Orchard Park vs Wanakah

A side-by-side comparison of Orchard Park and Wanakah: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wanakah has the higher population (3,071 vs 3,066 in Orchard Park). Orchard Park has the higher median household income ($97,014 vs $77,482 in Wanakah). Orchard Park has the higher median home value ($371,900 vs $187,200 in Wanakah).

Population, income & housing

	Orchard Park	Wanakah
Population	3,066	3,071
Median age	46.6 yrs	47.6 yrs
Median household income	$97,014	$77,482
Median home value	$371,900	$187,200
Median gross rent	$1,184	$1,065
Housing units	1,504	1,489
Homeownership rate	56.0%	93.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	62.0%	32.6%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Orchard Park	Wanakah
Population	3,148 → 3,066 (-2.6%)	3,210 → 3,071 (-4.3%)
Median household income	$95,667 → $97,014 (+1.4%)	$73,125 → $77,482 (+6.0%)
Median home value	$238,000 → $371,900 (+56.3%)	$144,900 → $187,200 (+29.2%)
Median gross rent	$997 → $1,184 (+18.8%)	$865 → $1,065 (+23.1%)

Orchard Park

Population

3,1483,066

Median household income

$95,667$97,014

Median home value

$238,000$371,900

Median gross rent

$997$1,184

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)

	Orchard Park	Wanakah
Under 5	4.1%	4.8%
5 to 17	14.9%	12.2%
18 to 24	5.4%	6.0%
25 to 34	14.0%	12.9%
35 to 44	9.2%	9.4%
45 to 54	15.6%	16.1%
55 to 64	18.0%	17.4%
65 to 74	11.4%	16.7%
75 and over	7.4%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Orchard Park	Wanakah
White (non-Hispanic)	97.5%	99.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	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	1.6%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Orchard Park	Wanakah
No high school diploma	1.9%	1.2%
High school graduate	14.5%	31.5%
Some college or associate's	21.6%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	33.5%	22.8%
Graduate or professional degree	28.4%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Orchard Park	Wanakah
Drove alone	81.1%	78.4%
Carpooled	0.8%	0.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.2%	16.4%
Other means	0.0%	4.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Orchard Park	Wanakah
1-unit, detached	56.8%	88.0%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	13.0%	8.3%
5 to 19 units	27.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Orchard Park	Wanakah
Poverty rate	11.9%	7.6%
Average household size	2.05	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	21	22
Median year structure built	1965	1955