Census-designated place · Oswego County, New York

Constantia, New York

Constantia is a census-designated place in Oswego County, New York, part of the Syracuse, NY metro area. It has 1,371 residents. Constantia, New York has a quality-of-life score of 43 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #8,950 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within New York it ranks #762 of 859 cities and towns. It ranks best on income inequality (Gini index) (low), uninsured residents (under 65) (low) and hot days (low). It ranks worst on effective property tax rate (high), average commute time (high) and new business applications (low).

43Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #8,950 of 15,651 cities and towns
New York: #762 of 859 in NY
Population: 1,371 (2020-2024)
Land area: 3 mi²
Density: 452.3 /mi²
FIPS code: 3617893

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 73 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.

Safety82#2,877/15,637
Economy55#7,023/15,631
Housing28#10,718/14,977
Health39#9,481/15,609
Healthcare23#12,038/15,650
Environment95#708/15,453
Education12#13,787/15,649
Infrastructure55#6,990/15,650
Community31#10,771/15,651
Leisure & amenities37#9,805/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Income inequality (Gini index) · low0.280
97/100New York 0.517United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Uninsured residents (under 65) · low1.4%
94/100New York 5.9%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010High uncertainty
Hot days · low2 days
93/100New York 3 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationOswego County value
Median Air Quality Index · low34
90/100New York 402025U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyOswego County value
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · low6.0 µg/m³
89/100New York 7.2 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyOswego County value
Public EV charging ports · high13.8 /10k
89/100New York 10.8 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyOswego County value

Weaknesses

Effective property tax rate · high2.66%
1/100New York 1.30%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090High uncertainty
Average commute time · high39.3 min
2/100New York 32.6 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
New business applications · low7.1 /1k
2/100New York 15.1 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauOswego County value
Unemployment rate · high11.8%
6/100New York 4.3%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025High uncertainty
Bachelor's degree or higher · low9.4%
6/100New York 40.2%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Comfortable days · low22.8%
6/100New York 22.7%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationOswego County value

Trends

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

PopulationRising
1,133 (2015-2019) → 1,371 (2020-2024)
+21%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
18.2% (2015-2019) → 42.7% (2018-2022)
+25 pts3 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.0%
Child poverty rateImproving
30.7% (2015-2019) → 7.9% (2020-2024)
−23 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
77.2% (2015-2019) → 97.8% (2020-2024)
+21 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Median household incomeImproving
$61,944 (2015-2019) → $107,885 (2020-2024)
+74%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
High school diploma or higherImproving
72.1% (2015-2019) → 81.6% (2020-2024)
+9.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%

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, Constantia, New York improved on 2 of 8 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 6 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

Inequality−0.2170.497 → 0.280
Broadband+21 points77.2% → 97.8%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 8 measures

Change of every measure of Constantia, New York between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	37.8 min2015-2019	39.3 min2020-2024	+1.5 min	Within the margin of error	32%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.8%2015-2019	9.4%2020-2024	−2.4 points	Within the margin of error	15%
Broadband subscriptions	77.2%2015-2019	97.8%2020-2024	+21 points	Improved	91%
High school diploma or higher	72.1%2015-2019	81.6%2020-2024	+9.5 points	Within the margin of error	94%
Home price to income ratio	2.3×2015-2019	1.6×2020-2024	−0.6×	Within the margin of error	95%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4972015-2019	0.2802020-2024	−0.217	Improved	100%
Median household income	$61,9442015-2019	$107,8852020-2024	+74%	Within the margin of error	95%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%

“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 Constantia, New York five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Constantia, 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, Constantia, New York itself moved +26.8 points in standing on average over the same 7 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

1,371 residents (±439)

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

408 households (±134)

Constantia, New York
New York share

Under $25k2.5%†10
$25k–50k5.9%†24
$50k–75k

Homes

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

Owners and renters

408 households (±134)

Constantia, New York
New York share

Own99%†403
Rent1.2%†5

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+15.5 points).

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

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

620 workers (±249)

Constantia, New York
New York share

Drive alone91%†562
Carpool0.0%0
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 Oswego County, the county holding most of Constantia's residents.

Oswego County has 2,093 employer establishments, 177 for every 10,000 residents (0.71× the US rate of 248; 0.65× New York's), with 22,804 paid employees at an average annual pay of $53,856. The Census Bureau also counts 6,292 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 2,093; 6,292 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 177; US 248 · New York 274
Paid employees: 22,804
Average annual pay: $53,856; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	200	17	1.10×About typical	747	$64,213	561
Restaurants and other eating places	180	15.3	0.83×About typical	2,202	$21,632	29
Ambulatory health care services	131	11.1	0.53×Fewer than typical	1,436	$56,181	212
Construction of buildings	102	8.6	1.14×About typical	257	$52,187	259
Automotive repair and maintenance	81	6.9	1.36×More than typical	297	$44,391	116
Services to buildings and dwellings	78	6.6	0.98×About typical	218	$48,381	345
Full-service restaurants	77	6.5	0.85×About typical	862	$24,085	8
Limited-service restaurants	73	6.2	0.77×Fewer than typical	1,060	$20,008	16
Lessors of real estate	66	5.6	0.45×Fewer than typical	175	$35,149	480
Religious organizations	64	5.4	0.98×About typical	221	$15,986	—
Building equipment contractors	57	4.8	0.80×About typical	376	$62,928	85
Gasoline stations	52	4.4	1.36×More than typical	530	$30,438	—

Rank places for an industry Open Oswego County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 117,939 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

No federal contract obligations recorded here in FY2026.

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

See federal money in Oswego 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.

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

House

Claudia TenneyR-NY-24 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 0.7%

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.

Oswego County63100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Syracuse, NY85

Other cities and towns in Oswego 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
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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