Gilbertsville vs Wells Bridge

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

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

Gilbertsville has the higher population (337 vs 275 in Wells Bridge). Wells Bridge has the higher median household income ($100,234 vs $71,500 in Gilbertsville). Wells Bridge has the higher median home value ($227,900 vs $151,800 in Gilbertsville).

Population, income & housing

	Gilbertsville	Wells Bridge
Population	337	275
Median age	45.4 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$71,500	$100,234
Median home value	$151,800	$227,900
Median gross rent	$1,105	—
Housing units	194	94
Homeownership rate	80.8%	80.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.4%	18.4%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gilbertsville	Wells Bridge
Population	393 → 337 (-14.2%)	151 → 275 (+82.1%)
Median household income	$79,250 → $71,500 (-9.8%)	$85,625 → $100,234 (+17.1%)
Median home value	$132,800 → $151,800 (+14.3%)	$202,400 → $227,900 (+12.6%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $1,105 (+63.7%)	—

Gilbertsville

Population

393337

Median household income

$79,250$71,500

Median home value

$132,800$151,800

Median gross rent

$675$1,105

Wells Bridge

Population

151275

Median household income

$85,625$100,234

Median home value

$202,400$227,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gilbertsville	Wells Bridge
Under 5	0.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	17.2%	10.5%
18 to 24	11.6%	30.2%
25 to 34	7.7%	0.0%
35 to 44	11.0%	19.6%
45 to 54	17.5%	19.3%
55 to 64	11.0%	4.0%
65 to 74	11.0%	10.2%
75 and over	12.5%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gilbertsville	Wells Bridge
White (non-Hispanic)	96.1%	94.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gilbertsville	Wells Bridge
No high school diploma	1.7%	0.0%
High school graduate	31.9%	54.6%
Some college or associate's	23.9%	27.0%
Bachelor's degree	23.1%	16.6%
Graduate or professional degree	19.3%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gilbertsville	Wells Bridge
Drove alone	81.7%	100.0%
Carpooled	4.3%	0.0%
Public transit	1.8%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gilbertsville	Wells Bridge
1-unit, detached	87.1%	55.3%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.8%	13.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	30.9%

Poverty & households

	Gilbertsville	Wells Bridge
Poverty rate	6.8%	0.0%
Average household size	2.31	3.40
Mean commute (minutes)	36	47
Median year structure built	1938	1982