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Gainesville town, Wyoming County, NY

1,839 Population
35.6 square miles 51.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.7 ±2.7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wyoming County: 43.3 ±0.4
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$33,623 ±$3,611 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wyoming County: $36,783 ±$1,781
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New York: $50,712 ±$237
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$56,250 ±$12,237 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wyoming County: $69,110 ±$3,387
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New York: $85,974 ±$402
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

11.3% ±4% (206  ±78) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Wyoming County: 11.1% † 4,077 (±1.7% / ±622)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New York: 14% 2,711,742 (±0.2% / ±29,111)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

21.3 minutes ±1.4 (18,630  ±3,717) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Wyoming County: 25.2 407,345 (±1 / ±20,600)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in New York: 32.6 258,262,370 (±0.1 / ±834,810)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

897 ±111 Number of households
  • Wyoming County: 16,453 ±292
  • New York: 7,722,646 ±12,717
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.4 (1,839  ±225) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wyoming County: 2.2 36,492 (±0 / ±159)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,227,424
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

0.2% ±0.5% (1  ±2) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Wyoming County: 4% † 300 (±1.3% / ±96)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in New York: 4.9% 228,276 (±0.1% / ±4,383)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

971 ±104 Number of housing units
  • Wyoming County: 18,263 ±97
  • New York: 8,585,241 ±652
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$117,500 ±$14,794 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Wyoming County: $162,300 ±$4,225
  • about one-quarter of the amount in New York: $423,800 ±$1,627
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.7% ±5.7% (196  ±106.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Wyoming County: 8% † 3,148 (±1.4% / ±567.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 9.9% 1,939,072 (±0.1% / ±17,964.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.9% ±1.8% (1,274  ±144.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wyoming County: 87.1% 25,866 (±2.8% / ±835)
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 88% 12,332,714 (±0.2% / ±30,517.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
19.8% ±5.2% (272  ±77.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wyoming County: 18.2% 5,394 (±1.3% / ±384.5)
  • about half the rate in New York: 40.2% 5,638,631 (±0.1% / ±20,283)
  • about three-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

2.1% ±1.7% (39  ±31) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wyoming County: 2.7% 1,070
  • about 10 percent of the rate in New York: 22.8% 4,526,014
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.9% ±3.3% (150  ±53) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Wyoming County: 7.4% 2,399 (±0.7% / ±221)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 3.7% 581,776 (±0% / ±5,645)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
150 Total veterans ±53 140 Male ±50 10 Female ±11

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