Corning vs Wayland

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

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

Corning has the higher population (10,666 vs 1,817 in Wayland). Wayland has the higher median household income ($78,125 vs $61,017 in Corning). Corning has the higher median home value ($148,300 vs $98,000 in Wayland).

Population, income & housing

	Corning	Wayland
Population	10,666	1,817
Median age	36.3 yrs	35.9 yrs
Median household income	$61,017	$78,125
Median home value	$148,300	$98,000
Median gross rent	$976	$733
Housing units	5,829	754
Homeownership rate	50.7%	79.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.8%	16.9%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Corning	Wayland
Population	10,696 → 10,666 (-0.3%)	1,694 → 1,817 (+7.3%)
Median household income	$50,321 → $61,017 (+21.3%)	$54,875 → $78,125 (+42.4%)
Median home value	$112,800 → $148,300 (+31.5%)	$87,600 → $98,000 (+11.9%)
Median gross rent	$821 → $976 (+18.9%)	$568 → $733 (+29.0%)

Corning

Population

10,69610,666

Median household income

$50,321$61,017

Median home value

$112,800$148,300

Median gross rent

$821$976

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)

	Corning	Wayland
Under 5	5.5%	4.6%
5 to 17	12.7%	28.8%
18 to 24	9.4%	4.5%
25 to 34	20.8%	11.1%
35 to 44	10.9%	14.8%
45 to 54	12.3%	9.9%
55 to 64	13.1%	14.5%
65 to 74	9.9%	7.6%
75 and over	5.5%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Corning	Wayland
White (non-Hispanic)	88.3%	98.1%
Black or African American	3.1%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Corning	Wayland
No high school diploma	5.2%	9.8%
High school graduate	24.8%	39.5%
Some college or associate's	28.3%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	20.0%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	21.8%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Corning	Wayland
Drove alone	73.4%	75.6%
Carpooled	6.5%	13.8%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	6.1%	5.5%
Bicycle	1.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.3%	3.8%
Other means	0.4%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Corning	Wayland
1-unit, detached	48.2%	76.1%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	25.8%	12.9%
5 to 19 units	11.8%	7.7%
20 or more units	9.2%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Corning	Wayland
Poverty rate	15.8%	15.7%
Average household size	1.98	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	17	32
Median year structure built	1944	1938