Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US metro and micro areas.

Safety94#57/924
Economy53#439/925
Housing62#348/925
Health68#293/925
Healthcare78#204/923
Environment90#92/917
Education80#182/925
Infrastructure56#405/925
Community42#534/925
Leisure & amenities84#149/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Oneonta, NY micropolitan area ranks highest and lowest among US metro and micro areas (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Primary care physicians · high142 /100k
99/100New York 83 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Public libraries · high2.3 /10k
98/100New York 0.5 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesAggregated from counties
Violent crime rate · low65 /100k
97/100New York 368 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationAggregated from counties
Hot days · low1 days
97/100New York 3 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationAggregated from counties
Property crime rate · low431 /100k
96/100New York 1,575 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationAggregated from counties
Public EV charging ports · high18.0 /10k
95/100New York 10.8 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyAggregated from counties

Weaknesses

New business applications · low6.9 /1k
2/100New York 15.1 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauAggregated from counties
Comfortable days · low22.4%
4/100New York 22.7%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationAggregated from counties
Access to exercise opportunities · low49.3%
7/100New York 93.1%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Effective property tax rate · high1.54%
8/100New York 1.30%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Child care cost burden · high38.4%
11/100New York 37.7%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Suicide rate · high24.9 /100k
14/100New York 8.5 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties

Trends

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

Firearm deathsWorsening
8.7 /100k (2021) → 20.0 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
+130%5 yearsUS 14.7 /100k → 12.1 /100k
Property crime rateImproving
995 /100k (2020) → 431 /100k (2025)
−57%5 yearsUS 1,929 /100k → 1,535 /100k
Suicide rateWorsening
16.5 /100k (2021) → 24.9 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
+51%5 yearsUS 14.5 /100k → 14.1 /100k
Violent crime rateImproving
132 /100k (2020) → 65 /100k (2025)
−51%5 yearsUS 389 /100k → 328 /100k
Child care cost burdenWorsening
29.5% (2020 & 2021) → 38.4% (2023 & 2024)
+8.9 pts3 yearsUS 24.5% → 27.9%
Preventable hospital staysImproving
4,091 /100k (2019) → 2,432 /100k (2023)
−41%4 yearsUS 3,767 /100k → 2,769 /100k

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, Oneonta, NY micropolitan area improved on 11 of 32 measures with a comparison and declined on 8. 9 moved within the margin of error and 4 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among metro and micro areas: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2015-2019 with 2020-2024); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved11

Violent crime−51%132 /100k → 65 /100k
Libraries+5.4%2.2 /10k → 2.3 /10k
Property crime−57%995 /100k → 431 /100k
Poverty−2.3 points14.9% → 12.5%
Bachelor's++3.3 points31.1% → 34.4%

Declined8

Firearm deaths+208%6.5 /100k → 20.0 /100k
Suicides+90%13.1 /100k → 24.9 /100k
Grocery stores−21%1.9 /10k → 1.5 /10k
Pharmacies−28%2.1 /10k → 1.5 /10k
Overdose deaths+21%20.6 /100k → 24.9 /100k

