Speculator vs Wells

A side-by-side comparison of Speculator and Wells: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wells has the higher population (597 vs 389 in Speculator). Wells has the higher median household income ($78,047 vs $63,839 in Speculator). Wells has the higher median home value ($252,900 vs $192,200 in Speculator).

Population, income & housing

	Speculator	Wells
Population	389	597
Median age	60.0 yrs	54.3 yrs
Median household income	$63,839	$78,047
Median home value	$192,200	$252,900
Median gross rent	$1,045	$763
Housing units	502	518
Homeownership rate	63.1%	89.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.8%	17.3%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	12.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Speculator	Wells
Population	345 → 389 (+12.8%)	630 → 597 (-5.2%)
Median household income	$72,500 → $63,839 (-11.9%)	$45,694 → $78,047 (+70.8%)
Median home value	$144,400 → $192,200 (+33.1%)	$160,900 → $252,900 (+57.2%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $1,045 (+44.1%)	$596 → $763 (+28.0%)

Speculator

Population

345389

Median household income

$72,500$63,839

Median home value

$144,400$192,200

Median gross rent

$725$1,045

Wells

Population

630597

Median household income

$45,694$78,047

Median home value

$160,900$252,900

Median gross rent

$596$763

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Speculator	Wells
Under 5	2.3%	4.7%
5 to 17	5.1%	14.9%
18 to 24	11.3%	4.9%
25 to 34	10.0%	6.7%
35 to 44	4.9%	10.6%
45 to 54	7.5%	10.6%
55 to 64	17.5%	26.8%
65 to 74	28.8%	17.3%
75 and over	12.6%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Speculator	Wells
White (non-Hispanic)	96.1%	96.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Speculator	Wells
No high school diploma	3.8%	23.3%
High school graduate	27.8%	35.9%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	23.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.2%	7.5%
Graduate or professional degree	26.6%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Speculator	Wells
Drove alone	58.5%	94.7%
Carpooled	3.1%	1.0%
Public transit	5.7%	0.0%
Walked	25.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.5%	4.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Speculator	Wells
1-unit, detached	88.6%	80.9%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	18.5%

Poverty & households

	Speculator	Wells
Poverty rate	16.2%	4.2%
Average household size	2.08	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	12	37
Median year structure built	1974	1973