Houghton vs Wellsville

A side-by-side comparison of Houghton and Wellsville: population, income, housing, and more.

Houghton and Wellsville are places in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Wellsville has the higher population (4,846 vs 1,685 in Houghton). Houghton has the higher median household income ($87,188 vs $51,005 in Wellsville). Houghton has the higher median home value ($153,300 vs $88,100 in Wellsville).

Population, income & housing

	Houghton	Wellsville
Population	1,685	4,846
Median age	21.2 yrs	45.7 yrs
Median household income	$87,188	$51,005
Median home value	$153,300	$88,100
Median gross rent	$975	$635
Housing units	323	2,459
Homeownership rate	57.0%	65.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	74.4%	26.3%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Houghton	Wellsville
Population	1,639 → 1,685 (+2.8%)	4,437 → 4,846 (+9.2%)
Median household income	$62,188 → $87,188 (+40.2%)	$43,816 → $51,005 (+16.4%)
Median home value	$119,200 → $153,300 (+28.6%)	$61,900 → $88,100 (+42.3%)
Median gross rent	$642 → $975 (+51.9%)	$627 → $635 (+1.3%)

Houghton

Population

1,6391,685

Median household income

$62,188$87,188

Median home value

$119,200$153,300

Median gross rent

$642$975

Wellsville

Population

4,4374,846

Median household income

$43,816$51,005

Median home value

$61,900$88,100

Median gross rent

$627$635

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Houghton	Wellsville
Under 5	2.4%	5.3%
5 to 17	12.5%	13.6%
18 to 24	51.5%	11.4%
25 to 34	6.0%	6.5%
35 to 44	5.3%	12.8%
45 to 54	7.9%	10.0%
55 to 64	4.4%	17.1%
65 to 74	4.0%	14.1%
75 and over	6.1%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Houghton	Wellsville
White (non-Hispanic)	90.9%	97.1%
Black or African American	3.9%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.4%
Asian	2.6%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Houghton	Wellsville
No high school diploma	6.7%	5.5%
High school graduate	10.1%	31.9%
Some college or associate's	8.8%	36.2%
Bachelor's degree	33.2%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	41.3%	12.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Houghton	Wellsville
Drove alone	40.8%	84.8%
Carpooled	5.9%	5.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	37.9%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.1%	5.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Houghton	Wellsville
1-unit, detached	81.4%	66.6%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	12.7%	11.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	16.7%
20 or more units	3.4%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Houghton	Wellsville
Poverty rate	16.2%	24.1%
Average household size	3.24	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	14	14
Median year structure built	1967	1941