De Witt vs Solvay

A side-by-side comparison of De Witt and Solvay: population, income, housing, and more.

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

De Witt has the higher population (10,815 vs 6,590 in Solvay). De Witt has the higher median household income ($120,539 vs $58,944 in Solvay). De Witt has the higher median home value ($271,700 vs $140,600 in Solvay).

Population, income & housing

	De Witt	Solvay
Population	10,815	6,590
Median age	41.8 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$120,539	$58,944
Median home value	$271,700	$140,600
Median gross rent	$1,106	$875
Housing units	4,352	3,316
Homeownership rate	72.6%	49.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	63.2%	26.7%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	De Witt	Solvay
Population	10,503 → 10,815 (+3.0%)	6,323 → 6,590 (+4.2%)
Median household income	$81,713 → $120,539 (+47.5%)	$49,926 → $58,944 (+18.1%)
Median home value	$197,900 → $271,700 (+37.3%)	$113,800 → $140,600 (+23.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,099 → $1,106 (+0.6%)	$792 → $875 (+10.5%)

De Witt

Population

10,50310,815

Median household income

$81,713$120,539

Median home value

$197,900$271,700

Median gross rent

$1,099$1,106

Solvay

Population

6,3236,590

Median household income

$49,926$58,944

Median home value

$113,800$140,600

Median gross rent

$792$875

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	De Witt	Solvay
Under 5	4.8%	8.4%
5 to 17	18.0%	14.2%
18 to 24	12.5%	4.4%
25 to 34	7.1%	14.0%
35 to 44	10.9%	17.0%
45 to 54	14.7%	11.9%
55 to 64	10.2%	11.7%
65 to 74	10.9%	12.9%
75 and over	10.9%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	De Witt	Solvay
White (non-Hispanic)	66.6%	85.1%
Black or African American	11.8%	4.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.4%
Asian	8.3%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.2%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.3%	7.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	De Witt	Solvay
No high school diploma	5.7%	11.1%
High school graduate	10.0%	31.2%
Some college or associate's	21.1%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	26.6%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	36.6%	11.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	De Witt	Solvay
Drove alone	73.5%	70.5%
Carpooled	6.8%	14.0%
Public transit	0.5%	4.8%
Walked	5.9%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.1%	4.3%
Other means	1.3%	4.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	De Witt	Solvay
1-unit, detached	70.7%	47.2%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	33.5%
5 to 19 units	11.4%	11.7%
20 or more units	9.1%	5.5%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	De Witt	Solvay
Poverty rate	6.7%	10.3%
Average household size	2.43	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	16	22
Median year structure built	1964	1946