Van Etten vs Wellsburg

A side-by-side comparison of Van Etten and Wellsburg: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Van Etten has the higher population (539 vs 471 in Wellsburg). Wellsburg has the higher median household income ($60,694 vs $56,435 in Van Etten). Van Etten has the higher median home value ($128,000 vs $91,000 in Wellsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Van Etten	Wellsburg
Population	539	471
Median age	41.4 yrs	29.9 yrs
Median household income	$56,435	$60,694
Median home value	$128,000	$91,000
Median gross rent	$843	$1,000
Housing units	270	215
Homeownership rate	81.9%	81.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.7%	19.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	12.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Van Etten	Wellsburg
Population	636 → 539 (-15.3%)	458 → 471 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$60,375 → $56,435 (-6.5%)	$41,250 → $60,694 (+47.1%)
Median home value	$107,800 → $128,000 (+18.7%)	$84,100 → $91,000 (+8.2%)
Median gross rent	$778 → $843 (+8.4%)	$1,018 → $1,000 (-1.8%)

Van Etten

Population

636539

Median household income

$60,375$56,435

Median home value

$107,800$128,000

Median gross rent

$778$843

Wellsburg

Population

458471

Median household income

$41,250$60,694

Median home value

$84,100$91,000

Median gross rent

$1,018$1,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Van Etten	Wellsburg
Under 5	4.8%	13.6%
5 to 17	20.4%	11.5%
18 to 24	9.5%	9.3%
25 to 34	5.8%	22.5%
35 to 44	17.1%	10.8%
45 to 54	7.8%	11.3%
55 to 64	20.6%	7.0%
65 to 74	10.2%	9.1%
75 and over	3.9%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Van Etten	Wellsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	93.5%	92.4%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Van Etten	Wellsburg
No high school diploma	7.4%	8.7%
High school graduate	34.9%	50.8%
Some college or associate's	34.9%	20.7%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	14.2%
Graduate or professional degree	13.9%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Van Etten	Wellsburg
Drove alone	77.4%	79.2%
Carpooled	7.8%	11.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.7%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	2.8%
Other means	6.6%	5.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Van Etten	Wellsburg
1-unit, detached	70.0%	63.3%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.3%	32.6%

Poverty & households

	Van Etten	Wellsburg
Poverty rate	12.9%	20.2%
Average household size	2.44	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	29	22
Median year structure built	1938	1972