Village · Delaware County, New York

Sidney, New York

Sidney is a village in Delaware County, New York. It has 3,931 residents. Sidney, New York has a quality-of-life score of 40 out of 100 (low), ranking #9,450 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within New York it ranks #787 of 859 cities and towns. It ranks best on students per teacher (low), hot days (low) and drought exposure (low). It ranks worst on hospital quality rating (low), effective property tax rate (high) and child care cost burden (high).

40Low

Quality-of-life score: #9,450 of 15,651 cities and towns
New York: #787 of 859 in NY
Population: 3,931 (2020-2024)
Land area: 2 mi²
Density: 1,651.8 /mi²
FIPS code: 3667334

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.

Safety96#685/15,637
Economy13#13,530/15,631
Housing36#9,574/14,977
Health35#10,204/15,609
Healthcare24#11,914/15,650
Environment70#4,647/15,453
Education54#7,153/15,649
Infrastructure4#15,097/15,650
Community39#9,492/15,651
Leisure & amenities82#2,831/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Students per teacher · low9.8×
98/100New York 12.0×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsDelaware County value
Hot days · low1 days
98/100New York 3 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationDelaware County value
Drought exposure · low0%
98/100New York 15%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAADelaware County value
Violent crime rate · low48 /100k
98/100New York 368 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationDelaware County value
Property crime rate · low290 /100k
97/100New York 1,575 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationDelaware County value
Job growth · high3.5%
95/100New York -0.3%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataDelaware County value

Weaknesses

Hospital quality rating · low1.0
1/100New York 2.8United States 3.2Jul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesDelaware County value
Effective property tax rate · high2.43%
2/100New York 1.30%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Child care cost burden · high43.7%
3/100New York 37.7%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteDelaware County value
Dentists · low20 /100k
5/100New York 84 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteDelaware County value
Average commute time · high24.6 min
6/100New York 32.6 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Comfortable days · low22.7%
6/100New York 22.7%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationDelaware County value

Trends

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

Child poverty rateImproving
56.5% (2015-2019) → 23.9% (2020-2024)
−33 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
69.7% (2015-2019) → 87.6% (2020-2024)
+18 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
52.9% (2015-2019) → 39.8% (2020-2024)
−13 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
16.4% (2015-2019) → 27.0% (2020-2024)
+11 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Rent as share of incomeImproving
33.3% (2015-2019) → 25.8% (2020-2024)
−7.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Poverty rateImproving
28.2% (2015-2019) → 21.0% (2020-2024)
−7.2 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%

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, Sidney, New York improved on 2 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 12 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

Child poverty−33 points56.5% → 23.9%
Broadband+18 points69.7% → 87.6%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Sidney, New York between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	20.0 min2015-2019	24.6 min2020-2024	+4.5 min	Within the margin of error	12%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.4%2015-2019	27.0%2020-2024	+11 points	Within the margin of error	91%
Broadband subscriptions	69.7%2015-2019	87.6%2020-2024	+18 points	Improved	87%
Child poverty rate	56.5%2015-2019	23.9%2020-2024	−33 points	Improved	98%
Effective property tax rate	3.06%2015-2019	2.43%2020-2024	−0.6 points	Within the margin of error	95%
High school diploma or higher	86.1%2015-2019	92.4%2020-2024	+6.3 points	Within the margin of error	87%
Home price to income ratio	2.0×2015-2019	2.4×2020-2024	+0.4×	Within the margin of error	56%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4472015-2019	0.4262020-2024	−0.021	Within the margin of error	68%
Median household income	$40,3412015-2019	$50,2082020-2024	+24%	Within the margin of error	43%
Poverty rate	28.2%2015-2019	21.0%2020-2024	−7.2 points	Within the margin of error	88%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	33.3%2015-2019	25.8%2020-2024	−7.5 points	Within the margin of error	89%
Rent-burdened households	52.9%2015-2019	39.8%2020-2024	−13 points	Within the margin of error	87%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	6.6%2015-2019	10.1%2020-2024	+3.6 points	Within the margin of error	16%

