) | $2,946 ± $73 | $6,450 ± $17 | $2,969 ± $3 |
| Median home value | $109,400 ± $2,707 | $403,000 ± $1,347 | $303,400 ± $362 |
| Median household income | $58,248 ± $1,978 | $84,578 ± $372 | $78,538 ± $176 |
| Property tax as a share of home value (calculated) | 2.69% ± 0.09 points | 1.60% ± 0.01 points | 0.98% ± under 0.01 points |
| Homes lived in by their owners | 74.6% ± 1.0 points | 54.3% ± 0.2 points | 65.0% ± 0.3 points |
| Owner households headed by someone 65 or older | 35.0% ± 1.0 points | 33.9% ± 0.1 points | 32.6% ± 0.2 points |
| Owners spending 30% or more of income on housing costs | 18.9% ± 1.6 points | 27.2% ± 0.2 points | 22.2% ± 0.1 points |
How to read these numbers
- These are estimates from a survey, not a count. The American Community Survey asks a sample of households. The ± figure is the Census Bureau’s margin of error: the true value is very likely within that range of the estimate. Small places have large margins.
- “Too imprecise to report” means the margin of error is at least half of the estimate, so printing the number would suggest accuracy that does not exist. A “rough guide only” note means the margin is a quarter to a half of the estimate.
- Property tax bill and home value are medians for owner-occupied homes. Half of the homes are above the figure and half below. A median bill is not the rate set by a city or town; the bill combines taxes levied by every local government that serves the home, such as the school district and county.
- “Calculated” rows are worked out by Untax the Roof from the Census figures above them. They compare two medians, so they describe the place, not a particular household.
- Missing is not zero. Where the Census Bureau publishes no figure, this page says so.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2019–2023: tables B25103 (real estate taxes), B25077 (home value), B19013 (household income), B01003 (population), B25003 (owners and renters), B25007 (age of householder), B25091 (housing costs as a share of income); see the Census ACS data page.
Cities, towns and villages in Cattaraugus County (11)
Incorporated places with their own local government. A place that crosses a county line is listed in each county it touches and marked “partly”; its page shows figures for the whole place.
- Allegany
- Cattaraugus
- Delevan
- Ellicottville
- Franklinville
- Gowanda (partly in this county)
- Little Valley
- Olean
- Portville
- Salamanca
- South Dayton
Census-designated places in Cattaraugus County (10)
Unincorporated communities that the Census Bureau defines for statistics. They have no city government of their own.
- East Randolph
- Lime Lake
- Limestone
- Machias
- Perrysburg
- Randolph
- St. Bonaventure
- West Valley
- Weston Mills
- Yorkshire
Towns and townships in Cattaraugus County (34)
- Allegany
- Ashford
- Carrollton
- Coldspring
- Conewango
- Dayton
- East Otto
- Ellicottville
- Farmersville
- Franklinville
- Freedom
- Great Valley
- Hinsdale
- Humphrey
- Ischua
- Leon
- Little Valley
- Lyndon
- Machias
- Mansfield
- Napoli
- New Albion
- Olean
- Olean city
- Otto
- Perrysburg
- Persia
- Portville
- Randolph
- Red House
- Salamanca
- Salamanca city
- South Valley
- Yorkshire
Other named communities in Cattaraugus County (82)
These names come from the U.S. Geological Survey’s Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), which records historical and local names of populated places: small settlements, neighborhoods, rural localities and former towns. The Census Bureau does not report them as cities, towns or census-designated places, so no figures exist for them at this level. The county figures above are the closest available estimate. A name can appear for a place that no longer exists or that lies inside a larger place.
- Abbotts
- Ashford Hollow
- Axeville
- Bakerstand
- Baldwin Heights
- Barnum
- Bedford Corners
- Bird
- Boardmanville
- Bowen
- Bradford Junction
- Brooklyn
- Cadiz
- Carroll
- Chipmunk
- Cold Spring
- Cottage
- Crestview
- Devereaux
- East Leon
- East Olean
- Eddyville
- Elkdale
- Elton
- Farmersville Station
- Fitch
- Five Points
- Four Mile
- Fox
- Gardens of Brother Leo
- Glen of Saint Clare
- Harrisburg
- Haskell Flats
- Haydenville
- Homer Hill
- Humphrey Center
- Irvine Mills
- Kill Buck
- Knapp Creek
- Laidlaw
- Lake View Terrace
- Little Rock City
- Machias Junction
- Main Settlement
- Maplehurst
- Maples
- Markhams
- McKinstry Hollow
- Mill Grove
- Nichols Run
- North Olean
- Onoville
- Orlando
- Peth
- Plato
- Pope
- Rays Corners
- Riceville
- Riverside Junction
- Rock City
- Sandusky
- Seneca Heights
- Shongo
- Skunks Corner
- Snyders Corners
- South Carrollton
- South Olean
- South Vandalia
- Steamburg
- Sugartown
- The Narrows
- Toll Gate Corner
- Underwood Corner
- Vandalia
- Versailles
- Village of Saint Anthony
- Vollentine
- Wesley
- West Perrysburg
- Westons Mills
- Whiteford Hollow
- Willoughby