With 1,976 people, St. Bonaventure is a city in New York. This skews young, with a median age of 20.5. The typical home is worth $125,300, having more than doubled since 2000. 78% of homes are owner-occupied. Renters pay $588 a month at the median. Getting to work takes 15 minutes on average.
At a glance
Younger
median age 20.5
US median: 38.9
Average education
30% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Stable housing
home values roughly flat, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about St. Bonaventure
What changed most since 1990
Adults with a bachelor's degree36.2% → 30.4%(−5.9 pts)US over the same years: +15.3 pts
Population2,397 → 1,976(−18%)US over the same years: +35%
Median home value (2024 dollars)$105,603 → $125,300(+19%)US over the same years: +67%
St. Bonaventure's population equals 2.6% of Cattaraugus County's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 8.8% of the county's. Its number of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher equals 1.2% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)0%(0)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)5.2%(4)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era22.1%(17)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War42.9%(33)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 77 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
St. Bonaventure, decade by decade
St. Bonaventure population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
2,397
$48,431
$105,603
36.2%
11.8
2000
2,127
$70,021
$121,504
18.0%
11.0
2010
2,044
$28,097
$124,580
30.3%
31.1
2020
1,963
$62,117
$130,052
33.5%
38.3
2024
1,976
–
$125,300
30.4%
38.7
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
