Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022 in this county: $275,138.
Median contract rent in 2022: $884 (lower quartile is $529, upper quartile is $1,089)
Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $759
Median gross rent in Wales, NY in 2022: $973
Housing units in Wales with a mortgage: 353 (34 second mortgage, 85 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 185
In family households: 703,665 (150,587 male householders, 79,422 female householders)
161,163 spouses, 259,954 children (245,472 natural, 6,125 adopted, 8,357 stepchildren), 13,651 grandchildren, 7,172 brothers or sisters, 6,060 parents, foster children, 6,352 other relatives, 16,208 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 186,988 (69,279 male householders (54,381 living alone)), 83,876 female householders (72,187 living alone)), 33,833 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 28,387 (12,145 institutionalized population)
148,778 married couples with children.
64,240 single-parent households (9,850 men, 54,390 women).
95.0% of residents of Wales speak English at home.
1.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (36% speak English very well, 41% speak English well, 23% speak English not well).
3.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (71% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 10% speak English not well).
Foreign born population: 100 (3.4%)
(74.0% of them are naturalized citizens)
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Wales, New York
81995 to March 2000
01990 to 1994
01985 to 1989
01980 to 1984
31975 to 1979
71970 to 1974
101965 to 1969
36Before 1965
First ancestries reported:
German: 1,304 (35.0%)
Polish: 549 (14.7%)
Irish: 432 (11.6%)
English: 349 (9.4%)
Italian: 341 (9.1%)
Other: 143 (3.8%)
French: 107 (2.9%)
Scottish: 92 (2.5%)
United States: 77 (2.1%)
Swedish: 66 (1.8%)
French Canadian: 54 (1.4%)
Dutch: 45 (1.2%)
Czech: 26 (0.7%)
Welsh: 24 (0.6%)
Scotch-Irish: 23 (0.6%)
Hungarian: 21 (0.6%)
Danish: 18 (0.5%)
Russian: 13 (0.3%)
Norwegian: 11 (0.3%)
Ukrainian: 11 (0.3%)
Arab: 10 (0.3%)
Greek: 5 (0.1%)
Lithuanian: 5 (0.1%)
Slovak: 5 (0.1%)
Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):
Germany
Wales:
28.1% (18)
New York:
1.8% (69,327)
Brazil
Wales:
15.6% (10)
New York:
0.6% (22,265)
Italy
Wales:
10.9% (7)
New York:
3.8% (147,729)
Argentina
Wales:
10.9% (7)
New York:
0.5% (17,906)
Canada
Wales:
9.4% (6)
New York:
1.4% (54,876)
Ukraine
Wales:
7.8% (5)
New York:
2.1% (82,238)
Philippines
Wales:
7.8% (5)
New York:
1.9% (72,408)
Poland
Wales:
4.7% (3)
New York:
2.4% (93,187)
Guatemala
Wales:
4.7% (3)
New York:
0.9% (33,208)
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 2,540
Other state: 356
Northeast: 95
Midwest: 100
South: 126
West: 35
72% of Wales residents lived in the same house 5 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 80% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 41% lived in New York.
Education attainment for males 25 years and older:
No schooling: 5
Nursery to 4th grade: 0
5th and 6th grade: 0
7th and 8th grade: 8
9th grade: 24
10th grade: 10
11th grade: 16
12th grade, no diploma: 36
High school graduate (or equivalency): 400
Less than 1 year of college: 43
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 109
Associate degree: 99
Bachelor's degree: 127
Master's degree: 97
Professional school degree: 20
Doctorate degree: 16
Education attainment for females 25 years and older:
No schooling: 4
Nursery to 4th grade: 0
5th and 6th grade: 0
7th and 8th grade: 25
9th grade: 0
10th grade: 16
11th grade: 11
12th grade, no diploma: 38
High school graduate (or equivalency): 359
Less than 1 year of college: 79
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 155
Associate degree: 139
Bachelor's degree: 129
Master's degree: 62
Professional school degree: 12
Doctorate degree: 0
Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 962
One, attached: 11
Two: 46
3 or 4: 23
Mobile homes: 123
Median worth of mobile homes: $25,494
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1.3%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1.8%