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Wayne County, NY

90,757 Population
603.8 square miles 150.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.5 ±0.7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New York: 40.1 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$37,431 ±$2,049 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New York: $51,002 ±$412
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$67,448 ±$6,408 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New York: $85,820 ±$653
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

12.9% ±2.9% (11,598  ±2,623) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 14% 2,704,799 (±0.3% / ±50,713)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

23.8 minutes ±0.6 (909,060  ±33,983) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about three-quarters of the figure in New York: 32.6 258,262,370 (±0.1 / ±834,810)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

38,144 ±1,194 Number of households
  • New York: 7,828,074 ±18,401
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.3 ±0.1 (86,928  ±404) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,188,964
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

6.2% ±3.6% (1,086  ±623) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New York: 4.7% 219,646 (±0.2% / ±8,685)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

42,815 ±179 Number of housing units
  • New York: 8,676,911 ±743
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$179,200 ±$10,932 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in New York: $449,800 ±$3,718
  • about half the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

9.1% ±2.2% (8,188  ±1,984.4) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 9.3% 1,836,837 (±0.2% / ±36,336)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

88% ±4.6% (58,965  ±3,217.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 88% 12,430,128 (±0.4% / ±58,727.5)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
23.4% ±2.5% (15,657  ±1,719.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New York: 41.2% 5,819,065 (±0.3% / ±39,724.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

5% (4,536  ±1,183) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in New York: 23.3% 4,621,382
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

7.7% ±1.1% (5,599  ±818) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in New York: 3.5% 550,582 (±0.1% / ±11,292)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
5,599 Total veterans ±818 5,159 Male ±697 440 Female ±319

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