Oneida County vs Ulster County

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

Oneida County and Ulster 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 182,109 in Ulster County). Ulster County has the higher median household income ($81,804 vs $68,819 in Oneida County). Ulster County has the higher median home value ($315,100 vs $171,100 in Oneida County).

Population, income & housing

	Oneida County	Ulster County
Population	229,645	182,109
Median age	40.8 yrs	44.2 yrs
Median household income	$68,819	$81,804
Median home value	$171,100	$315,100
Median gross rent	$917	$1,335
Housing units	105,285	86,178
Homeownership rate	67.8%	70.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.8%	37.1%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oneida County	Ulster County
Population	229,959 → 229,645 (-0.1%)	178,665 → 182,109 (+1.9%)
Median household income	$56,027 → $68,819 (+22.8%)	$64,304 → $81,804 (+27.2%)
Median home value	$127,700 → $171,100 (+34.0%)	$230,500 → $315,100 (+36.7%)
Median gross rent	$766 → $917 (+19.7%)	$1,112 → $1,335 (+20.1%)

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

Ulster County

Population

178,665182,109

Median household income

$64,304$81,804

Median home value

$230,500$315,100

Median gross rent

$1,112$1,335

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oneida County	Ulster County
Under 5	5.5%	4.4%
5 to 17	16.0%	13.0%
18 to 24	9.2%	8.9%
25 to 34	12.2%	12.5%
35 to 44	11.7%	12.3%
45 to 54	11.9%	12.8%
55 to 64	14.0%	15.4%
65 to 74	11.1%	12.3%
75 and over	8.3%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oneida County	Ulster County
White (non-Hispanic)	79.5%	73.5%
Black or African American	5.2%	5.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	4.2%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	1.2%
Two or more races	3.8%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6.8%	11.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oneida County	Ulster County
No high school diploma	11.1%	8.3%
High school graduate	30.1%	28.0%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	26.7%
Bachelor's degree	15.9%	20.2%
Graduate or professional degree	11.8%	16.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oneida County	Ulster County
Drove alone	75.7%	70.9%
Carpooled	8.7%	6.7%
Public transit	1.1%	2.1%
Walked	3.4%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.4%
Worked from home	10.1%	15.4%
Other means	0.7%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oneida County	Ulster County
1-unit, detached	63.4%	68.6%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	18.1%	12.9%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	6.1%
20 or more units	5.7%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	5.8%

Poverty & households

	Oneida County	Ulster County
Poverty rate	14.6%	14.3%
Average household size	2.31	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	20	28
Median year structure built	1957	1966