† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupWellsvilleNew YorkUnited States
German23.2%8.6%12.5%
English17.4%5.6%9.5%
Irish15.8%10.5%9.4%
Italian5.6%10.9%4.8%
American5.2%4.2%5.3%
Polish3.7%3.9%2.2%
Scottish2.6%—1.3%
Dutch1.8%——
African American†1.1%8.0%9.9%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Wellsville
New York
United States
Median age
42.9
39.9
39.1
Age 18–24
11.9%
9.0%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
22.8%
18.0%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Wellsville
New York
United States
Median household income
$55,096
$85,974
$84,427
Poverty rate
19.9%
14.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
25.8%
40.0%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Wellsville
New York
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
1.0%
30.9%
22.3%
Religious landscape
Measure
Wellsville
New York
United States
Catholic
—
30.8%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
5.1%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
48.7%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Wellsville, New York
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−12.9%
2008
−3.1%
2012
−7.2%
2016
−20.6%
2020
−21.8%
2024
−21.3%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
38.9%Harris764
60.2%Trump1,181
0.9%
R+21.3
D+0.6
R+19.8
1,962
R
37.2%Biden767
59.0%Trump1,217
3.8%
R+21.8
R+1.2
R+26.3
2,063
R
36.4%Clinton694
57.0%Trump1,086
6.5%
R+20.6
R+13.4
R+22.7
1,904
R
45.1%Obama886
52.4%Romney1,028
2.5%
R+7.2
R+4.1
R+11.1
1,963
R
47.4%Obama911
50.5%McCain971
2.0%
R+3.1
D+9.8
R+10.4
1,921
R
42.6%Kerry837
55.5%Bush1,091
1.9%
R+12.9
—
R+10.5
1,966
Wellsville sits in New York's Southern Tier, a region that has shifted markedly toward Republican margins over the past two decades as industrial employment declined. Its roughly 5,000 residents make it one of Allegany County's denser population anchors.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 21.8 points in 2020. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 0.6 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 21.3 points.
A population of 4,923, a 97% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $55,096 describe the city.
In 2024, Wellsville, New York voted Republican by 21.3 points (R+21.3), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 1,962 votes cast, 764 went Democratic and 1,181 went Republican.
How many people live in Wellsville, New York?
Wellsville, New York has a population of 4,923 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Wellsville, New York?
Median household income in Wellsville, New York is $55,096 — below the national median of $80,734. The New York state median is $85,974.
What is the political history of Wellsville, New York?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Wellsville, New York from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
