County · New York

Herkimer County, New York

Herkimer County, New York has a quality-of-life score of 69 out of 100 (high), ranking #968 of 3,143 US counties. Within New York it ranks #40 of 62 counties. It ranks best on hot days (low), firearm deaths (low) and homicide rate (low). It ranks worst on comfortable days (low), effective property tax rate (high) and grocery stores (low).

69High

Quality-of-life score: #968 of 3,143 counties
New York: #40 of 62 in NY
Population: 59,219 (2025)
Land area: 1,411 mi²
Density: 42.0 /mi²
FIPS code: 36043

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 76 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.

Safety77#726/3,096
Economy33#2,095/3,143
Housing61#1,216/3,140
Health76#743/3,144
Healthcare49#1,600/3,143
Environment71#902/3,108
Education65#1,093/3,144
Infrastructure66#1,060/3,144
Community66#1,077/3,144
Leisure & amenities62#1,209/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Herkimer County, New York ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Hot days · low0 days
97/100New York 3 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
Firearm deaths · low7.5 /100k
97/100New York 4.2 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimateProvisional data
Homicide rate · low0.0 /100k
96/100New York 2.7 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional data
Suicide rate · low13.9 /100k
96/100New York 8.5 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimateProvisional data
Uninsured residents (under 65) · low5.2%
96/100New York 5.9%United States 9.8%2024U.S. Census BureauModel-based estimate
Injury deaths · low66 /100k
92/100New York 64 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Weaknesses

Comfortable days · low21.4%
1/100New York 22.7%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
Effective property tax rate · high1.66%
4/100New York 1.30%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Grocery stores · low0.7 /10k
8/100New York 3.4 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
New business applications · low7.6 /1k
8/100New York 15.1 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census Bureau
Child care cost burden · high38.5%
9/100New York 37.7%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Hospital quality rating · low2.0
14/100New York 2.8United States 3.2Jul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Trends

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

Access to exercise opportunitiesImproving
56.9% (2010 & 2021) → 79.1% (2022 & 2024)
+22 pts3 yearsUS 79.8% → 84.5%
Homicide rateImproving
3.5 /100k (2021) → 0.0 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
−100%5 yearsUS 7.8 /100k → 4.8 /100k
Drought exposureWorsening
2% (2021) → 20% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+18 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Gyms and fitness centersImproving
0.5 /10k (2020) → 0.8 /10k (2025)
+69%5 yearsUS 1.2 /10k → 1.3 /10k
New business applicationsImproving
5.0 /1k (2020) → 7.6 /1k (2025)
+54%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Voter turnoutImproving
51.2% (2020) → 61.7% (2024)
+10 pts4 yearsUS 68.5% → 65.2%

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, Herkimer County, New York improved on 6 of 31 measures with a comparison and declined on 2. 20 moved within the margin of error and 3 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: 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.

Improved6

Unemployment−3.6 points7.7% → 4.1%
New businesses+54%5.0 /1k → 7.6 /1k
Weekly wage+23%$824 → $1,011
Broadband+8.4 points79.9% → 88.3%
Real income+28%$46,473 → $59,341

Declined2

Commute+2.4 min23.4 min → 25.7 min
Price / income+0.3×1.8× → 2.2×

All 31 measures

Change of every measure of Herkimer County, New York between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	4.2 /10k2020	4.6 /10k2025	+9.5%	Within the margin of error	58%
Average commute time	23.4 min2015-2019	25.7 min2020-2024	+2.4 min	Declined	18%
Average weekly wage	$8242020	$1,0112025	+23%	Improved	42%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.5%2015-2019	22.7%2020-2024	+1.2 points	Within the margin of error	26%
Broadband subscriptions	79.9%2015-2019	88.3%2020-2024	+8.4 points	Improved	36%
Child poverty rate	19.0%2019	18.2%2024	−0.8 points	Within the margin of error	38%
Distance to an airport	55 mi2020	55 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	21.7 /100k2020	12.5 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−42%	Within the margin of error	67%
Effective property tax rate	1.97%2015-2019	1.66%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Little change	90%
Firearm deaths	7.2 /100k2020	7.5 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+4.2%	Within the margin of error	42%
Grocery stores	1.3 /10k2020	0.7 /10k2025	−49%	Within the margin of error	4%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.5 /10k2020	0.8 /10k2025	+69%	Within the margin of error	90%
High school diploma or higher	89.8%2015-2019	91.5%2020-2024	+1.7 points	Within the margin of error	47%
Home price to income ratio	1.8×2015-2019	2.2×2020-2024	+0.3×	Declined	58%
Homicide rate	2.6 /100k2020	0.0 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−100%	Within the margin of error	92%
Income adjusted for local prices	$46,4732019	$59,3412024	+28%	Improved	24%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4152015-2019	0.4422020-2024	+0.026	Within the margin of error	17%
Median household income	$55,7782019	$64,9132024	+16%	Improved	12%
New business applications	5.0 /1k2020	7.6 /1k2025	+54%	Improved	62%
Pharmacies	1.8 /10k2020	1.4 /10k2025	−26%	Within the margin of error	17%
Poverty rate	13.7%2019	14.6%2024	+0.9 points	Within the margin of error	22%
Public libraries	2.1 /10k2019	2.2 /10k2024	+3.3%	Within the margin of error	76%
Public transit commuters	0.7%2015-2019	0.3%2020-2024	−0.4 points	Within the margin of error	37%
Rent as share of income	24.1%2015-2019	26.7%2020-2024	+2.6 points	Within the margin of error	22%
Rent-burdened households	34.2%2015-2019	41.4%2020-2024	+7.2 points	Within the margin of error	17%
Restaurants and bars	12.2 /10k2020	12.0 /10k2025	−1.4%	Within the margin of error	44%
Students per teacher	11.1×2019	11.6×2024	+0.5×	Little change	15%
Suicide rate	12.4 /100k2020	13.9 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+12%	Within the margin of error	32%
Traffic deaths	8.7 /100k2015-2019	10.7 /100k2020-2024	+23%	Within the margin of error	29%
Unemployment rate	7.7%2020	4.1%2025	−3.6 points	Improved	76%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	4.7%2019	5.2%2024	+0.5 points	Within the margin of error	16%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 1857 counties 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; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; 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 3144 counties 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.

