City · Fulton County, New York

Gloversville, New York

Gloversville is a city in Fulton County, New York, part of the Gloversville, NY metro area. It has 14,962 residents. Gloversville, New York has a quality-of-life score of 30 out of 100 (low), ranking #11,013 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within New York it ranks #836 of 859 cities and towns. It ranks best on hot days (low), students per teacher (low) and home price to income ratio (low). It ranks worst on new business applications (low), comfortable days (low) and effective property tax rate (high).

30Low

Quality-of-life score: #11,013 of 15,651 cities and towns
New York: #836 of 859 in NY
Population: 14,962 (2020-2024)
Land area: 5 mi²
Density: 2,965.1 /mi²
FIPS code: 3629443

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.

Safety75#3,951/15,637
Economy10#14,028/15,631
Housing57#6,445/14,977
Health14#13,475/15,609
Healthcare21#12,393/15,650
Environment87#2,003/15,453
Education25#11,687/15,649
Infrastructure17#12,978/15,650
Community33#10,420/15,651
Leisure & amenities49#7,953/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Hot days · low1 days
95/100New York 3 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationFulton County value
Students per teacher · low11.4×
92/100New York 12.0×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsFulton County value
Home price to income ratio · low2.1×
90/100New York 4.9×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · low6.0 µg/m³
90/100New York 7.2 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyFulton County value
Public EV charging ports · high12.1 /10k
87/100New York 10.8 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyFulton County value
Pharmacies · high2.1 /10k
77/100New York 2.5 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsFulton County value

Weaknesses

New business applications · low7.2 /1k
3/100New York 15.1 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauFulton County value
Comfortable days · low22.5%
5/100New York 22.7%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationFulton County value
Effective property tax rate · high2.16%
5/100New York 1.30%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Suicide rate · high26.8 /100k
6/100New York 8.5 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataFulton County value
Job growth · low-2.9%
7/100New York -0.3%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataFulton County value
Dentists · low25 /100k
7/100New York 84 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteFulton County value

Trends

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

Child poverty rateImproving
42.6% (2015-2019) → 25.1% (2020-2024)
−17 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
72.3% (2015-2019) → 87.3% (2020-2024)
+15 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
57.4% (2015-2019) → 42.6% (2020-2024)
−15 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Poverty rateImproving
26.5% (2015-2019) → 17.6% (2020-2024)
−8.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Median household incomeImproving
$38,896 (2015-2019) → $51,556 (2020-2024)
+33%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Rent as share of incomeImproving
32.8% (2015-2019) → 26.3% (2020-2024)
−6.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%

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, Gloversville, New York improved on 7 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 7 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.

Improved7

Child poverty−17 points42.6% → 25.1%
Poverty−8.8 points26.5% → 17.6%
Rent burden−15 points57.4% → 42.6%
Rent / income−6.5 points32.8% → 26.3%
Broadband+15 points72.3% → 87.3%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Gloversville, New York between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	23.8 min2015-2019	25.2 min2020-2024	+1.4 min	Within the margin of error	32%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.1%2015-2019	16.6%2020-2024	+3.5 points	Improved	56%
Broadband subscriptions	72.3%2015-2019	87.3%2020-2024	+15 points	Improved	80%
Child poverty rate	42.6%2015-2019	25.1%2020-2024	−17 points	Improved	92%
Effective property tax rate	3.04%2015-2019	2.16%2020-2024	−0.9 points	Within the margin of error	99%
High school diploma or higher	82.9%2015-2019	87.6%2020-2024	+4.7 points	Within the margin of error	80%
Home price to income ratio	2.0×2015-2019	2.1×2020-2024	+0.1×	Within the margin of error	74%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4202015-2019	0.3992020-2024	−0.021	Within the margin of error	68%
Median household income	$38,8962015-2019	$51,5562020-2024	+33%	Improved	61%
Poverty rate	26.5%2015-2019	17.6%2020-2024	−8.8 points	Improved	91%
Rent as share of income	32.8%2015-2019	26.3%2020-2024	−6.5 points	Improved	87%
Rent-burdened households	57.4%2015-2019	42.6%2020-2024	−15 points	Improved	89%
Unemployment rate	7.5%2015-2019	4.4%2020-2024	−3.1 points	Within the margin of error	90%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	5.0%2015-2019	5.8%2020-2024	+0.8 points	Within the margin of error	37%

“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 Gloversville, New York five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Gloversville, 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, Gloversville, New York itself moved +13.2 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

14,962 residents (±23)

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

6,749 households (±317)

Gloversville, New York
New York share

Under $25k18%1,204
$25k–50k31%2,074
$50k–75k21%1,389

Homes

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

Owners and renters

6,749 households (±317)

Gloversville, New York
New York share

Own52%3,476
Rent48%3,273

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

6,609 workers (±475)

Gloversville, New York
New York share

Drive alone78%5,173
Carpool12%†809
Public transit0.6%†

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 Gloversville, 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 Fulton County, the county holding most of Gloversville's residents.

Fulton County has 1,119 employer establishments, 213 for every 10,000 residents (0.86× the US rate of 248; 0.78× New York's), with 13,419 paid employees at an average annual pay of $50,317. The Census Bureau also counts 2,957 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,119; 2,957 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 213; US 248 · New York 274
Paid employees: 13,419
Average annual pay: $50,317; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	95	18.1	0.99×About typical	869	$22,613	13
Specialty trade contractors	86	16.4	1.06×About typical	327	$60,508	256
Ambulatory health care services	64	12.2	0.59×Fewer than typical	786	$52,654	88
Construction of buildings	50	9.5	1.26×More than typical	133	$59,744	102
Full-service restaurants	44	8.4	1.09×About typical	389	$24,008	5
Limited-service restaurants	36	6.9	0.86×About typical	429	$20,424	8
Automotive repair and maintenance	32	6.1	1.21×About typical	119	$43,529	64
Religious organizations	31	5.9	1.07×About typical	100	$21,170	—
Gasoline stations	27	5.1	1.59×More than typical	250	$40,420	—
Individual and family services	27	5.1	1.84×More than typical	240	$49,717	16
Services to buildings and dwellings	27	5.1	0.76×Fewer than typical	129	$24,899	155
Lessors of real estate	26	5	0.40×Fewer than typical	76	$37,303	352

Rank places for an industry Open Fulton County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 52,468 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 Gloversville, New York: $0 per resident (US $1,995).

Obligations: $0
Per resident: $0; US $1,995
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

19.2KFY2017
53KFY2018
3.6KFY2019
-4.4FY2020
26.5KFY2021
7.3KFY2024

What was bought

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 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 Gloversville, New York, so they do not add up across cities.

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

See federal money in Fulton 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.

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

House

Elise M. StefanikR-NY-21 · 100% of residentsWith party 97%Missed 16.3%

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.

Fulton County62100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Gloversville, NY62

Other cities and towns in Fulton 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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