Niagara County, New York

• White (non-Hispanic) 173,008 82.1%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 8,459 4.0%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 13,322 6.3%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 2,465 1.2%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 11,451 5.4%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 1,050 0.5%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 12 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 954 0.5%

• Under 18 41,850 19.9%
• 18–24 16,473 7.8%
• 25–44 51,335 24.4%
• 45–64 57,375 27.2%
• 65 and over 43,688 20.7%

Median household income

$70,329

90% interval $66,506–$74,152

−$15,439 vs NY · 35th of 62

Below poverty line

13.2%

90% interval 11.3%–15.1%

−0.8 pp vs NY · 28th of 62

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.7%

+0.11 pp vs. state

County GDP

$13.6B

0.58% of state

Avg. annual pay

$58,588

Establishments

4,886

• Education & health services 17,621 25.7%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 13,742 20.0%
• Leisure & hospitality 8,468 12.3%
• Manufacturing 7,898 11.5%
• Professional & business services 5,241 7.6%
• Public administration 4,095 6.0%
• Construction 2,920 4.3%
• Other services 2,226 3.2%
• Financial activities 1,915 2.8%
• Natural resources & mining 632 0.9%
• Information 310 0.5%
• Unclassified 288 0.4%

The sectors listed cover 95.2% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

71.2%

+16.9 pp vs NY · 35th of 62

Median gross rent

$899

−$722 vs NY · 48th of 62

Owner-occupied

65,383

Renter-occupied

26,501

• 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 (Manufacturing, $84,940/yr) pays 3.3× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $25,961/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 14 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 58,678 57.5%
• Democratic 43,438 42.5%

• Spanish 4,553 2.3%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 1,460 0.7%
• German or other West Germanic 821 0.4%
• Arabic 581 0.3%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 420 0.2%
• Chinese 388 0.2%
• Vietnamese 187 0.1%
• Korean 100 0.0%
• Tagalog 100 0.0%

Households

91,884

Family households

56,349

61.3% of households

Married couples w/ children

13,108

23.3% of families

Single-mother families

5,829

10.3% of families

Veterans

12,450

7.4% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 61,909 29.1%
• Evangelical Protestant 19,408 9.1%
• Mainline Protestant 11,534 5.4%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 7,774 3.7%
• Black Protestant 1,714 0.8%
• Orthodox 655 0.3%

Health insured

97.1%

±0.3 pp

Uninsured

2.9%

±0.3 pp

60th of 62

With a disability

15.7%

±0.8 pp

25th of 62

Bachelor's or higher

28.0%

±1.1 pp

−12.2 pp vs NY · 33rd 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

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

18

10.66 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

15