St. BonaventureNY
A town of 1,976, settled in 1907.
Is St. Bonaventure a good place to live?
St. Bonaventure’s age of the median resident is 20.5 years, against 43 years in New York’s towns and 40.5 years across U.S. towns. Only one of the 751 New York towns we compare has a lower midpoint rent than St. Bonaventure. We don’t grade St. Bonaventure yet; the figures below are still real.
What makes St. Bonaventure stand out
Where St. Bonaventure beats most towns.
Every workday, about 2,037 people come to St. Bonaventure for work
Where St. Bonaventure’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Moving to St. Bonaventure: who provides what
St. Bonaventure is unincorporated, so Cattaraugus County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in St. Bonaventure.
Fewer of St. Bonaventure’s residents are 65 or older than in the typical New York or U.S. town
New York has two in five adults 25 and older with a bachelor’s degree or more; here it is 30%. Adults 18 to 34 are 78% of residents (23% statewide); adults 35 to 64 are 11% of residents (39% statewide).
| St. Bonaventure | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 10% | 20% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 30% | 32% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
56% women, 44% men
About 78 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±4.6 points). Across New York, 51.2% of residents are women. Among residents 45 to 54, 84% are women (NY 51%). Median age: women 20.3, men 20.7.
| St. Bonaventure | NY | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 0.2% | 11% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 0.9% | 9.5% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 76.8% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 0.8% | 14.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 0.4% | 13% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 1.6% | 12.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 9.4% | 13.3% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 4.5% | 10.3% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 5.5% | 7.6% | 7% |
| No diploma | 10% | 12% | 10.4% |
| High school | 31.5% | 24.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 21.7% | 14.6% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 6.4% | 8.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 20.3% | 22.4% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 10% | 17.9% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,000, single groups can be off by several points
A job hub: St. Bonaventure has 3.4 jobs for every working resident and draws in 2,037 commuters
19% of St. Bonaventure residents live below the poverty line. Commuting out is the norm locally: 10% of working residents work locally. The average trip to work for St. Bonaventure comes to 15 minutes, below both the New York town median (25 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). Since 2013, St. Bonaventure has added 247 jobs, to 2,099 in 2023.
| St. Bonaventure | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 15 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 19% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Snowy winters and pleasant summers: that is St. Bonaventure’s year
The range runs from 15° on a January night to 81° on a July afternoon, with about 65 inches of snow a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
A larger share of adults binge drink in St. Bonaventure than in most of New York or the rest of the country
Only 5 of the 756 New York towns we compare have a higher share of adults who feel lonely than St. Bonaventure. For adults locally, the share who smoke cigarettes is 7.3%. CDC measures, 32 in all: St. Bonaventure beats New York on 15 and trails on 7.
| St. Bonaventure | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 4.6% | 11% | 12% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 17% | 16% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 34% | 35% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 32% | 33% |
| What stands out | St. Bonaventure | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults with diabetes | 4.6% | 11.5% |
| Fewer adults who have had a stroke | 1.8% | 3.4% |
| More adults in frequent mental distress | 21.3% | 15% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Natural hazards: high risk in St. Bonaventure, mostly inland flooding
In St. Bonaventure, the FEMA hazard score is 60 of 100. 85% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by tornadoes at 5%.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
2% of St. Bonaventure is conserved land
Walkers can cover 0.4 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. St. Bonaventure’s trail network density comes in at 0.2 miles per square mile. Parks and preserves in the town: one, of 16 acres.
| St. Bonaventure | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 2% | 5.2% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Gargoyle Park | — | 16 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
The median home in St. Bonaventure sells for about $200K
In St. Bonaventure, 78% of households are owner-occupiers.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Kinzua Dam and 8 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around St. Bonaventure. Close and well known come first.
32 mi DamKinzua Dam
23 mi State parkKinzua Bridge State Park
13 mi State parkAllegany State Park16 mi Ski areaHoliday Valley79 runs · 790 ft vertical17 mi Ski areaHolimont42 runs · 671 ft vertical
39 mi MuseumLucille Ball-Desi Arnaz CenterPhoto credits
Kinzua Dam: Niagara, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Kinzua Bridge State Park: Nicholas from Pennsylvania, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Allegany State Park: Andre Carrotflower, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Center: G. Edward Johnson, CC BY 4.0
Everything we know about St. Bonaventure
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of St. Bonaventure
College town 78 of every 100 St. Bonaventure residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
About St. Bonaventure
Census-designated place in New York, United States
St. Bonaventure is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Allegany in Cattaraugus County, New York, United States. The population was 1,963 at the 2020 census. This community, located between the village of Allegany and the city of Olean, is a college town established around St. Bonaventure University. Since the campus comprises the majority of the CDP, it has a much lower per capita income than most communities in the state, as do the several other CDPs statewide that are drawn around college campuses. St. Bonaventure also has its own on-campus post office and ZIP code (14778), separate from those of Allegany and Olean.
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- Area
- 2.1 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,427 ft
- ZIP code
- 14778
St. Bonaventure’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with St. Bonaventure.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Bonaventure | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Allegany | — | — | B− | A | B+ | B+ |
| Allegany | #326 | B | B | — | B+ | B |
| Olean | — | — | B | — | B | C+ |
Allegany and Olean have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Allegany and Olean report no FBI crime data of their own. St. Bonaventure isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare St. Bonaventure with a neighbor →
Questions about St. Bonaventure
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
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