Census-designated place · Oneida County, New York

Hamilton College, New York

Hamilton College is a census-designated place in Oneida County, New York, part of the Utica-Rome, NY metro area. It has 2,058 residents. Hamilton College, New York has a quality-of-life score of 78 out of 100 (high), ranking #3,455 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within New York it ranks #402 of 859 cities and towns. It ranks best on depression (low), broadband subscriptions (high) and frequent mental distress (low). It ranks worst on comfortable days (low), new business applications (low) and hospital quality rating (low).

78High

Quality-of-life score: #3,455 of 15,651 cities and towns
New York: #402 of 859 in NY
Population: 2,058 (2020-2024)
Land area: 0 mi²
Density: 4,312.9 /mi²
FIPS code: 3631746

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 68 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.

Safety65#5,525/15,637
Economy28#11,185/15,631
Housing—
Health83#2,713/15,609
Healthcare26#11,628/15,650
Environment98#331/15,453
Education62#6,003/15,649
Infrastructure98#236/15,650
Community74#4,100/15,651
Leisure & amenities61#6,153/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Depression · low14.2%
99/100New York 18.0%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Broadband subscriptions · high100.0%
99/100New York 90.8%United States 91.0%2019-2023U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
Frequent mental distress · low12.6%
99/100New York 17.8%United States 18.6%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Poor or fair health · low10.1%
98/100New York 16.8%United States 19.9%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Median Air Quality Index · low27
96/100New York 402025U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyOneida County value
Public transit commuters · high6.8%
95/100New York 21.6%United States 3.2%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08301High uncertainty

Weaknesses

Comfortable days · low21.7%
2/100New York 22.7%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationOneida County value
New business applications · low7.6 /1k
5/100New York 15.1 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauOneida County value
Hospital quality rating · low2.0
9/100New York 2.8United States 3.2Jul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesOneida County value
Primary care shortage · high17.0
9/100New York 5.7United States 6.2Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationOneida County value
Child care cost burden · high39.8%
9/100New York 37.7%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteOneida County value
Mental health care shortage · high18.0
11/100New York 4.8United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationOneida County value

Trends

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

PopulationRising
1,820 (2016-2020) → 2,058 (2020-2024)
+13%4 yearsCensus table B01003US 331,578,104 → 340,003,797
High school diploma or higherWorsening
95.2% (2016-2020) → 66.7% (2020-2024)
−29 pts4 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.5% → 89.6%
Child poverty rateImproving
14.3% (2016-2020) → 0.0% (2019-2023)
−14 pts3 yearsCensus table B17001US 15.7% → 16.0%
Average commute timeWorsening
7.8 min (2016-2020) → 13.4 min (2020-2024)
+70%4 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min
Poverty rateImproving
12.5% (2016-2020) → 0.0% (2020-2024)
−13 pts4 yearsCensus table B17001US 11.9% → 12.1%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Worsening
3.7% (2016-2020) → 12.7% (2020-2024)
+9 pts4 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.4% → 9.8%

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.

There is not enough history to compare Hamilton College, New York over five years.

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

The places whose measures looked most like those of Hamilton College, 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.

No place that looked like Hamilton College, New York five years ago has more measures that improved than declined, with a higher standing among its peers today.

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

2,058 residents (±29)

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

† 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

2,058 residents (±29)

Hamilton College, New York
New York share

White64%1,326
Black5.4%†111
Hispanic or Latino12%†250

Education

3 residents (±3)

Hamilton College, New York
New York share

No high school diploma33%†1
High school or GED0.0%0
Some college0.0%0

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.

The Census Bureau publishes no detailed tables for Hamilton College, New York.

Homes

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

The Census Bureau publishes no detailed tables for Hamilton College, New York.

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

677 workers (±144)

Hamilton College, New York
New York share

Drive alone13%†90
Carpool3.4%†23
Public transit6.8%†46
Walk55%†369
Bike0.0%0
Work from home21%†140
Other1.3%†9

† 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

537 workers (±130)

Hamilton College, New York
New York share

Under 15 min76%†407
15–29 min10%†56
30–44 min5.0%†27

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 Utica-Rome, 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 Oneida County, the county holding most of Hamilton College's residents.

Oneida County has 4,713 employer establishments, 207 for every 10,000 residents (0.83× the US rate of 248; 0.76× New York's), with 85,570 paid employees at an average annual pay of $53,368. The Census Bureau also counts 14,272 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 4,713; 14,272 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 207; US 248 · New York 274
Paid employees: 85,570
Average annual pay: $53,368; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	425	18.7	1.02×About typical	6,288	$21,110	74
Ambulatory health care services	393	17.3	0.83×About typical	4,729	$67,390	567
Specialty trade contractors	275	12.1	0.78×Fewer than typical	1,643	$70,091	882
Full-service restaurants	198	8.7	1.13×About typical	3,015	$22,977	25
Limited-service restaurants	166	7.3	0.91×About typical	2,504	$19,608	38
Construction of buildings	147	6.5	0.85×About typical	494	$54,379	458
Offices of physicians	146	6.4	0.99×About typical	1,923	$88,443	138
Automotive repair and maintenance	145	6.4	1.27×More than typical	719	$48,259	236
Religious organizations	130	5.7	1.03×About typical	669	$18,656	—
Services to buildings and dwellings	125	5.5	0.81×About typical	476	$34,691	613
Lessors of real estate	116	5.1	0.41×Fewer than typical	304	$39,609	1,279
Insurance agencies and brokerages	110	4.8	1.10×About typical	492	$71,823	216

Rank places for an industry Open Oneida County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 227,555 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 $16.3K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Hamilton College, New York: $7.91 per resident (US $1,995).

Obligations: $16.3K; +35% vs FY2025
Per resident: $7.91; US $1,995
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

Department of State$16.3K100%

Top recipients

C W WORLDWIDE MEETINGS INC$16.3K100%
AMERICAN ELECTRICAL ENTERPRISES INC.$00.0%

Spending by fiscal year

36.4KFY2017
17.8KFY2018
32.5KFY2019
32.6KFY2020
7.5KFY2021
6.6KFY2022
3.3KFY2023
7.5KFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Travel arrangement and reservation services · 5615$16.3K100%

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 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 Hamilton College, New York, so they do not add up across cities.

Hamilton College, New York's figures are part of those of Oneida County, NY ($500.6M 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: Hamilton College is mostly in Oneida County.

See federal money in Oneida 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.

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

House

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.

Oneida County76100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Utica-Rome, NY82

Other cities and towns in Oneida 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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