What is the population of Solvay village?

Solvay village has 6,590 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #292 of 1,292 in New York.

What is the median household income in Solvay village?

Median household income in Solvay village is $58,944 a year, 24.9% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Solvay village?

Median gross rent is $875 a month and the median home value is $140,600, so rent absorbs about 17.8% of median household income.

Is Solvay village affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Solvay village is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 17.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Solvay, NY population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Solvay, New York (Solvay, NY — Census place “Solvay village”) is 6,590 residents, ranking #292 of 1292 places in New York. Median household income is $58,944, the median home is worth $140,600 and median gross rent runs $875 a month. Looking for the Solvay New York ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Solvay, NY: 13209.

Population: 6,590Solvay village residents
Median household income: $58,944Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $140,600Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $875Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 39.4 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 49.1%Owner-occupied households

Solvay ZIP codes (New York)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Solvay.

The Solvay NY ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

13209

What the numbers mean in Solvay village

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Solvay village median would spend about 17.8% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.4× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 10.3% of residents and 49.1% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Solvay village, NY in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Solvay village is a mid-size town in New York, with 6,590 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #292 of 1,292 ranked by population — larger than 77% of them. The median age here is 39.4 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Solvay village earn a median of $58,944 a year, 24.9% below the national figure of $78,538 and 36% below the $91,806 median for the 847 New York cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 10.3% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Solvay village is valued at $140,600, 53.7% below the national figure and 55% below the $315,800 peer median, while median gross rent runs $875 a month, 37.8% below the national figure, or roughly $10,500 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 17.8% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.4×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 49.1% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

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What is the population of Solvay village?: Solvay village has 6,590 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #292 of 1,292 in New York.
What is the median household income in Solvay village?: Median household income in Solvay village is $58,944 a year, 24.9% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Solvay village?: Median gross rent is $875 a month and the median home value is $140,600, so rent absorbs about 17.8% of median household income.
Is Solvay village affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Solvay village is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 17.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Solvay village data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.