Village · Madison County, New York

Canastota, New York

Canastota is a village in Madison County, New York, part of the Syracuse, NY metro area. It has 4,487 residents. Canastota, New York has a quality-of-life score of 62 out of 100 (high), ranking #5,875 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within New York it ranks #582 of 859 cities and towns. It ranks best on uninsured residents (under 65) (low), hot days (low) and homicide rate (low). It ranks worst on effective property tax rate (high), comfortable days (low) and new business applications (low).

62High

Quality-of-life score: #5,875 of 15,651 cities and towns
New York: #582 of 859 in NY
Population: 4,487 (2020-2024)
Land area: 3 mi²
Density: 1,343.6 /mi²
FIPS code: 3612188

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 72 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

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

Safety91#1,459/15,637
Economy42#9,027/15,631
Housing71#4,314/14,977
Health53#7,269/15,609
Healthcare54#7,241/15,650
Environment77#3,578/15,453
Education39#9,517/15,649
Infrastructure29#11,127/15,650
Community54#7,232/15,651
Leisure & amenities65#5,420/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Canastota, New York ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Madison 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

Uninsured residents (under 65) · low0.9%
97/100New York 5.9%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010High uncertainty
Hot days · low1 days
97/100New York 3 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationMadison County value
Homicide rate · low0.0 /100k
94/100New York 2.7 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataMadison County value
Public EV charging ports · high17.6 /10k
93/100New York 10.8 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyMadison County value
Home price to income ratio · low2.0×
91/100New York 4.9×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · low5.9 µg/m³
90/100New York 7.2 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyMadison County value

Weaknesses

Effective property tax rate · high2.83%
1/100New York 1.30%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Comfortable days · low21.2%
1/100New York 22.7%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationMadison County value
New business applications · low7.2 /1k
3/100New York 15.1 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauMadison County value
Dentists · low33 /100k
14/100New York 84 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMadison County value
High school diploma or higher · low90.3%
18/100New York 88.0%United States 89.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Suicide rate · high20.9 /100k
18/100New York 8.5 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataMadison County value

Trends

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

Child poverty rateWorsening
0.8% (2015-2019) → 15.6% (2020-2024)
+15 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
79.7% (2015-2019) → 88.7% (2020-2024)
+8.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
High school diploma or higherWorsening
97.0% (2015-2019) → 90.3% (2020-2024)
−6.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%
Median household incomeImproving
$56,563 (2015-2019) → $74,015 (2020-2024)
+31%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Unemployment rateImproving
8.2% (2015-2019) → 3.4% (2020-2024)
−4.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B23025US 3.7% → 4.0%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
17.8% (2015-2019) → 22.2% (2020-2024)
+4.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%

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, Canastota, New York improved on 2 of 13 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 11 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.

Improved2

Household income+31%$56,563 → $74,015
Broadband+8.9 points79.7% → 88.7%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 13 measures

Change of every measure of Canastota, New York between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	25.0 min2015-2019	23.4 min2020-2024	−1.6 min	Within the margin of error	66%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.8%2015-2019	22.2%2020-2024	+4.4 points	Within the margin of error	63%
Broadband subscriptions	79.7%2015-2019	88.7%2020-2024	+8.9 points	Improved	54%
Effective property tax rate	3.07%2015-2019	2.83%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	66%
High school diploma or higher	97.0%2015-2019	90.3%2020-2024	−6.8 points	Within the margin of error	3%
Home price to income ratio	2.3×2015-2019	2.0×2020-2024	−0.3×	Within the margin of error	90%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3642015-2019	0.4132020-2024	+0.049	Within the margin of error	17%
Median household income	$56,5632015-2019	$74,0152020-2024	+31%	Improved	57%
Poverty rate	8.0%2015-2019	10.8%2020-2024	+2.9 points	Within the margin of error	21%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	22.3%2015-2019	22.6%2020-2024	+0.3 points	Within the margin of error	52%
Rent-burdened households	32.6%2015-2019	36.4%2020-2024	+3.9 points	Within the margin of error	42%
Unemployment rate	8.2%2015-2019	3.4%2020-2024	−4.8 points	Within the margin of error	95%

“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 Canastota, New York five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Canastota, 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, Canastota, New York itself moved −6.1 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

4,487 residents (±31)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

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

Household income

1,908 households (±131)

Canastota, New York
New York share

Under $25k17%328
$25k–50k20%†388
$50k–75k13%251

Homes

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

Owners and renters

1,908 households (±131)

Canastota, New York
New York share

Own68%1,303
Rent32%605

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+13.7 points).

Table view

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

2,223 workers (±185)

Canastota, New York
New York share

Drive alone85%1,897
Carpool5.1%†113
Public transit0.0%0

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 Syracuse, 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 Madison County, the county holding most of Canastota's residents.

Madison County has 1,328 employer establishments, 197 for every 10,000 residents (0.80× the US rate of 248; 0.72× New York's), with 17,161 paid employees at an average annual pay of $47,310. The Census Bureau also counts 4,718 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,328; 4,718 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 197; US 248 · New York 274
Paid employees: 17,161
Average annual pay: $47,310; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	113	16.8	0.92×About typical	1,377	$21,290	20
Ambulatory health care services	102	15.2	0.73×Fewer than typical	946	$71,581	222
Specialty trade contractors	80	11.9	0.77×Fewer than typical	301	$69,718	397
Construction of buildings	64	9.5	1.26×More than typical	166	$52,898	182
Services to buildings and dwellings	64	9.5	1.41×More than typical	261	$32,011	256
Full-service restaurants	48	7.1	0.93×About typical	609	$21,591	7
Limited-service restaurants	46	6.8	0.85×About typical	590	$21,469	11
Landscaping services	44	6.5	1.87×More than typical	106	$45,708	111
Religious organizations	40	5.9	1.07×About typical	190	$16,111	—
Offices of physicians	38	5.7	0.87×About typical	416	$83,212	30
Automotive repair and maintenance	36	5.4	1.06×About typical	119	$43,714	55
Lessors of real estate	31	4.6	0.37×Fewer than typical	105	$34,019	416

Rank places for an industry Open Madison County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 67,242 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 $2,339 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Canastota, New York: $0.52 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $2,339
Per resident: $0.52; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; 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

Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$2,339100%

Top recipients

KOESTER ASSOCIATES INC$2,339100%

Spending by fiscal year

1.1MFY2017
1.7MFY2018
616.4KFY2019
-427.4KFY2020
-62.3KFY2021
0FY2023
1.8KFY2024
2.3KFY2026

Top industries (NAICS)

Machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers · 4238$2,339100%

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 Canastota, New York, so they do not add up across cities.

Canastota, New York's figures are part of those of Madison County, NY ($14.5M 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: Canastota is mostly in Madison County.

See federal money in Madison 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.

Canastota, New York is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

John W. MannionD-NY-22 · 100% of residentsWith party 93%Missed 0.6%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Madison County84100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Syracuse, NY85

Other cities and towns in Madison County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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