Rank

3048of 3,144

Madison, New York

Score 4.35 / 10· population 66,921

Madison County lies east of Syracuse in central New York, with Oneida Lake on part of its northern edge and Colgate University and SUNY Morrisville among its colleges. Educational services employed about 6,000 working residents in 2024, nearly one in five and roughly twice the national share. Property tax weighs more here than across New York: the 2024 median bill, $4,110, was 2.2 percent of median home value, against 1.45 percent statewide and 0.89 percent nationally.

Sources
  • Madison County is in central New York State, east of Syracuse ny.gov
  • Oneida Lake and Oneida Creek define part of Madison County's northern boundary ny.gov
  • Madison County's higher education institutions include Colgate University and the State University of New York at Morrisville ny.gov
  • ACS 2024 1-year, table C24030: educational services employed 6,003 of Madison County's 32,114 civilian employed residents (18.7 percent); health care and social assistance employed 4,654 api.censusreporter.org
  • ACS 2024 1-year, table C24030: educational services employed 15,984,883 of 167,292,670 civilian employed residents of the United States (9.6 percent) api.censusreporter.org
  • ACS 2024 1-year, tables B25103 and B25077: Madison County median real estate taxes paid $4,110 on a median home value of $188,100 (2.19 percent) api.censusreporter.org
  • ACS 2024 1-year, tables B25103 and B25077: New York State median real estate taxes paid $6,542 on a median home value of $449,800 (1.45 percent); United States $3,211 on $360,600 (0.89 percent) api.censusreporter.org

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Eleven factors

Government behavior

  1. Fraser Institute state ranking (state)4.4
  2. 2A (state)0.0
  3. GOP + LP vote for President5.6
  4. Sales tax2.7
  5. Property tax0.1

Environment

  1. Air quality6.6
  2. Floods / hurricanes2.3

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate9.6
  2. Life expectancy8.4
  3. Government employees2.4
  4. Single-parent households6.9

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