Sodus Point vs Wolcott

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

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

Wolcott has the higher population (1,446 vs 1,101 in Sodus Point). Sodus Point has the higher median household income ($79,405 vs $43,661 in Wolcott). Sodus Point has the higher median home value ($231,400 vs $85,300 in Wolcott).

Population, income & housing

	Sodus Point	Wolcott
Population	1,101	1,446
Median age	56.0 yrs	45.4 yrs
Median household income	$79,405	$43,661
Median home value	$231,400	$85,300
Median gross rent	—	$636
Housing units	852	818
Homeownership rate	86.0%	60.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.7%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sodus Point	Wolcott
Population	822 → 1,101 (+33.9%)	1,673 → 1,446 (-13.6%)
Median household income	$49,333 → $79,405 (+61.0%)	$36,857 → $43,661 (+18.5%)
Median home value	$158,500 → $231,400 (+46.0%)	$73,600 → $85,300 (+15.9%)
Median gross rent	$792 → $678 (-14.4%)	$545 → $636 (+16.7%)

Sodus Point

Population

8221,101

Median household income

$49,333$79,405

Median home value

$158,500$231,400

Median gross rent

$792$678

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)

	Sodus Point	Wolcott
Under 5	6.4%	5.7%
5 to 17	7.7%	15.1%
18 to 24	6.6%	6.4%
25 to 34	12.1%	10.9%
35 to 44	8.1%	11.5%
45 to 54	7.4%	18.1%
55 to 64	24.0%	12.9%
65 to 74	18.4%	11.1%
75 and over	9.3%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sodus Point	Wolcott
White (non-Hispanic)	81.5%	86.0%
Black or African American	5.1%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.9%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.0%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	6.4%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sodus Point	Wolcott
No high school diploma	4.7%	22.0%
High school graduate	26.7%	42.0%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	23.5%
Bachelor's degree	27.4%	6.9%
Graduate or professional degree	11.3%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sodus Point	Wolcott
Drove alone	65.0%	73.0%
Carpooled	9.3%	11.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	7.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.7%	7.2%
Other means	0.9%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sodus Point	Wolcott
1-unit, detached	81.1%	45.0%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	10.1%	20.0%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	6.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.0%
Mobile home & other	5.2%	20.2%

Poverty & households

	Sodus Point	Wolcott
Poverty rate	7.1%	19.3%
Average household size	2.00	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	36	23
Median year structure built	1944	1947