Rank

3112of 3,144

Oneida, New York

Score 3.97 / 10· population 227,555

Oneida County is in the Mohawk Valley, where Utica is the largest city, and part of it lies in Tug Hill, one of New York's snowiest areas. In October 2019 a storm flooded more than 150 properties along the county's Sauquoit Creek. Owners paid a median $3,710 in property tax in 2024 on homes worth a median $203,800, against $3,211 and $360,600 nationally, and shoppers pay 8.75 percent sales tax, 4.75 points of it the county's.

Sources
  • Oneida County is part of the Mohawk River Valley region, and Utica is the largest city in the region. nysclimateimpacts.org
  • Part of Oneida County falls within the Tug Hill region, one of the most rural and snowiest areas of New York State. nysclimateimpacts.org
  • A storm in October 2019 flooded more than 150 properties in the area of Sauquoit Creek in Oneida County. nysclimateimpacts.org
  • ACS 2024 1-year: in Oneida County the median real estate taxes paid by owner-occupied homes were $3,710 and the median value of owner-occupied homes was $203,800. api.censusreporter.org
  • ACS 2024 1-year: in the United States the median real estate taxes paid were $3,211 and the median value of owner-occupied homes was $360,600. api.censusreporter.org
  • The 2026 combined sales tax rate in Oneida County is 8.75%: 4.00% New York State and 4.75% Oneida County. tax-rates.org

v4 — beta, 30 October 2026, sourced values

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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 President6.1
  4. Sales tax2.1
  5. Property tax1.4

Environment

  1. Air quality7.1
  2. Floods / hurricanes0.9

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate7.9
  2. Life expectancy6.6
  3. Government employees2.3
  4. Single-parent households3.1

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