All 32 measures

Change of every measure of Oneonta, NY micropolitan area between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	6.7 /10k2020	6.8 /10k2025	+1.3%	Little change	32%
Average commute time	22.9 min2015-2019	22.9 min2020-2024	+0.0 min	Within the margin of error	64%
Average weekly wage	$9582020	$1,1832025	+23%	Improved	52%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.1%2015-2019	34.4%2020-2024	+3.3 points	Improved	64%
Broadband subscriptions	79.3%2015-2019	87.2%2020-2024	+7.9 points	Improved	38%
Child poverty rate	17.4%2015-2019	16.2%2020-2024	−1.2 points	Within the margin of error	36%
Distance to an airport	61 mi2020	61 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	20.6 /100k2020	24.9 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	+21%	Declined	17%
Effective property tax rate	1.63%2015-2019	1.54%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	36%
Firearm deaths	6.5 /100k2020	20.0 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+208%	Declined	0%
Grocery stores	1.9 /10k2020	1.5 /10k2025	−21%	Declined	9%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.2 /10k2020	1.2 /10k2025	−3.6%	Little change	32%
High school diploma or higher	91.7%2015-2019	92.9%2020-2024	+1.2 points	Within the margin of error	35%
Home price to income ratio	2.7×2015-2019	2.6×2020-2024	−0.1×	Within the margin of error	98%
Homicide rate	2.2 /100k2020	2.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−4.5%	Little change	26%
Income adjusted for local prices	$49,8002019	$61,5452024	+24%	Improved	5%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4472015-2019	0.4452020-2024	−0.001	Within the margin of error	59%
Median household income	$54,0282015-2019	$68,8852020-2024	+27%	Improved	53%
New business applications	5.2 /1k2020	6.9 /1k2025	+33%	Improved	31%
Pharmacies	2.1 /10k2020	1.5 /10k2025	−28%	Declined	10%
Poverty rate	14.9%2015-2019	12.5%2020-2024	−2.3 points	Improved	78%
Property crime rate	995 /100k2020	431 /100k2025	−57%	Improved	93%
Public libraries	2.2 /10k2019	2.3 /10k2024	+5.4%	Improved	87%
Public transit commuters	1.7%2015-2019	1.0%2020-2024	−0.7 points	Declined	24%
Rent as share of income	30.0%2015-2019	27.4%2020-2024	−2.6 points	Within the margin of error	91%
Rent-burdened households	49.9%2015-2019	44.0%2020-2024	−5.9 points	Within the margin of error	91%
Restaurants and bars	14.0 /10k2020	12.5 /10k2025	−11%	Declined	11%
Suicide rate	13.1 /100k2020	24.9 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+90%	Declined	2%
Traffic deaths	7.0 /100k2015-2019	7.6 /100k2020-2024	+9.2%	Declined	46%
Unemployment rate	7.0%2020	4.3%2025	−2.7 points	Improved	42%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	6.0%2015-2019	6.5%2020-2024	+0.5 points	Within the margin of error	27%
Violent crime rate	132 /100k2020	65 /100k2025	−51%	Improved	94%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 708 metro and micro areas that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. 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 925 metro and micro areas 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.

Metro and micro areas like Oneonta, NY micropolitan area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Oneonta, NY micropolitan area 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, Oneonta, NY micropolitan area itself moved −5.5 points in standing on average over the same 30 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

60,108 residents

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

23,189 households (±482)

Oneonta, NY micropolitan area
United States share

Under $25k16%3,673
$25k–50k19%4,377
$50k–75k19%4,421

Homes

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

Owners and renters

23,189 households (±482)

Oneonta, NY micropolitan area
United States share

Own74%17,129
Rent26%6,060

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+1.7 points).

Table view

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

26,338 workers (±806)

Oneonta, NY micropolitan area
United States share

Drive alone71%18,586
Carpool8.7%2,285
Public transit1.0%†270

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 no occupation wages for Oneonta, NY micropolitan area.

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.

Oneonta, NY has 1,295 employer establishments, 214 for every 10,000 residents (0.86× the US rate of 248), with 18,030 paid employees at an average annual pay of $55,740. The Census Bureau also counts 4,524 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,295; 4,524 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 214; US 248
Paid employees: 18,030
Average annual pay: $55,740; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	109	18	0.98×About typical	1,257	$24,865	23
Ambulatory health care services	76	12.5	0.60×Fewer than typical	969	$56,152	248
Full-service restaurants	60	9.9	1.29×More than typical	660	$24,874	7
Specialty trade contractors	58	9.6	0.62×Fewer than typical	161	$61,988	524
Religious organizations	47	7.8	1.40×More than typical	173	$15,208	—
Lessors of real estate	42	6.9	0.56×Fewer than typical	132	$41,750	458
Gasoline stations	37	6.1	1.88×More than typical	283	$26,770	—
Limited-service restaurants	34	5.6	0.70×Fewer than typical	505	$25,168	13
Services to buildings and dwellings	32	5.3	0.78×Fewer than typical	173	$51,908	238
Traveler accommodation	32	5.3	2.93×More than typical	538	$32,989	45
Automotive repair and maintenance	30	5	0.98×About typical	101	$46,208	64
Construction of buildings	30	5	0.65×Fewer than typical	104	$57,529	203

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 60,581 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.
A metro area's figures are the exact sums of its counties.
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 contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $13.5M on contracts performed in Oneonta, NY micropolitan area: $222 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $13.5M; −30% vs FY2025
Per resident: $222; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.3%; US 30%
Single offer: 9.8%; 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

