Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety86#2,194/15,637
Economy16#13,137/15,631
Housing70#4,546/14,977
Health29#11,089/15,609
Healthcare38#9,666/15,650
Environment75#3,922/15,453
Education27#11,456/15,649
Infrastructure14#13,426/15,650
Community44#8,760/15,651
Leisure & amenities47#8,305/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Addison, New York ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Steuben County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Home price to income ratio · low1.7×
95/100New York 4.9×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Students per teacher · low10.9×
94/100New York 12.0×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsSteuben County value
Rent as share of income · low22.1%
94/100New York 31.2%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
Hot days · low2 days
93/100New York 3 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationSteuben County value
Public EV charging ports · high16.7 /10k
92/100New York 10.8 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergySteuben County value
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · low5.9 µg/m³
91/100New York 7.2 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencySteuben County value

Weaknesses

Effective property tax rate · high2.74%
1/100New York 1.30%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
New business applications · low7.3 /1k
3/100New York 15.1 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauSteuben County value
Comfortable days · low22.7%
6/100New York 22.7%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationSteuben County value
Dental care shortage · high18.0
6/100New York 3.7United States 5.7Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationSteuben County value
High school diploma or higher · low84.1%
12/100New York 88.0%United States 89.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Access to exercise opportunities · low52.0%
12/100New York 93.1%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteSteuben County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationFalling
1,823 (2015-2019) → 1,688 (2020-2024)
−7.4%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
46.6% (2015-2019) → 31.7% (2020-2024)
−15 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
76.4% (2015-2019) → 87.0% (2020-2024)
+11 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
High school diploma or higherWorsening
91.8% (2015-2019) → 84.1% (2020-2024)
−7.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%
Rent as share of incomeImproving
28.7% (2015-2019) → 22.1% (2020-2024)
−6.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Child poverty rateWorsening
13.9% (2015-2019) → 20.0% (2020-2024)
+6.1 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Addison, New York improved on 0 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 13 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved0

No measure improved by more than its margin of error.

Declined1

High school+−7.8 points91.8% → 84.1%

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Addison, New York between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	21.6 min2015-2019	21.3 min2020-2024	−0.4 min	Within the margin of error	52%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.7%2015-2019	17.2%2020-2024	+1.5 points	Within the margin of error	39%
Broadband subscriptions	76.4%2015-2019	87.0%2020-2024	+11 points	Within the margin of error	62%
Effective property tax rate	2.93%2015-2019	2.74%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	55%
High school diploma or higher	91.8%2015-2019	84.1%2020-2024	−7.8 points	Declined	3%
Home price to income ratio	1.4×2015-2019	1.7×2020-2024	+0.4×	Within the margin of error	58%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3872015-2019	0.4202020-2024	+0.032	Within the margin of error	25%
Median household income	$53,5942015-2019	$55,9212020-2024	+4.3%	Within the margin of error	11%
Poverty rate	15.3%2015-2019	17.8%2020-2024	+2.5 points	Within the margin of error	23%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	28.7%2015-2019	22.1%2020-2024	−6.6 points	Within the margin of error	87%
Rent-burdened households	46.6%2015-2019	31.7%2020-2024	−15 points	Within the margin of error	89%
Unemployment rate	9.8%2015-2019	8.5%2020-2024	−1.4 points	Within the margin of error	75%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	5.5%2015-2019	5.4%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	49%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Addison, New York five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Addison, New York in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Addison, New York itself moved −1.5 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,688 residents (±266)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under 10 women (−3.3 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

1,688 residents (±266)

Addison, New York
New York share

White96%1,618
Black1.1%†18
Hispanic or Latino0.6%†10

Education

1,073 residents (±143)

Addison, New York
New York share

No high school diploma16%†171
High school or GED36%385
Some college19%201

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

646 households (±100)

Addison, New York
New York share

Under $25k22%†145
$25k–50k25%†164
$50k–75k15%†96
$75k–100k11%†70
$100k–150k15%†99
$150k–200k10%†67
$200k or more0.8%†5

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $75k–100k (−6.8 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

646 households (±100)

Addison, New York
New York share

Own78%502
Rent22%†144

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+9.7 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

123 households (±61)

Addison, New York
New York share

Under $75054%†67
$750–1,00023%†28
$1,000–1,50023%†28

Home values

502 homes (±78)

Addison, New York
New York share

Under $150k80%401
$150k–250k17%†87
$250k–400k2.0%†10

Age of homes

751 homes (±88)

Addison, New York
New York share

2010 or later0.0%0
2000–20092.7%†20
1980–199911%†79

Size of homes

751 homes (±88)

Addison, New York
New York share

Studio4.8%†36
1 bedroom7.9%†59
2 bedrooms29%215

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

668 workers (±116)

Addison, New York
New York share

Drive alone72%481
Carpool17%†111
Public transit0.0%0
Walk7.6%†51
Bike0.0%0
Work from home3.7%†25
Other0.0%0

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Drive alone (−13.5 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

643 workers (±120)

Addison, New York
New York share

Under 15 min35%224
15–29 min39%†251
30–44 min20%†131

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Corning, NY

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Steuben County, the county holding most of Addison's residents.

Steuben County has 1,749 employer establishments, 190 for every 10,000 residents (0.77× the US rate of 248; 0.69× New York's), with 26,364 paid employees at an average annual pay of $70,493. The Census Bureau also counts 5,653 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,749; 5,653 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 190; US 248 · New York 274
Paid employees: 26,364
Average annual pay: $70,493; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Steuben County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Restaurants and other eating places	152	16.5	0.90×About typical	1,869	$23,576	18
Ambulatory health care services	102	11.1	0.53×Fewer than typical	1,484	$63,436	209
Specialty trade contractors	85	9.2	0.60×Fewer than typical	371	$68,518	495
Full-service restaurants	69	7.5	0.98×About typical	725	$26,254	5
Construction of buildings	68	7.4	0.98×About typical	217	$50,419	278
Automotive repair and maintenance	67	7.3	1.45×More than typical	351	$44,365	90
Limited-service restaurants	58	6.3	0.79×Fewer than typical	1,039	$21,501	7
Religious organizations	58	6.3	1.14×About typical	298	$25,094	—
Gasoline stations	50	5.4	1.67×More than typical	488	$29,760	3
Services to buildings and dwellings	44	4.8	0.71×Fewer than typical	171	$31,246	262
Truck transportation	40	4.3	0.86×About typical	311	$63,553	123
Banks and credit unions	39	4.2	1.31×More than typical	714	$60,744	—

Rank places for an industry Open Steuben County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 92,078 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $0 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Addison, New York: $0 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $0
Per resident: $0; US $1,994
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

7.7FY2018
209.2FY2020
63.1FY2021

What was bought

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Addison, New York, so they do not add up across cities.

Addison, New York's figures are part of those of Steuben County, NY ($65.7M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Addison is mostly in Steuben County.

See federal money in Steuben County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Addison, New York is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).