Ransomville vs Wilson

A side-by-side comparison of Ransomville and Wilson: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ransomville has the higher population (1,590 vs 1,385 in Wilson). Ransomville has the higher median household income ($97,083 vs $60,938 in Wilson). Ransomville has the higher median home value ($211,500 vs $162,700 in Wilson).

Population, income & housing

	Ransomville	Wilson
Population	1,590	1,385
Median age	40.7 yrs	46.9 yrs
Median household income	$97,083	$60,938
Median home value	$211,500	$162,700
Median gross rent	$793	$679
Housing units	533	665
Homeownership rate	79.0%	84.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.6%	23.9%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ransomville	Wilson
Population	1,553 → 1,590 (+2.4%)	1,120 → 1,385 (+23.7%)
Median household income	$79,659 → $97,083 (+21.9%)	$60,227 → $60,938 (+1.2%)
Median home value	$148,400 → $211,500 (+42.5%)	$108,300 → $162,700 (+50.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,049 → $793 (-24.4%)	$628 → $679 (+8.1%)

Ransomville

Population

1,5531,590

Median household income

$79,659$97,083

Median home value

$148,400$211,500

Median gross rent

$1,049$793

Wilson

Population

1,1201,385

Median household income

$60,227$60,938

Median home value

$108,300$162,700

Median gross rent

$628$679

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ransomville	Wilson
Under 5	1.3%	5.5%
5 to 17	26.4%	14.9%
18 to 24	8.6%	5.5%
25 to 34	7.1%	6.5%
35 to 44	12.5%	15.0%
45 to 54	7.0%	20.6%
55 to 64	23.0%	11.3%
65 to 74	10.4%	11.9%
75 and over	3.8%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ransomville	Wilson
White (non-Hispanic)	95.3%	84.4%
Black or African American	3.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	1.3%	11.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ransomville	Wilson
No high school diploma	5.1%	2.2%
High school graduate	40.6%	24.4%
Some college or associate's	38.7%	49.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ransomville	Wilson
Drove alone	76.7%	66.1%
Carpooled	19.5%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	8.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	0.9%	15.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ransomville	Wilson
1-unit, detached	78.8%	79.2%
1-unit, attached	5.8%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	15.4%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	Ransomville	Wilson
Poverty rate	8.5%	20.7%
Average household size	2.87	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	26	27
Median year structure built	1960	1938