Genesee County, New York

• White (non-Hispanic) 50,783 87.9%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,802 4.8%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 1,222 2.1%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 384 0.7%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 2,240 3.9%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 185 0.3%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 171 0.3%

• Under 18 11,800 20.4%
• 18–24 4,301 7.4%
• 25–44 14,274 24.7%
• 45–64 15,695 27.2%
• 65 and over 11,717 20.3%

Median household income

$72,993

90% interval $68,046–$77,940

−$12,775 vs NY · 25th of 62

Below poverty line

9.9%

90% interval 8.3%–11.5%

−4.1 pp vs NY · 54th of 62

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.6%

−0.92 pp vs. state

County GDP

$3.5B

0.15% of state

Avg. annual pay

$59,496

Establishments

1,502

• Education & health services 5,864 25.2%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 4,587 19.7%
• Manufacturing 3,179 13.6%
• Leisure & hospitality 2,364 10.1%
• Professional & business services 1,516 6.5%
• Public administration 1,346 5.8%
• Natural resources & mining 941 4.0%
• Construction 837 3.6%
• Other services 787 3.4%
• Financial activities 566 2.4%
• Information 207 0.9%
• Unclassified 69 0.3%

The sectors listed cover 95.5% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

73.8%

+19.5 pp vs NY · 25th of 62

Median gross rent

$929

−$692 vs NY · 42nd of 62

Owner-occupied

18,351

Renter-occupied

6,522

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 58% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Information, $104,488/yr) pays 3.9× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $26,688/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 16 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Republican 18,997 67.0%
• Democratic 9,367 33.0%

• Spanish 1,421 2.6%
• German or other West Germanic 162 0.3%
• Chinese 94 0.2%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 61 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 22 0.0%
• Vietnamese 19 0.0%
• Tagalog 14 0.0%
• Arabic 7 0.0%

Households

24,873

Family households

15,104

60.7% of households

Married couples w/ children

3,678

24.4% of families

Single-mother families

1,136

7.5% of families

Veterans

3,369

7.3% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 16,599 28.4%
• Mainline Protestant 3,901 6.7%
• Evangelical Protestant 3,670 6.3%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 764 1.3%
• Black Protestant 100 0.2%

Health insured

96.3%

±0.6 pp

Uninsured

3.7%

±0.6 pp

42nd of 62

With a disability

15.6%

±1.2 pp

26th of 62

Bachelor's or higher

23.8%

±1.5 pp

−16.4 pp vs NY · 51st of 62

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

4.4%

90% interval 3.9%–4.9% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

8th Judicial District Supreme Court

Judges

17 (Elected Supreme Court Justices per Judicial District (general civil + felony criminal jurisdiction). Excludes Acting Supreme Court Justices designated from lower courts (would roughly double the bench in NYC + Long Island). Vintage 2026 nycourts.gov + Judiciary Law § 140-a; counts are approximate and shift with vacancies/redistributions.)

Court seats

Albion, Batavia, Belmont, Buffalo, Little Valley, Lockport, Mayville, Warsaw

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

3

6.52 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

3