Broome County vs Oneida County

A side-by-side comparison of Broome County and Oneida County: population, income, housing, and more.

Broome County and Oneida County are counties in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Oneida County has the higher population (229,645 vs 197,738 in Broome County). Oneida County has the higher median household income ($68,819 vs $61,059 in Broome County). Oneida County has the higher median home value ($171,100 vs $145,100 in Broome County).

Population, income & housing

	Broome County	Oneida County
Population	197,738	229,645
Median age	39.4 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$61,059	$68,819
Median home value	$145,100	$171,100
Median gross rent	$914	$917
Housing units	92,889	105,285
Homeownership rate	64.6%	67.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.6%	27.8%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Broome County	Oneida County
Population	193,188 → 197,738 (+2.4%)	229,959 → 229,645 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$52,226 → $61,059 (+16.9%)	$56,027 → $68,819 (+22.8%)
Median home value	$117,000 → $145,100 (+24.0%)	$127,700 → $171,100 (+34.0%)
Median gross rent	$776 → $914 (+17.8%)	$766 → $917 (+19.7%)

Broome County

Population

193,188197,738

Median household income

$52,226$61,059

Median home value

$117,000$145,100

Median gross rent

$776$914

Oneida County

Population

229,959229,645

Median household income

$56,027$68,819

Median home value

$127,700$171,100

Median gross rent

$766$917

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Broome County	Oneida County
Under 5	4.9%	5.5%
5 to 17	14.4%	16.0%
18 to 24	14.5%	9.2%
25 to 34	11.2%	12.2%
35 to 44	10.9%	11.7%
45 to 54	10.4%	11.9%
55 to 64	13.8%	14.0%
65 to 74	11.0%	11.1%
75 and over	8.9%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Broome County	Oneida County
White (non-Hispanic)	80.1%	79.5%
Black or African American	5.1%	5.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	5.0%	4.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.4%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.0%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Broome County	Oneida County
No high school diploma	9.0%	11.1%
High school graduate	29.6%	30.1%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	16.4%	15.9%
Graduate or professional degree	14.1%	11.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Broome County	Oneida County
Drove alone	73.9%	75.7%
Carpooled	9.1%	8.7%
Public transit	2.8%	1.1%
Walked	4.1%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.3%
Worked from home	8.2%	10.1%
Other means	1.5%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Broome County	Oneida County
1-unit, detached	60.6%	63.4%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	19.0%	18.1%
5 to 19 units	8.5%	5.3%
20 or more units	5.4%	5.7%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	5.4%

Poverty & households

	Broome County	Oneida County
Poverty rate	18.9%	14.6%
Average household size	2.28	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	19	20
Median year structure built	1959	1957