Counties like Herkimer County, New York five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Herkimer County, 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, Herkimer County, New York itself moved −3.7 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

59,757 residents

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: 70–79 men (+1.5 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

59,757 residents

Herkimer County, New York
New York share

White91%54,188
Black1.2%732
Hispanic or Latino2.8%1,700

Education

42,910 residents (±81)

Herkimer County, New York
New York share

No high school diploma8.5%3,626
High school or GED34%14,536
Some college19%7,939

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

25,741 households (±353)

Herkimer County, New York
New York share

Under $25k18%4,600
$25k–50k20%5,167
$50k–75k16%4,139
$75k–100k15%3,789
$100k–150k18%4,743
$150k–200k7.1%1,832
$200k or more5.7%1,471

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $100k–150k (+5.2 points).

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

25,741 households (±353)

Herkimer County, New York
New York share

Own77%19,723
Rent23%6,018

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+3.0 points).

Table view

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

Rent paid

5,421 households (±489)

Herkimer County, New York
New York share

Under $75041%2,239
$750–1,00029%1,575
$1,000–1,50021%1,127

Home values

19,723 homes (±513)

Herkimer County, New York
New York share

Under $150k51%10,019
$150k–250k26%5,181
$250k–400k15%3,035

Age of homes

32,459 homes (±52)

Herkimer County, New York
New York share

2010 or later4.1%1,345
2000–20096.3%2,054
1980–199916%5,345

Size of homes

32,459 homes (±52)

Herkimer County, New York
New York share

Studio1.6%†514
1 bedroom9.3%3,010
2 bedrooms27%8,748

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

26,990 workers (±776)

Herkimer County, New York
New York share

Drive alone77%20,830
Carpool8.3%2,238
Public transit0.3%†76
Walk3.2%865
Bike0.4%†95
Work from home10%2,721
Other0.6%†165

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+6.2 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

24,269 workers (±825)

Herkimer County, New York
New York share

Under 15 min32%7,717
15–29 min34%8,205
30–44 min20%4,789

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.

Herkimer County has 1,124 employer establishments, 189 for every 10,000 residents (0.76× the US rate of 248; 0.69× New York's), with 11,873 paid employees at an average annual pay of $44,042. The Census Bureau also counts 3,511 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,124; 3,511 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 189; US 248 · New York 274
Paid employees: 11,873
Average annual pay: $44,042; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	117	19.6	1.07×About typical	1,113	$21,071	18
Specialty trade contractors	109	18.3	1.18×About typical	385	$85,343	364
Ambulatory health care services	57	9.6	0.46×Fewer than typical	575	$53,463	108
Full-service restaurants	51	8.6	1.12×About typical	552	$23,734	7
Limited-service restaurants	49	8.2	1.03×About typical	468	$18,521	10
Other specialty trade contractors	45	7.6	3.01×More than typical	118	$139,992	145
Construction of buildings	42	7.1	0.93×About typical	120	$53,750	156
Lessors of real estate	36	6	0.49×Fewer than typical	114	$30,263	307
Religious organizations	35	5.9	1.06×About typical	183	$20,601	—
Automotive repair and maintenance	29	4.9	0.97×About typical	113	$41,407	72
Truck transportation	28	4.7	0.93×About typical	245	$67,147	130
Amusement, gambling and recreation industries	27	4.5	1.71×More than typical	173	$62,092	42

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 59,551 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 contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $584.3K on contracts performed in Herkimer County, New York: $9.87 per resident (US $1,995).

