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Salamanca, New York: commercial real estate data.
Salamanca is a Census city of 5,846 people across 5.99 square miles of land, in Cattaraugus County. Median household income is $41,667, 54.7 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 8 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $1.5 m since FY2020.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Salamanca
What Salamanca is
- Census place typecity
- Land area5.99 sq mi
- Water area0.24 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land975
- County holding the largest share of its areaCattaraugus County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Salamanca
How many people live in Salamanca
- Population5,846
- Median age38.8
- Population under 181,532
- Share under 1826.2 percent
- Population 65 and over960
- Share 65 and over16.4 percent
- Households2,464
- Family households1,449
- Share of households that are families58.8 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Salamanca
Income and work in Salamanca
- Median household income$41,667
- Per capita income$26,117
- Civilian labor force2,517
- Employed2,301
- Unemployed216 plus or minus 62
- Unemployment rate8.6 percent plus or minus 2.4
- Adults 25 and over3,861
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher86.6 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher15.7 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree4.1 percent plus or minus 1.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Salamanca
Housing in Salamanca
- Housing units2,909
- Occupied units2,464
- Vacant units445
- Vacancy rate15.3 percent
- Owner occupied1,347
- Renter occupied1,117
- Ownership rate54.7 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$80,900
- Median gross rent, monthly$688
- Annual rent as a share of median income19.8 percent
- Single family units1,788
- Share single family61.5 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more1,048
- Share in buildings of two or more36.0 percent
- Mobile homes71 plus or minus 33
- Median year structure built1938
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Salamanca
How Salamanca gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute2,184
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,298
- Share commuting under 15 minutes59.4 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more427 plus or minus 87
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more19.6 percent
- Drove alone68.5 percent
- Carpooled16.7 percent plus or minus 4.3
- Public transport0.7 percent plus or minus 0.7
- Walked9.4 percent plus or minus 3.1
- Worked from home4.1 percent plus or minus 1.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Salamanca
SBA loans in Salamanca (7(a))
- Approvals8
- Gross approval$1,520,000
- Average approval$190,000
- Median approval$26,500
- Largest approval$1,250,000
- Jobs supported51
- Jobs per approval6.4
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full1
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises12.5 percent
- Distinct lenders5
- Distinct industries by NAICS6
Counted by borrower city: approvals to borrowers whose address is in Salamanca, in any county, FY2020 to FY2026. Only 1 loan has reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Salamanca
Flood risk in Salamanca
- NFIP communityCity of Salamanca
- NFIP community number360097
- Participating in the NFIPYes
- Community Rating System classNone
- Currently effective map date04/17/78
The City of Salamanca participates in the National Flood Insurance Program as community 360097 and carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
Federal Emergency Management Agency, NFIP Community Status Book (OpenFEMA), as of 2026-09-26.
Cattaraugus County, not Salamanca
Cattaraugus County context, not Salamanca figures
- Establishments in Cattaraugus County1,501
- Covered employment, Cattaraugus County27,671
- Average annual pay, Cattaraugus County$54,047
- Housing units permitted, Cattaraugus County100
Every figure in this section is published for Cattaraugus County as a whole and is not a measurement of Salamanca.
All Cattaraugus County figures →
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Parcel detail, zoning and the flood zone at an address are not on this page; they resolve at the address in the platform. How this page was built →
Common questions
Salamanca questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Salamanca, New York?
5,846, in 2,464 households. Salamanca city covers 5.99 square miles of land, which is 975 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Salamanca in?
Cattaraugus County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Salamanca?
$41,667. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $80,900. Median gross rent is $688 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Salamanca businesses?
8 7(a) approvals totaling $1.5 m since FY2020, across 5 lenders, median approval $26,500. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Salamanca, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Salamanca borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Salamanca. Only 1 loan has reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published. The counts are shown instead.
Is Salamanca in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Salamanca appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as Salamanca, city of, community 360097, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Salamanca figures?
No, and they are labeled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Cattaraugus County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Salamanca.
Is zoning published for Salamanca?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.