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Schuyler, New York

Score 4.55 / 10· population 17,507

Schuyler County lies at the south end of Seneca Lake, west of Ithaca, with its seat in Watkins Glen and 27 wineries, the fourth-most of any New York county. Public employers pay 1,639 of its 7,875 working residents, about a fifth, compared with a sixth across the state, and roughly two-thirds of those are on local government payrolls (2020 to 2024). Seventeen percent of the county's children live in single-parent households, well under New York's 26 percent.

Sources
  • Schuyler County is west of Ithaca at the south end of Seneca Lake, and Watkins Glen is its county seat. ny.gov
  • With 27 wineries, Schuyler County has the 4th most wineries in the State of New York. flxgateway.com
  • ACS 2020-2024 5-year table B24080: 1,639 of 7,875 employed Schuyler County residents (21%) are local, state or federal government workers, 1,066 of them local government; New York State 1,563,463 of 9,523,591 (16%). api.censusreporter.org
  • ACS 2020-2024 5-year table B09005: 549 of 3,294 children under 18 in Schuyler County households (17%) live in male- or female-householder households with no spouse or partner present; New York State 1,061,429 of 4,043,787 (26%). 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 President6.0
  4. Sales tax2.7
  5. Property tax1.6

Environment

  1. Air quality6.5
  2. Floods / hurricanes4.2

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate10.0
  2. Life expectancy5.8
  3. Government employees0.7
  4. Single-parent households8.8

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