It is descended from Old Englishwé, which was pronounced something like way in modern English. It is related to Germanwir, Dutchwij, Frisianwy, and Danishvi.
... The average household size is 2.59 and the average family size is 3.04.
In the town the population is spread out with 25.2% under the age of 18, 4.8% from 18 to 24, ...