Elma Center vs Wanakah

A side-by-side comparison of Elma Center and Wanakah: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Elma Center has the higher population (3,091 vs 3,071 in Wanakah). Elma Center has the higher median household income ($115,859 vs $77,482 in Wanakah). Elma Center has the higher median home value ($409,000 vs $187,200 in Wanakah).

Population, income & housing

	Elma Center	Wanakah
Population	3,091	3,071
Median age	40.6 yrs	47.6 yrs
Median household income	$115,859	$77,482
Median home value	$409,000	$187,200
Median gross rent	$1,367	$1,065
Housing units	1,347	1,489
Homeownership rate	86.9%	93.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.3%	32.6%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elma Center	Wanakah
Population	3,301 → 3,091 (-6.4%)	3,210 → 3,071 (-4.3%)
Median household income	$91,875 → $115,859 (+26.1%)	$73,125 → $77,482 (+6.0%)
Median home value	$274,600 → $409,000 (+48.9%)	$144,900 → $187,200 (+29.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,092 → $1,367 (+25.2%)	$865 → $1,065 (+23.1%)

Elma Center

Population

3,3013,091

Median household income

$91,875$115,859

Median home value

$274,600$409,000

Median gross rent

$1,092$1,367

Wanakah

Population

3,2103,071

Median household income

$73,125$77,482

Median home value

$144,900$187,200

Median gross rent

$865$1,065

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elma Center	Wanakah
Under 5	13.3%	4.8%
5 to 17	13.9%	12.2%
18 to 24	3.1%	6.0%
25 to 34	10.1%	12.9%
35 to 44	13.9%	9.4%
45 to 54	5.6%	16.1%
55 to 64	12.6%	17.4%
65 to 74	16.6%	16.7%
75 and over	11.1%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elma Center	Wanakah
White (non-Hispanic)	99.8%	99.1%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elma Center	Wanakah
No high school diploma	1.4%	1.2%
High school graduate	25.2%	31.5%
Some college or associate's	21.1%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	24.2%	22.8%
Graduate or professional degree	28.1%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elma Center	Wanakah
Drove alone	81.0%	78.4%
Carpooled	7.8%	0.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.1%	16.4%
Other means	0.0%	4.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elma Center	Wanakah
1-unit, detached	83.7%	88.0%
1-unit, attached	7.4%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	8.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Elma Center	Wanakah
Poverty rate	2.2%	7.6%
Average household size	2.59	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	28	22
Median year structure built	1980	1955