Housing density: 199 houses/condos per square mile
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022 in this county: $67,646.
Median contract rent in 2022: $811 (lower quartile is $497, upper quartile is $953)
Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $939
Median gross rent in Wheatfield, NY in 2022: $928
Housing units in Wheatfield with a mortgage: 2,757 (186 second mortgage, 492 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 997
In family households: 171,950 (38,590 male householders, 18,223 female householders)
40,806 spouses, 61,292 children (57,461 natural, 1,293 adopted, 2,538 stepchildren), 3,542 grandchildren, 1,298 brothers or sisters, 1,444 parents, foster children, 1,306 other relatives, 4,654 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 40,200 (15,874 male householders (12,870 living alone)), 17,869 female householders (15,536 living alone)), 6,457 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 4,319 (2,091 institutionalized population)
36,121 married couples with children.
13,947 single-parent households (2,810 men, 11,137 women).
94.3% of residents of Wheatfield speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (86% speak English very well, 14% speak English well).
4.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (69% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 5% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.6% of residents speak other language at home (89% speak English very well, 11% speak English well).
Foreign born population: 727 (5.4%)
(66.3% of them are naturalized citizens)
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Wheatfield, New York
331995 to March 2000
741990 to 1994
151985 to 1989
421980 to 1984
161975 to 1979
201970 to 1974
771965 to 1969
274Before 1965
First ancestries reported:
German: 5,103 (28.2%)
Italian: 3,526 (19.5%)
Polish: 2,339 (12.9%)
Irish: 1,977 (10.9%)
English: 1,556 (8.6%)
Other: 864 (4.8%)
French: 642 (3.5%)
United States: 333 (1.8%)
Scottish: 309 (1.7%)
Swedish: 171 (0.9%)
Hungarian: 152 (0.8%)
Ukrainian: 134 (0.7%)
Dutch: 131 (0.7%)
Welsh: 125 (0.7%)
Scotch-Irish: 120 (0.7%)
Russian: 101 (0.6%)
Arab: 89 (0.5%)
French Canadian: 83 (0.5%)
Norwegian: 70 (0.4%)
Czech: 69 (0.4%)
Greek: 54 (0.3%)
Danish: 50 (0.3%)
Lithuanian: 46 (0.3%)
Swiss: 40 (0.2%)
Slovak: 21 (0.1%)
Portuguese: 9 (0.05%)
Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):
Canada
Wheatfield:
34.3% (189)
New York:
1.4% (54,876)
Italy
Wheatfield:
14.9% (82)
New York:
3.8% (147,729)
United Kingdom
Wheatfield:
8.7% (48)
New York:
1.6% (62,237)
Germany
Wheatfield:
7.6% (42)
New York:
1.8% (69,327)
Belarus
Wheatfield:
6.4% (35)
New York:
0.3% (13,070)
Korea
Wheatfield:
2.4% (13)
New York:
2.5% (97,933)
Other Eastern Europe
Wheatfield:
2.2% (12)
New York:
1.4% (53,825)
Philippines
Wheatfield:
2.2% (12)
New York:
1.9% (72,408)
Romania
Wheatfield:
2.0% (11)
New York:
0.6% (25,059)
India
Wheatfield:
2.0% (11)
New York:
3.0% (117,238)
Guyana
Wheatfield:
2.0% (11)
New York:
3.7% (142,154)
Hungary
Wheatfield:
1.8% (10)
New York:
0.4% (17,401)
Mexico
Wheatfield:
1.6% (9)
New York:
4.2% (161,189)
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 12,203
Other state: 1,267
Northeast: 641
Midwest: 295
South: 219
West: 112
64% of Wheatfield residents lived in the same house 5 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 67% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 81% lived in New York.
Education attainment for males 25 years and older:
No schooling: 10
Nursery to 4th grade: 11
5th and 6th grade: 6
7th and 8th grade: 146
9th grade: 104
10th grade: 147
11th grade: 92
12th grade, no diploma: 88
High school graduate (or equivalency): 1,616
Less than 1 year of college: 259
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 568
Associate degree: 497
Bachelor's degree: 780
Master's degree: 249
Professional school degree: 26
Doctorate degree: 47
Education attainment for females 25 years and older:
No schooling: 0
Nursery to 4th grade: 27
5th and 6th grade: 7
7th and 8th grade: 183
9th grade: 155
10th grade: 83
11th grade: 130
12th grade, no diploma: 138
High school graduate (or equivalency): 1,999
Less than 1 year of college: 322
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 508
Associate degree: 669
Bachelor's degree: 558
Master's degree: 384
Professional school degree: 57
Doctorate degree: 10
Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 4,173
One, attached: 76
Two: 314
3 or 4: 490
5 to 9: 47
10 to 19: 68
20 to 49: 9
50 or more: 188
Mobile homes: 190
Median worth of mobile homes: $14,945
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 0.4%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 0.6%