New York · Census place 3678850

Wayland, New York

Wayland is a village in Steuben County, New York with an estimated 1,694 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 337th largest of 419 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,694
#337 of 419 in New York
Change since 2020
-2.9%
-51 people
Land area
1.1 sq mi
+ 0.06 sq mi water
Density
1,499 / sq mi
State median 3,760
Orange pin: Wayland. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Albany.

Wayland population, 2020 to 2024

Wayland lost 51 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.9%. In the latest year it moved by -7.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,749. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Wayland covers 1.13 square miles of land and 0.06 of water, for 1,499 people per square mile of land. The median New York place of 5,000+ has 3,760, so Wayland is less dense than the typical town.

What county Wayland is in

All of Wayland's residents live in Steuben County, which had 92,015 residents in 2024. Wayland holds 1.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Wayland

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Wayland by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 14572. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a village that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Wayland is

The Census internal point of Wayland is at 42.562800, -77.595900. Albany, the capital, is 195.3 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Dansville, NY (4,345 people), 5.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Rochester, NY, 41.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
42.562800, -77.595900
DMS
42°33'46.08"N 77°35'45.24"W
UTM
18N 286912.2E 4715532.6N
Geohash
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Plus code
87J4HC73+4J

Daylight in Wayland

At 42.56° N, Wayland gets about 15 h 19 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 03 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 15 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Wayland

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New York, measured between internal points. The closest is Dansville, 5.1 miles away, with 4,345 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Wayland, NY?

1,694 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 51 (2.9%) from 1,745 in July 2020.

What county is Wayland in?

Steuben County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Wayland?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 14572.

How far is Wayland from Albany?

195.3 miles (314.3 km) in a straight line, heading E from Wayland.

What is the nearest larger city to Wayland?

Dansville, NY, with 4,345 residents, 5.2 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.