Ontario vs Wolcott

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

Ontario and Wolcott 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 1,446 in Wolcott). Ontario has the higher median household income ($52,625 vs $43,661 in Wolcott). Ontario has the higher median home value ($189,400 vs $85,300 in Wolcott).

Population, income & housing

	Ontario	Wolcott
Population	2,176	1,446
Median age	38.9 yrs	45.4 yrs
Median household income	$52,625	$43,661
Median home value	$189,400	$85,300
Median gross rent	$688	$636
Housing units	1,122	818
Homeownership rate	56.2%	60.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.0%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ontario	Wolcott
Population	1,942 → 2,176 (+12.0%)	1,673 → 1,446 (-13.6%)
Median household income	$46,161 → $52,625 (+14.0%)	$36,857 → $43,661 (+18.5%)
Median home value	$145,200 → $189,400 (+30.4%)	$73,600 → $85,300 (+15.9%)
Median gross rent	$751 → $688 (-8.4%)	$545 → $636 (+16.7%)

Ontario

Population

1,9422,176

Median household income

$46,161$52,625

Median home value

$145,200$189,400

Median gross rent

$751$688

Wolcott

Population

1,6731,446

Median household income

$36,857$43,661

Median home value

$73,600$85,300

Median gross rent

$545$636

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ontario	Wolcott
Under 5	5.5%	5.7%
5 to 17	14.8%	15.1%
18 to 24	12.1%	6.4%
25 to 34	8.6%	10.9%
35 to 44	13.7%	11.5%
45 to 54	18.2%	18.1%
55 to 64	9.8%	12.9%
65 to 74	9.8%	11.1%
75 and over	7.4%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ontario	Wolcott
White (non-Hispanic)	89.9%	86.0%
Black or African American	2.7%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.9%
Asian	1.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ontario	Wolcott
No high school diploma	6.0%	22.0%
High school graduate	38.5%	42.0%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	23.5%
Bachelor's degree	19.2%	6.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ontario	Wolcott
Drove alone	88.0%	73.0%
Carpooled	3.4%	11.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	7.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	7.2%
Other means	0.8%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ontario	Wolcott
1-unit, detached	54.0%	45.0%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	19.3%	20.0%
5 to 19 units	8.6%	6.6%
20 or more units	8.9%	6.0%
Mobile home & other	5.2%	20.2%

Poverty & households

	Ontario	Wolcott
Poverty rate	4.3%	19.3%
Average household size	2.20	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	22	23
Median year structure built	1958	1947