“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 Sidney, New York five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Sidney, 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, Sidney, New York itself moved +13.8 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

3,931 residents (±249)

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: 20–29 women (+10.0 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

3,931 residents (±249)

Sidney, New York
New York share

White82%3,206
Black1.6%†63
Hispanic or Latino9.2%†363

Education

2,593 residents (±228)

Sidney, New York
New York share

No high school diploma7.6%†197
High school or GED35%896
Some college18%†462

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

1,735 households (±221)

Sidney, New York
New York share

Under $25k23%†394
$25k–50k27%†470
$50k–75k14%†246
$75k–100k17%†293
$100k–150k13%†229
$150k–200k3.6%†63
$200k or more2.3%†40

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

† 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

1,735 households (±221)

Sidney, New York
New York share

Own42%737
Rent58%998

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (−14.0 points).

Table view

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

Rent paid

990 households (±233)

Sidney, New York
New York share

Under $75031%†308
$750–1,00052%†514
$1,000–1,50012%†121

Home values

737 homes (±136)

Sidney, New York
New York share

Under $150k69%†508
$150k–250k29%†216
$250k–400k0.8%†6

Age of homes

1,989 homes (±215)

Sidney, New York
New York share

2010 or later3.5%†70
2000–20094.7%†94
1980–199911%†223

Size of homes

1,989 homes (±215)

Sidney, New York
New York share

Studio0.6%†11
1 bedroom27%†543
2 bedrooms27%†535

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

1,721 workers (±314)

Sidney, New York
New York share

Drive alone68%1,165
Carpool16%†275
Public transit0.0%0
Walk3.3%†57
Bike0.0%0
Work from home6.3%†109
Other6.7%†115

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Other (+6.7 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 B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

1,612 workers (±345)

Sidney, New York
New York share

Under 15 min38%†616
15–29 min27%†435
30–44 min21%†336

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

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 Delaware County, the county holding most of Sidney's residents.

Delaware County has 1,114 employer establishments, 250 for every 10,000 residents (1.01× the US rate of 248; 0.91× New York's), with 12,025 paid employees at an average annual pay of $65,461. The Census Bureau also counts 3,939 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,114; 3,939 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 250; US 248 · New York 274
Paid employees: 12,025
Average annual pay: $65,461; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	93	20.9	1.14×About typical	850	$21,846	21
Specialty trade contractors	69	15.5	1.00×About typical	217	$69,115	383
Ambulatory health care services	49	11	0.53×Fewer than typical	297	$80,337	145
Full-service restaurants	48	10.8	1.40×More than typical	392	$22,929	10
Motion picture and video industries	48	10.8	14.2×More than typical	1,170	$28,986	42
Automotive repair and maintenance	36	8.1	1.61×More than typical	126	$48,079	48
Lessors of real estate	35	7.9	0.64×Fewer than typical	101	$38,317	427
Religious organizations	34	7.6	1.38×More than typical	99	$13,869	—
Construction of buildings	30	6.7	0.89×About typical	138	$59,152	163
Gasoline stations	30	6.7	2.08×More than typical	231	$23,416	—
Limited-service restaurants	27	6.1	0.76×Fewer than typical	405	$20,040	5
Services to buildings and dwellings	26	5.8	0.87×About typical	24	$62,458	252

Rank places for an industry Open Delaware County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 44,533 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 $841.7K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Sidney, New York: $214 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $841.7K; +141% vs FY2025
Per resident: $214; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.5%; 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 the Army$732.9K87%
Defense Logistics Agency$108.8K

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

See federal money in Delaware 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.

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

House

Josh RileyD-NY-19 · 100% of residentsWith party 89%Missed 1.8%

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.

Delaware County67100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Delaware 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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