
New York · Census place 82359
Wilson, NY population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Wilson, New York (Wilson, NY — Census place “Wilson village”) is 1,385 residents, ranking #745 of 1292 places in New York. Median household income is $60,938, the median home is worth $162,700 and median gross rent runs $679 a month. Looking for the Wilson New York ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Wilson, NY: 14172.
- Population
- 1,385Wilson village residents
- Median household income
- $60,938Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $162,700Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $679Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 46.9 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 84.2%Owner-occupied households
Wilson ZIP codes (New York)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Wilson.
The Wilson NY ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.
What the numbers mean in Wilson village
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Wilson village median would spend about 13.4% 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 2.7× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 20.7% of residents and 84.2% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Wilson village, NY in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Wilson village is a small town in New York, with 1,385 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #745 of 1,292 ranked by population — larger than 42% of them. The median age here is 46.9 years against 39.1 nationally, a markedly older profile that usually tracks retirees staying put and younger households leaving for work. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.
Households in Wilson village earn a median of $60,938 a year, 22.4% below the national figure of $78,538 and 34% below the $91,806 median for the 847 New York cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 20.7% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.
The typical owner-occupied home in Wilson village is valued at $162,700, 46.4% below the national figure and 48% below the $315,800 peer median, while median gross rent runs $679 a month, 51.7% below the national figure, or roughly $8,148 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 13.4% 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 2.7×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 84.2% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. 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
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Wilson village?
- Wilson village has 1,385 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #745 of 1,292 in New York.
- What is the median household income in Wilson village?
- Median household income in Wilson village is $60,938 a year, 22.4% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Wilson village?
- Median gross rent is $679 a month and the median home value is $162,700, so rent absorbs about 13.4% of median household income.
- Is Wilson village affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 2.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Wilson village is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 13.4% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Wilson village data?
- All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.