Obligations: $584.3K; −78% vs FY2025
Per resident: $9.87; US $1,995
Sole-source: 29%; US 30%
Single offer: 1.3%; 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

Defense Logistics Agency$263.8K45%
Department of the Air Force$237.8K

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 $411M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Herkimer County, New York: $6,941 per resident (US $12,957).

Assistance · FY2026: $411M; −3.4% vs FY2025
Per resident: $6,941; US $12,957
Loan face value: $11.1M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 1.0%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$263.8M64%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$39.7M9.7%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$25.1M6.1%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$23.2M5.7%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$11.6M2.8%
14.871 · Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers$5.7M1.4%
84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$4.7M1.1%
93.224 · Health Center Program$4.5M1.1%

Top recipients (organizations)

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION NEW YORK$9.7M2.4%
ALBANY, NY
UTICA MUNICIPAL HOUSING AUTHORITY$7.2M1.7%
UTICA, NY
HERKIMER COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE$4.6M1.1%
HERKIMER, NY
MOSAIC HEALTH, INC.$4.5M1.1%
ROCHESTER, NY
COUNTY OF ONEIDA$4.4M

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$338.3M82%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$28.9M7.0%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing$11.2M2.7%
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Federal Highway Administration$9.7M2.4%
Department of Transportation
Department of Education

Assistance by fiscal year

358.5MFY2021
352.9MFY2022
380.9MFY2023
391.3MFY2024
425.6MFY2025
411MFY2026

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 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

How Herkimer County, New York compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Herkimer County, New York
United States
Year its money jumped
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Herkimer County, New York and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Herkimer County, New York	United States
FY2017	$99.94	$1,436
FY2018	$232	$1,552
FY2019	$193	$1,654
FY2020	$64.08	$1,880
FY2021	$6.18	$1,810
FY2022	$29.41	$1,917
FY2023	$33.81	$2,079
FY2024	$23.07	$2,047
FY2025	$44.48	$2,165
FY2026	$9.87 (partial year)	$1,912
FY2027	$0 (partial year)	—

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Herkimer County, New York and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Herkimer County, New York	United States
FY2017	$0	$93.28
FY2018	$0.63	$105
FY2019	$111	$128
FY2020	$2.98	$145
FY2021	$1.47	$117

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Herkimer County, New York and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Herkimer County, New York	United States
FY2021	$281	$5,748
FY2022	$317	$5,221
FY2023	$414	$5,364
FY2024	$325	$5,501
FY2025	$479	$5,732
FY2026	$433

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Herkimer County, New York and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Herkimer County, New York	United States
FY2021	$80.41	$298
FY2022	$204	$357
FY2023	$258	$301
FY2024	$46.57	$319
FY2025	$145	$360
FY2026	$239

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Herkimer County, New York and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Herkimer County, New York	United States
FY2021	$62.91	$239
FY2022	$73.72	$185
FY2023	$143	$229
FY2024	$196	$229
FY2025	$137	$249
FY2026

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Herkimer County, New York and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Herkimer County, New York	United States
FY2021	$27.92	$2,304
FY2022	$46.76	$2,197
FY2023	$36.30	$2,274
FY2024	$23.38	$2,267
FY2025	$102	$2,397
FY2026	$89.30

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Herkimer County, New York and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Herkimer County, New York	United States
FY2021	$690	$1,186
FY2022	$108	$465
FY2023	$60.21	$76.52
FY2024	$142	$120
FY2025	$38.26	$148
FY2026	$107

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Herkimer County, New York
United States
Years with money loaded
Year its money jumped

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Herkimer County, New York and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Herkimer County, New York	United States
2014	1.5%	2.0%

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

Housing assistance · FY2024

$196 per resident in FY2024, against an earlier average of $93.14 (2.1× that).

Compared with 8 similar counties

Herkimer County, New York
Comparison counties (average)
Range of comparison counties

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/36043

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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.

Herkimer County, 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

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Metro area

The metro or micro area Herkimer County belongs to. A county is in at most one.

