Sodus vs Wolcott

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

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

Sodus has the higher population (1,999 vs 1,446 in Wolcott). Sodus has the higher median household income ($53,324 vs $43,661 in Wolcott). Sodus has the higher median home value ($93,100 vs $85,300 in Wolcott).

Population, income & housing

	Sodus	Wolcott
Population	1,999	1,446
Median age	49.3 yrs	45.4 yrs
Median household income	$53,324	$43,661
Median home value	$93,100	$85,300
Median gross rent	$859	$636
Housing units	1,058	818
Homeownership rate	64.5%	60.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.3%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sodus	Wolcott
Population	1,654 → 1,999 (+20.9%)	1,673 → 1,446 (-13.6%)
Median household income	$41,667 → $53,324 (+28.0%)	$36,857 → $43,661 (+18.5%)
Median home value	$72,600 → $93,100 (+28.2%)	$73,600 → $85,300 (+15.9%)
Median gross rent	$709 → $859 (+21.2%)	$545 → $636 (+16.7%)

Sodus

Population

1,6541,999

Median household income

$41,667$53,324

Median home value

$72,600$93,100

Median gross rent

$709$859

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	Wolcott
Under 5	3.3%	5.7%
5 to 17	13.6%	15.1%
18 to 24	8.2%	6.4%
25 to 34	8.7%	10.9%
35 to 44	11.6%	11.5%
45 to 54	13.3%	18.1%
55 to 64	20.9%	12.9%
65 to 74	11.1%	11.1%
75 and over	9.6%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sodus	Wolcott
White (non-Hispanic)	63.8%	86.0%
Black or African American	24.1%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.9%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.5%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	7.2%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sodus	Wolcott
No high school diploma	13.1%	22.0%
High school graduate	40.4%	42.0%
Some college or associate's	31.2%	23.5%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	6.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sodus	Wolcott
Drove alone	84.1%	73.0%
Carpooled	8.6%	11.2%
Public transit	1.6%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	7.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	7.2%
Other means	0.5%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sodus	Wolcott
1-unit, detached	72.6%	45.0%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	20.1%	20.0%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	6.6%
20 or more units	2.0%	6.0%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	20.2%

Poverty & households

	Sodus	Wolcott
Poverty rate	15.0%	19.3%
Average household size	2.04	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	23	23
Median year structure built	1941	1947