Oneida County vs Saratoga County

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

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

Saratoga County has the higher population (237,075 vs 229,645 in Oneida County). Saratoga County has the higher median household income ($99,653 vs $68,819 in Oneida County). Saratoga County has the higher median home value ($324,800 vs $171,100 in Oneida County).

Population, income & housing

	Oneida County	Saratoga County
Population	229,645	237,075
Median age	40.8 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$68,819	$99,653
Median home value	$171,100	$324,800
Median gross rent	$917	$1,347
Housing units	105,285	111,127
Homeownership rate	67.8%	72.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.8%	43.8%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oneida County	Saratoga County
Population	229,959 → 229,645 (-0.1%)	228,502 → 237,075 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$56,027 → $68,819 (+22.8%)	$84,291 → $99,653 (+18.2%)
Median home value	$127,700 → $171,100 (+34.0%)	$258,300 → $324,800 (+25.7%)
Median gross rent	$766 → $917 (+19.7%)	$1,138 → $1,347 (+18.4%)

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

Saratoga County

Population

228,502237,075

Median household income

$84,291$99,653

Median home value

$258,300$324,800

Median gross rent

$1,138$1,347

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oneida County	Saratoga County
Under 5	5.5%	4.7%
5 to 17	16.0%	14.7%
18 to 24	9.2%	7.9%
25 to 34	12.2%	11.9%
35 to 44	11.7%	12.9%
45 to 54	11.9%	13.6%
55 to 64	14.0%	14.9%
65 to 74	11.1%	11.7%
75 and over	8.3%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oneida County	Saratoga County
White (non-Hispanic)	79.5%	87.8%
Black or African American	5.2%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	4.2%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.3%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.8%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	6.8%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oneida County	Saratoga County
No high school diploma	11.1%	5.8%
High school graduate	30.1%	24.4%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	26.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.9%	24.4%
Graduate or professional degree	11.8%	19.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oneida County	Saratoga County
Drove alone	75.7%	75.2%
Carpooled	8.7%	6.3%
Public transit	1.1%	0.6%
Walked	3.4%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.1%
Worked from home	10.1%	15.7%
Other means	0.7%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oneida County	Saratoga County
1-unit, detached	63.4%	62.2%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	5.2%
2 to 4 units	18.1%	12.2%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	7.5%
20 or more units	5.7%	6.1%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	6.8%

Poverty & households

	Oneida County	Saratoga County
Poverty rate	14.6%	6.7%
Average household size	2.31	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	20	26
Median year structure built	1957	1984