County profile
Cattaraugus County, NY
United States · GDP 2024
#820 of 3,127 US counties by GDP59th-percentile growthmore diversified than 82% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$3.9B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
19,887
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,501
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$52.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
75,390
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.1%
Median HH income
$59.5k±$2.0k
Bachelor's degree+
21.1%±1.1%
Poverty rate
19.1%±1.3%
Business applications
548 · 2025
Retail establishments
276
36.6/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
No public companies loaded for this state yet — universe expands with the full ingest.
HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).
Industry mix · employment
Food & accommodation27%
Retail trade23%
Health care20%
Manufacturing17%
Education7%
Other services6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
75,390
residents · 2025 · -2.1% since 2020
Income per capita $51.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−452
International migration+149
Natural change−1,263
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$3.0B2019
$2.9B2020
$3.2B2021
$3.4B2022
$3.7B2023
$3.9B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$113.1k±$3.4k
Median gross rent
$770/mo±$24/mo
Vacancy rate
21.0%±0.9%
Affordability
2.2× wages
Residential permits
$34.5M
150 units · 2.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
81.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Lightning 86Landslide 80Strong wind 75
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2402016
2372017
2412018
2632019
2662020
2962021
3372022
3942023
4142024
4482025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 17% since 20211282021
1512022
1202023
1002024
1502025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
10.8 km
I-86
Nearest freight rail
2.4 km
BPRR
Nearest port
61.0 km
NRG DUNKIRK POWER DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
48.9 km
CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY/JAMESTOWN
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$52.6k
avg. annual pay · +29% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Cattaraugus?
Cattaraugus's economy produced $3.9B in 2024, growing 5.2% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is food & accommodation.
GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.