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Wirt town, Allegany County, NY

1,253 Population
35.9 square miles 34.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.9 ±8.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Allegany County: 38.7 ±0.4
  • about the same as the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$23,907 ±$2,754 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Allegany County: $29,954 ±$844
  • about half the amount in New York: $50,712 ±$237
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$42,243 ±$14,425 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Allegany County: $62,869 ±$2,132
  • about half the amount in New York: $85,974 ±$402
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

21.2% ±9.2% (245  ±116) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Allegany County: 16.2% † 6,834 (±1.7% / ±699)
  • 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 minutes ±4.4 (14,380  ±3,649) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Allegany County: 22.8 394,090 (±0.5 / ±13,148)
  • 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

447 ±69 Number of households
  • Allegany County: 17,710 ±319
  • New York: 7,722,646 ±12,717
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.8 ±0.4 (1,253  ±263) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Allegany County: 2.4 42,325 (±0 / ±95)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New York: 2.5 19,227,424
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

0.7% ±1.5% (2  ±4) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Allegany County: 5.3% † 560 (±1.2% / ±126)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in New York: 4.9% 228,276 (±0.1% / ±4,383)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

636 ±84 Number of housing units
  • Allegany County: 23,540 ±73
  • New York: 8,585,241 ±652
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$81,600 ±$8,607 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Allegany County: $101,700 ±$3,420
  • 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

8.8% ±4.5% (110  ±60.9) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Allegany County: 12.3% 5,732 (±1.2% / ±551.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 9.9% 1,939,072 (±0.1% / ±17,964.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90.3% ±21.4% (727  ±112) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Allegany County: 91.7% 27,244 (±2.3% / ±701.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 88% 12,332,714 (±0.2% / ±30,517.5)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
11.9% ±4.2% (96  ±37.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Allegany County: 24.9% 7,388 (±1.3% / ±393.5)
  • about one-third of the rate in New York: 40.2% 5,638,631 (±0.1% / ±20,283)
  • about one-third 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

0.4% ±0.5% (5  ±6) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Allegany County: 1.8% 858
  • 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

18.8% ±6% (168  ±61) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in Allegany County: 7.9% 2,979 (±0.6% / ±225)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 3.7% 581,776 (±0% / ±5,645)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
168 Total veterans ±61 158 Male ±59 10 Female ±7

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