Census Reporter Logo Census Reporter

Wolcott town, Wayne County, NY

3,971 Population
39.1 square miles 101.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

Find data for this place

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.

Demographics

42.1 ±5.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Wayne County: 43.6 ±0.4
  • a little higher than the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$30,790 ±$4,442 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wayne County: $38,259 ±$1,105
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New York: $50,712 ±$237
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$54,569 ±$9,855 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Wayne County: $74,506 ±$2,240
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New York: $85,974 ±$402
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

20.9% ±5.8% (811  ±225) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in Wayne County: 11.4% † 10,306 (±1.1% / ±1,029)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New York: 14% 2,711,742 (±0.2% / ±29,111)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

31.2 minutes ±3.8 (47,460  ±8,341) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Wayne County: 23.8 909,060 (±0.6 / ±33,983)
  • a little less than the figure in New York: 32.6 258,262,370 (±0.1 / ±834,810)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,708 ±134 Number of households
  • Wayne County: 38,404 ±391
  • New York: 7,722,646 ±12,717
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.2 (3,918  ±24) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Wayne County: 2.3 88,383 (±0 / ±139)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,227,424
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

8.3% ±8% (73  ±71) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Wayne County: 7.2% † 1,301 (±1.5% / ±272)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New York: 4.9% 228,276 (±0.1% / ±4,383)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,154 ±173 Number of housing units
  • Wayne County: 42,570 ±113
  • New York: 8,585,241 ±652
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$87,500 ±$15,502 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Wayne County: $170,000 ±$2,749
  • about one-fifth of the amount in New York: $423,800 ±$1,627
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

3.8% ±2% (149  ±76.5) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Wayne County: 7.9% † 7,069 (±1% / ±935.5)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New York: 9.9% 1,939,072 (±0.1% / ±17,964.9)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

86.7% ±7.8% (2,368  ±260.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Wayne County: 90.8% 59,508 (±2.5% / ±1,623.3)
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 88% 12,332,714 (±0.2% / ±30,517.5)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
14.1% ±3.5% (384  ±97.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Wayne County: 25.6% 16,770 (±1.3% / ±830.5)
  • about one-third of the rate in New York: 40.2% 5,638,631 (±0.1% / ±20,283)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

0.9% ±0.8% (35  ±33) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Wayne County: 2.9% 2,640
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in New York: 22.8% 4,526,014
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.4% ±2.1% (257  ±67) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Wayne County: 6.8% 4,863 (±0.6% / ±444)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 3.7% 581,776 (±0% / ±5,645)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
257 Total veterans ±67 253 Male ±66 4 Female ±6

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.