South Corning vs Wayland

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

South 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.

Wayland has the higher population (1,817 vs 1,010 in South Corning). Wayland has the higher median household income ($78,125 vs $59,125 in South Corning). South Corning has the higher median home value ($126,500 vs $98,000 in Wayland).

Population, income & housing

	South Corning	Wayland
Population	1,010	1,817
Median age	43.1 yrs	35.9 yrs
Median household income	$59,125	$78,125
Median home value	$126,500	$98,000
Median gross rent	$1,295	$733
Housing units	545	754
Homeownership rate	74.0%	79.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.6%	16.9%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	South Corning	Wayland
Population	1,232 → 1,010 (-18.0%)	1,694 → 1,817 (+7.3%)
Median household income	$55,061 → $59,125 (+7.4%)	$54,875 → $78,125 (+42.4%)
Median home value	$96,500 → $126,500 (+31.1%)	$87,600 → $98,000 (+11.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,056 → $1,295 (+22.6%)	$568 → $733 (+29.0%)

South Corning

Population

1,2321,010

Median household income

$55,061$59,125

Median home value

$96,500$126,500

Median gross rent

$1,056$1,295

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)

	South Corning	Wayland
Under 5	3.9%	4.6%
5 to 17	15.1%	28.8%
18 to 24	9.4%	4.5%
25 to 34	10.9%	11.1%
35 to 44	15.7%	14.8%
45 to 54	11.7%	9.9%
55 to 64	13.0%	14.5%
65 to 74	12.0%	7.6%
75 and over	8.3%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	South Corning	Wayland
White (non-Hispanic)	91.8%	98.1%
Black or African American	2.5%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	South Corning	Wayland
No high school diploma	3.3%	9.8%
High school graduate	31.5%	39.5%
Some college or associate's	36.5%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	18.0%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.7%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	South Corning	Wayland
Drove alone	87.6%	75.6%
Carpooled	4.6%	13.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	5.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.0%	3.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	South Corning	Wayland
1-unit, detached	74.1%	76.1%
1-unit, attached	6.6%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	10.8%	12.9%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	7.7%
20 or more units	0.7%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	South Corning	Wayland
Poverty rate	11.8%	15.7%
Average household size	2.05	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	16	32
Median year structure built	1956	1938