Ontario vs Sodus

A side-by-side comparison of Ontario and Sodus: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ontario has the higher population (2,176 vs 1,999 in Sodus). Sodus has the higher median household income ($53,324 vs $52,625 in Ontario). Ontario has the higher median home value ($189,400 vs $93,100 in Sodus).

Population, income & housing

	Ontario	Sodus
Population	2,176	1,999
Median age	38.9 yrs	49.3 yrs
Median household income	$52,625	$53,324
Median home value	$189,400	$93,100
Median gross rent	$688	$859
Housing units	1,122	1,058
Homeownership rate	56.2%	64.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.0%	15.3%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ontario	Sodus
Population	1,942 → 2,176 (+12.0%)	1,654 → 1,999 (+20.9%)
Median household income	$46,161 → $52,625 (+14.0%)	$41,667 → $53,324 (+28.0%)
Median home value	$145,200 → $189,400 (+30.4%)	$72,600 → $93,100 (+28.2%)
Median gross rent	$751 → $688 (-8.4%)	$709 → $859 (+21.2%)

Ontario

Population

1,9422,176

Median household income

$46,161$52,625

Median home value

$145,200$189,400

Median gross rent

$751$688

Sodus

Population

1,6541,999

Median household income

$41,667$53,324

Median home value

$72,600$93,100

Median gross rent

$709$859

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ontario	Sodus
Under 5	5.5%	3.3%
5 to 17	14.8%	13.6%
18 to 24	12.1%	8.2%
25 to 34	8.6%	8.7%
35 to 44	13.7%	11.6%
45 to 54	18.2%	13.3%
55 to 64	9.8%	20.9%
65 to 74	9.8%	11.1%
75 and over	7.4%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ontario	Sodus
White (non-Hispanic)	89.9%	63.8%
Black or African American	2.7%	24.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	7.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ontario	Sodus
No high school diploma	6.0%	13.1%
High school graduate	38.5%	40.4%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	19.2%	11.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ontario	Sodus
Drove alone	88.0%	84.1%
Carpooled	3.4%	8.6%
Public transit	0.0%	1.6%
Walked	1.5%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	2.6%
Other means	0.8%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ontario	Sodus
1-unit, detached	54.0%	72.6%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	19.3%	20.1%
5 to 19 units	8.6%	3.8%
20 or more units	8.9%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	5.2%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Ontario	Sodus
Poverty rate	4.3%	15.0%
Average household size	2.20	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	22	23
Median year structure built	1958	1941