New York · Census place 3679092

Wellsville, New York

Wellsville is a village in Allegany County, New York with an estimated 4,551 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 181st largest of 419 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
4,551
#181 of 419 in New York
Change since 2020
-1.7%
-81 people
Land area
2.4 sq mi
Density
1,881 / sq mi
State median 3,760
Orange pin: Wellsville. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Albany.

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Wellsville population, 2020 to 2024

Wellsville lost 81 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.7%. In the latest year it moved by -11.

4,63220204,61120214,58420224,56220234,5512024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 4,643. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Wellsville covers 2.42 square miles of land, for 1,881 people per square mile of land. The median New York place of 5,000+ has 3,760, so Wellsville is less dense than the typical town.

What county Wellsville is in

All of Wellsville's residents live in Allegany County, which had 47,299 residents in 2024. Wellsville holds 9.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Wellsville

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Wellsville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 14895. 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 Wellsville is

The Census internal point of Wellsville is at 42.120700, -77.945700. Albany, the capital, is 216.9 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Alfred, NY (5,471 people), 12.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Buffalo, NY, 70.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
42.120700, -77.945700
DMS
42°07'14.52"N 77°56'44.52"W
UTM
18N 256494.8E 4667377.8N
Geohash
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Plus code
87J443C3+7P

Daylight in Wellsville

At 42.12° N, Wellsville gets about 15 h 15 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 06 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 09 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Wellsville

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New York, measured between internal points. The closest is Bolivar, 11.9 miles away, with 1,001 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Wellsville, NY?

4,551 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 81 (1.7%) from 4,632 in July 2020.

What county is Wellsville in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Wellsville?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 14895.

How far is Wellsville from Albany?

216.9 miles (349.0 km) in a straight line, heading E from Wellsville.

What is the nearest larger city to Wellsville?

Alfred, NY, with 5,471 residents, 12.2 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.