Utica-Rome, NY82Outlying county

Cities and towns in Herkimer County

Places whose residents live mostly in Herkimer County, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

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
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Calendar years	Herkimer County, New York	United States
2014	−4.2%	−4.2%
2015	+0.1%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.3%	+3.3%
2018	+6.9%	+6.8%
2019	+10.5%	+10.5%
2020	+18.2%	+19.4%
2021	+24.4%	+26.1%
2022	+28.6%	+30.6%
2023	+35.3%	+35.0%
2024	+41.8%	+41.0%
2025	+45.1%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Herkimer County, New York	United States
2014	−4.6%	−5.5%
2015	−1.4%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+5.6%	+4.1%
2018	+7.8%	+8.9%
2019	+13.3%	+13.5%
2020	+25.6%	+20.8%
2021	+34.8%	+32.1%
2022	+30.3%	+35.4%
2023	+37.9%	+42.9%
2024	+44.4%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Herkimer County, New York	United States
2014	1.2/1k	3.3/1k
2015	1.2/1k	3.7/1k
2016	1.1/1k	3.7/1k
2017	0.9/1k	3.9/1k
2018	1.0/1k	4.1/1k
2019	1.1/1k	4.2/1k
2020	1.3/1k	4.4/1k
2021	1.3/1k	5.2/1k
2022	1.1/1k	5.0/1k
2023	1.2/1k	4.5/1k
2024	0.8/1k	4.3/1k
2025	0.9/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Herkimer County, New York	United States
2014	−11.1%	−6.9%
2015	−0.3%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	−5.8%	+4.7%
2018	+7.1%	+7.5%
2019	+12.4%	+14.0%
2020	+20.7%	+16.9%
2021	+19.6%	+21.0%
2022	+25.3%	+29.7%
2023	+28.5%	+34.9%
2024	+30.8%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Herkimer County, New York	United States
2014	16.5%	15.5%
2015	12.7%	14.7%
2016	16.3%	14.0%
2017	14.3%	13.4%
2018	13.5%	13.1%
2019	13.7%	12.3%
2020	12.1%	11.9%
2021	13.3%	12.8%
2022	12.3%	12.6%
2023	14.1%	12.5%
2024	14.6%	12.1%

Calendar years	Herkimer County, New York	United States
2014	6.8%	6.2%
2015	6.2%	5.3%
2016	5.4%	4.9%
2017	5.5%	4.4%
2018	4.7%	3.9%
2019	4.5%	3.7%
2020	7.7%	8.1%
2021	5.6%	5.4%
2022	3.8%	3.7%
2023	3.8%	3.6%
2024	4.1%	4.0%
2025	4.1%	4.3%

Calendar years	Herkimer County, New York	United States
2014	−5.7% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−1.9% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+4.3% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+10.5% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+17.2% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+29.1% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+39.3% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+59.2% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+67.2% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+78.7% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+84.7% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Herkimer County, New York	United States
2014	8.3%	13.5%
2015	6.4%	10.9%
2016	5.2%	10.0%
2017	4.9%	10.2%
2018	4.9%	10.4%
2019	4.7%	10.8%
2020	5.7%	10.4%
2021	5.4%	10.2%
2022	4.7%	9.5%
2023	4.8%	9.5%
2024	5.2%	9.8%

Calendar years	Herkimer County, New York	United States
2014	4.6/1k	8.5/1k
2015	4.9/1k	8.7/1k
2016	4.0/1k	9.1/1k
2017	4.6/1k	9.8/1k
2018	4.6/1k	10.7/1k
2019	5.1/1k	10.6/1k
2020	5.0/1k	13.1/1k
2021	6.3/1k	16.2/1k
2022	7.1/1k	15.1/1k
2023	7.7/1k	16.2/1k
2024	6.7/1k	15.4/1k
2025	7.6/1k	16.6/1k

Year	Herkimer County, New York	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	−16.7%	−15.6%	−17.5% to −14.7%
Year −2	−4.8%	−5.7%	−8.3% to −3.3%
Year −1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0% to 0.0%
Year 0	+6.8%	+7.9%	+4.4% to +10.0%
Year +1	+10.5%	+11.1%	+6.5% to +14.5%

Year	Herkimer County, New York	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	+0.14 per 1,000 people	+0.20 per 1,000 people	−0.10 per 1,000 people to +0.69 per 1,000 people
Year −2	−0.03 per 1,000 people	+0.09 per 1,000 people	−0.13 per 1,000 people to +0.40 per 1,000 people
Year −1	0.00 per 1,000 people	0.00 per 1,000 people	0.00 per 1,000 people to 0.00 per 1,000 people
Year 0	−0.33 per 1,000 people	+0.08 per 1,000 people	−0.26 per 1,000 people to +0.34 per 1,000 people
Year +1	−0.26 per 1,000 people	+0.29 per 1,000 people	−0.21 per 1,000 people to +0.93 per 1,000 people

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What changed in five years

Improved6

Declined2

Counties like Herkimer County, New York five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

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How outcomes moved

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Compared with 8 similar counties

Representation in Congress

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Cities and towns in Herkimer County

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Data and sources

Improved6

Declined2

House

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Household income

Age and sex

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Owners and renters

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

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How people get to work

Time to get to work

Top programs

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How outcomes moved

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Compared with 8 similar counties

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