Ontario County, New York

• White (non-Hispanic) 97,879 86.9%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6,438 5.7%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 2,314 2.1%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 1,518 1.3%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 3,994 3.5%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 23 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 459 0.4%

• Under 18 21,668 19.2%
• 18–24 9,804 8.7%
• 25–44 25,625 22.8%
• 45–64 30,565 27.1%
• 65 and over 24,963 22.2%

Median household income

$83,661

90% interval $79,179–$88,143

−$2,107 vs NY · 13th of 62

Below poverty line

9.0%

90% interval 7.5%–10.5%

−5.0 pp vs NY · 56th of 62

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.6%

−0.92 pp vs. state

County GDP

$8.9B

0.38% of state

Avg. annual pay

$66,342

Establishments

3,268

• Education & health services 13,962 26.0%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 11,041 20.6%
• Leisure & hospitality 6,175 11.5%
• Manufacturing 6,133 11.4%
• Professional & business services 5,697 10.6%
• Construction 3,636 6.8%
• Public administration 1,944 3.6%
• Other services 1,535 2.9%
• Financial activities 1,348 2.5%
• Information 694 1.3%
• Natural resources & mining 624 1.2%
• Unclassified 127 0.2%

The sectors listed cover 98.6% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

73.7%

+19.4 pp vs NY · 26th of 62

Median gross rent

$1,150

−$471 vs NY · 22nd of 62

Owner-occupied

35,598

Renter-occupied

12,713

• 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.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Professional & business services, $116,047/yr) pays 4.0× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $28,810/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• 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 30,221 50.6%
• Democratic 29,520 49.4%

• Spanish 3,068 2.9%
• German or other West Germanic 1,054 1.0%
• Arabic 523 0.5%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 376 0.3%
• Chinese 351 0.3%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 140 0.1%
• Korean 80 0.1%
• Vietnamese 65 0.1%
• Tagalog 56 0.1%

Households

48,311

Family households

30,101

62.3% of households

Married couples w/ children

8,136

27.0% of families

Single-mother families

2,698

9.0% of families

Veterans

6,365

7% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 31,451 28.0%
• Mainline Protestant 10,161 9.0%
• Evangelical Protestant 5,287 4.7%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,053 0.9%
• Black Protestant 534 0.5%
• Orthodox 290 0.3%

Health insured

96.7%

±0.5 pp

Uninsured

3.3%

±0.5 pp

54th of 62

With a disability

14.8%

±0.8 pp

34th of 62

Bachelor's or higher

38.0%

±1.4 pp

−2.2 pp vs NY · 17th of 62

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

4.2%

90% interval 3.7%–4.7% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

7th Judicial District Supreme Court

Judges

14 (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

Auburn, Bath, Canandaigua, Geneseo, Lyons, Penn Yan, Rochester, Waterloo

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

10

10.99 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

10