Canisteo vs Wayland

A side-by-side comparison of Canisteo and Wayland: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Canisteo has the higher population (1,998 vs 1,817 in Wayland). Wayland has the higher median household income ($78,125 vs $64,116 in Canisteo). Canisteo has the higher median home value ($103,300 vs $98,000 in Wayland).

Population, income & housing

	Canisteo	Wayland
Population	1,998	1,817
Median age	43.4 yrs	35.9 yrs
Median household income	$64,116	$78,125
Median home value	$103,300	$98,000
Median gross rent	$735	$733
Housing units	935	754
Homeownership rate	75.0%	79.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.7%	16.9%
Unemployment rate	9.1%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Canisteo	Wayland
Population	2,341 → 1,998 (-14.7%)	1,694 → 1,817 (+7.3%)
Median household income	$57,026 → $64,116 (+12.4%)	$54,875 → $78,125 (+42.4%)
Median home value	$74,500 → $103,300 (+38.7%)	$87,600 → $98,000 (+11.9%)
Median gross rent	$597 → $735 (+23.1%)	$568 → $733 (+29.0%)

Canisteo

Population

2,3411,998

Median household income

$57,026$64,116

Median home value

$74,500$103,300

Median gross rent

$597$735

Wayland

Population

1,6941,817

Median household income

$54,875$78,125

Median home value

$87,600$98,000

Median gross rent

$568$733

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Canisteo	Wayland
Under 5	3.9%	4.6%
5 to 17	18.7%	28.8%
18 to 24	7.8%	4.5%
25 to 34	7.3%	11.1%
35 to 44	13.7%	14.8%
45 to 54	8.6%	9.9%
55 to 64	12.5%	14.5%
65 to 74	15.5%	7.6%
75 and over	12.2%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Canisteo	Wayland
White (non-Hispanic)	91.1%	98.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Canisteo	Wayland
No high school diploma	14.9%	9.8%
High school graduate	43.1%	39.5%
Some college or associate's	17.4%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	13.9%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Canisteo	Wayland
Drove alone	70.3%	75.6%
Carpooled	18.5%	13.8%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	8.1%	5.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	3.8%
Other means	0.2%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Canisteo	Wayland
1-unit, detached	72.2%	76.1%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	16.4%	12.9%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	7.7%
20 or more units	2.9%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	6.6%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Canisteo	Wayland
Poverty rate	13.5%	15.7%
Average household size	2.48	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	25	32
Median year structure built	1938	1938