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management$10.2M76%
Defense Logistics Agency$3.2M24%
U.S. Coast Guard$42.2K0.3%

Top recipients

EDUCATION & TRAINING RESOURCES LLC$10.2M76%
ASTROCOM ELECTRONICS INC$3.2M24%
PM ADIRONDACK LLC$42K0.3%
CUSTOM ELECTRONICS, INC.$00.0%
LOCURRENT SYSTEMS, LLC-$1,0000.0%

Spending by fiscal year

17.1MFY2017
16.2MFY2018
13MFY2019
15.5MFY2020
14.6MFY2021
13.7MFY2022
16.2MFY2023
11M

Top industries (NAICS)

Technical and trade schools · 6115$10.2M76%
Audio and video equipment manufacturing · 3343$1.7M12%
Semiconductor and other electronic component manufacturing · 3344$958K7.1%
Plastics product manufacturing · 3261$330.1K2.5%
Aerospace product and parts manufacturing · 3364$135.3K1.0%
Other electrical equipment and component manufacturing · 3359$123K

Largest awards

OPERATION OF THE ONEONTA JCC WITH OA/CTS$58.1M
EDUCATION & TRAINING RESOURCES LLC· Otsego County, NY· Education & social services· Oct 25, 2021 – Jul 17, 2026· 1605JE22C0002
8511276059!CORD ASSEMBLY,ELECTRICAL$431.8K
ASTROCOM ELECTRONICS INC· Otsego County, NY· Other equipment & supplies· Mar 26, 2025 – Mar 24, 2026· SPE4A625F9700
8512124708!PROTECTOR,HEARING$330.1K
ASTROCOM ELECTRONICS INC· Otsego County, NY· Other equipment & supplies· May 19, 2026 – May 19, 2026· SPE8E926P0947
8510939043!HEADSET-MICROPHONE

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.

Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $408.7M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Oneonta, NY micropolitan area: $6,746 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $408.7M; +0% vs FY2025
Per resident: $6,746; US $12,955
Loan face value: $5.3M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.2%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$271.7M66%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$33.3M8.2%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$23M5.6%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$22M5.4%
20.279 · National Highway Performance Program (NHPP)$15.5M3.8%
20.263 · Bridge Formula Program$9.1M2.2%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$8.8M2.1%
57.001 · Social Insurance for Railroad Workers$4.4M1.1%

Top recipients (organizations)

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION NEW YORK$28.9M7.1%
ALBANY, NY
OPPORTUNITIES FOR OTSEGO, INC.$4.3M1.1%
ONEONTA, NY
HARTWICK COLLEGE$2.8M0.7%
ONEONTA, NY
THE MARY IMOGENE BASSETT HOSPITAL$2.5M0.6%
COOPERSTOWN, NY
CITY OF ONEONTA HOUSING AUTHORITY$977.4K

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$335.8M82%
Federal Highway Administration$28.9M7.1%
Department of Transportation
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$26.8M6.6%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Railroad Retirement Board$4.4M1.1%
Administration for Children and Families$4.3M

Assistance by fiscal year

383.8MFY2021
358.4MFY2022
363.7MFY2023
390.8MFY2024
408.7MFY2025
408.7MFY2026

County aggregates

90%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Counties in Oneonta, NY

Whole counties, as the U.S. Office of Management and Budget delineates the area. Federal spending below is the exact sum of these counties.

Otsego CountyCentral county7760,589

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

OneontaPrincipal city15,045

Largest cities and towns

By population, for places with most of their residents in the area.

Other metro and micro areas in New York

Areas based in New York, best score first.

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar metro and micro areas

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.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
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
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved11

Declined8

Metro and micro areas like Oneonta, NY micropolitan area five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

Income

Household income

Homes

Owners and renters

Getting to work

How people get to work

Jobs and pay

Local businesses

Federal contract spending

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

Federal grants & assistance

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

Counties in Oneonta, NY

Principal cities

Largest cities and towns

Other metro and micro areas in New York

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Similar metro and micro areas

Data and sources

Improved11

Declined8

Age and sex

Household income

Owners and renters

How people get to work

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

Time to get to work

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

By type

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

What was bought