Painted Post vs Wayland

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

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

Wayland has the higher population (1,817 vs 1,691 in Painted Post). Wayland has the higher median household income ($78,125 vs $68,009 in Painted Post). Painted Post has the higher median home value ($145,600 vs $98,000 in Wayland).

Population, income & housing

	Painted Post	Wayland
Population	1,691	1,817
Median age	47.2 yrs	35.9 yrs
Median household income	$68,009	$78,125
Median home value	$145,600	$98,000
Median gross rent	$926	$733
Housing units	908	754
Homeownership rate	61.6%	79.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.0%	16.9%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Painted Post	Wayland
Population	1,612 → 1,691 (+4.9%)	1,694 → 1,817 (+7.3%)
Median household income	$53,672 → $68,009 (+26.7%)	$54,875 → $78,125 (+42.4%)
Median home value	$139,300 → $145,600 (+4.5%)	$87,600 → $98,000 (+11.9%)
Median gross rent	$672 → $926 (+37.8%)	$568 → $733 (+29.0%)

Painted Post

Population

1,6121,691

Median household income

$53,672$68,009

Median home value

$139,300$145,600

Median gross rent

$672$926

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)

	Painted Post	Wayland
Under 5	2.9%	4.6%
5 to 17	10.7%	28.8%
18 to 24	8.6%	4.5%
25 to 34	16.1%	11.1%
35 to 44	9.0%	14.8%
45 to 54	12.8%	9.9%
55 to 64	19.0%	14.5%
65 to 74	12.2%	7.6%
75 and over	8.6%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Painted Post	Wayland
White (non-Hispanic)	91.8%	98.1%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.4%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Painted Post	Wayland
No high school diploma	7.8%	9.8%
High school graduate	18.1%	39.5%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	19.5%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	23.6%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Painted Post	Wayland
Drove alone	75.7%	75.6%
Carpooled	3.8%	13.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.9%	5.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.6%	3.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Painted Post	Wayland
1-unit, detached	68.1%	76.1%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	11.3%	12.9%
5 to 19 units	9.8%	7.7%
20 or more units	6.7%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Painted Post	Wayland
Poverty rate	11.2%	15.7%
Average household size	2.00	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	19	32
Median year structure built	1946	1938