Madison County, New York

• White (non-Hispanic) 60,335 89.6%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,776 2.6%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 1,242 1.8%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 817 1.2%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 2,713 4.0%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 213 0.3%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 232 0.3%

• Under 18 12,264 18.2%
• 18–24 9,039 13.4%
• 25–44 14,317 21.3%
• 45–64 18,025 26.8%
• 65 and over 13,683 20.3%

Median household income

$73,747

90% interval $69,885–$77,609

−$12,021 vs NY · 23rd of 62

Below poverty line

10.7%

90% interval 9.1%–12.3%

−3.3 pp vs NY · 53rd of 62

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.2%

−0.39 pp vs. state

County GDP

$3.1B

0.13% of state

Avg. annual pay

$57,924

Establishments

1,614

• Education & health services 7,179 34.5%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 3,563 17.1%
• Leisure & hospitality 2,309 11.1%
• Manufacturing 1,849 8.9%
• Public administration 1,416 6.8%
• Professional & business services 1,123 5.4%
• Construction 801 3.8%
• Natural resources & mining 594 2.9%
• Other services 500 2.4%
• Financial activities 460 2.2%
• Information 136 0.7%
• Unclassified 95 0.5%

The sectors listed cover 96.2% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

78.3%

+24.0 pp vs NY · 10th of 62

Median gross rent

$928

−$693 vs NY · 43rd of 62

Owner-occupied

20,545

Renter-occupied

5,707

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 63% 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, $79,321/yr) pays 3.1× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $25,720/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 13 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 19,025 56.5%
• Democratic 14,629 43.5%

• Spanish 764 1.2%
• German or other West Germanic 586 0.9%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 326 0.5%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 307 0.5%
• Chinese 160 0.2%
• Korean 80 0.1%
• Arabic 25 0.0%
• Tagalog 19 0.0%
• Vietnamese 9 0.0%

Households

26,252

Family households

16,684

63.6% of households

Married couples w/ children

4,401

26.4% of families

Single-mother families

1,139

6.8% of families

Veterans

4,047

7.4% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 12,580 18.5%
• Evangelical Protestant 7,174 10.5%
• Mainline Protestant 5,166 7.6%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 965 1.4%

Health insured

96.2%

±0.5 pp

Uninsured

3.8%

±0.5 pp

40th of 62

With a disability

13.3%

±0.8 pp

47th of 62

Bachelor's or higher

29.6%

±1.3 pp

−10.6 pp vs NY · 31st of 62

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

4.7%

90% interval 4.2%–5.2% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

6th Judicial District Supreme Court

Judges

9 (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

Binghamton, Cooperstown, Cortland, Delhi, Elmira, Ithaca, Norwich, Owego, Wampsville, Watkins Glen

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

10

18.16 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

10