Hornell vs Wayland

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

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

Hornell has the higher population (8,173 vs 1,817 in Wayland). Wayland has the higher median household income ($78,125 vs $46,321 in Hornell). Wayland has the higher median home value ($98,000 vs $86,600 in Hornell).

Population, income & housing

	Hornell	Wayland
Population	8,173	1,817
Median age	40.2 yrs	35.9 yrs
Median household income	$46,321	$78,125
Median home value	$86,600	$98,000
Median gross rent	$769	$733
Housing units	4,171	754
Homeownership rate	49.4%	79.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.0%	16.9%
Unemployment rate	11.2%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hornell	Wayland
Population	8,281 → 8,173 (-1.3%)	1,694 → 1,817 (+7.3%)
Median household income	$42,562 → $46,321 (+8.8%)	$54,875 → $78,125 (+42.4%)
Median home value	$67,500 → $86,600 (+28.3%)	$87,600 → $98,000 (+11.9%)
Median gross rent	$667 → $769 (+15.3%)	$568 → $733 (+29.0%)

Hornell

Population

8,2818,173

Median household income

$42,562$46,321

Median home value

$67,500$86,600

Median gross rent

$667$769

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)

	Hornell	Wayland
Under 5	4.7%	4.6%
5 to 17	14.9%	28.8%
18 to 24	9.2%	4.5%
25 to 34	15.3%	11.1%
35 to 44	12.3%	14.8%
45 to 54	9.6%	9.9%
55 to 64	11.8%	14.5%
65 to 74	13.3%	7.6%
75 and over	9.0%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hornell	Wayland
White (non-Hispanic)	90.5%	98.1%
Black or African American	2.7%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hornell	Wayland
No high school diploma	8.6%	9.8%
High school graduate	37.3%	39.5%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hornell	Wayland
Drove alone	72.3%	75.6%
Carpooled	8.4%	13.8%
Public transit	1.4%	0.0%
Walked	8.0%	5.5%
Bicycle	3.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	3.8%
Other means	1.2%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hornell	Wayland
1-unit, detached	57.7%	76.1%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	29.2%	12.9%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	7.7%
20 or more units	6.2%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Hornell	Wayland
Poverty rate	21.6%	15.7%
Average household size	2.15	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	17	32
Median year structure built	1938	1938