Wayne County, New York

90,929 people. The median home is worth $170,000 (typical New York town: $217,700) and the median household earns $74,506.

Towns in Wayne County

Town	People	Median home	Income	Median age
Arcadia	13,731	$148,400	$63,398	43.7
Ontario	10,446	$233,900	$82,608	45.2
Macedon	9,270	$209,800	$95,313	47.1
Walworth	9,253	$232,000	$94,286	44.9
Newark	9,017	$132,600	$60,006	41.1
Sodus	8,028	$152,500	$70,478	50.7
Palmyra	7,403	$152,200	$67,113	40.8
Williamson	6,860	$192,700	$90,515	40.9
Gananda	5,867	$235,900	$109,761	44.6
Lyons	5,679	$98,400	$74,524	41.1
Marion	4,566	$180,300	$80,469	47.9
Galen	4,415	$95,400	$64,177	37.7
Wolcott	4,002	$87,500	$54,569	42.1
Lyons	3,989	$90,500	$67,850	37.8
Palmyra	3,305	$129,700	$64,983	35.3

28,230 jobs in 2024, average pay $56,984 a year.

BLS QCEW 2024.

BLS LAUS via USDA ERS, annual averages.

NOAA recorded 520 storm events in Wayne County from 1996 to 2026.

NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database.

Wayne County has been included in 17 FEMA declarations since 1953.

Declared	Incident	Declaration
March 20, 2020	Biological	DR-4480: Covid-19 Pandemic
March 13, 2020	Biological	EM-3434: Covid-19
November 14, 2017	Flood	DR-4348: Flooding
October 28, 2012	Hurricane	EM-3351: Hurricane Sandy
September 30, 2005	Hurricane	EM-3262: Hurricane Katrina Evacuation
October 1, 2004	Severe Storm	DR-1564: Severe Storms And Flooding

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020–2024; BLS QCEW and LAUS; NOAA Storm Events; FEMA OpenFEMA (not endorsed by FEMA).