Seneca County vs Yates County

A side-by-side comparison of Seneca County and Yates County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Seneca County has the higher population (33,125 vs 24,637 in Yates County). Yates County has the higher median household income ($67,521 vs $66,007 in Seneca County). Yates County has the higher median home value ($178,000 vs $142,700 in Seneca County).

Population, income & housing

	Seneca County	Yates County
Population	33,125	24,637
Median age	42.8 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$66,007	$67,521
Median home value	$142,700	$178,000
Median gross rent	$925	$802
Housing units	16,148	13,143
Homeownership rate	72.0%	77.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.1%	25.0%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Seneca County	Yates County
Population	34,390 → 33,125 (-3.7%)	25,011 → 24,637 (-1.5%)
Median household income	$54,545 → $66,007 (+21.0%)	$56,563 → $67,521 (+19.4%)
Median home value	$107,100 → $142,700 (+33.2%)	$136,300 → $178,000 (+30.6%)
Median gross rent	$781 → $925 (+18.4%)	$775 → $802 (+3.5%)

Seneca County

Population

34,39033,125

Median household income

$54,545$66,007

Median home value

$107,100$142,700

Median gross rent

$781$925

Yates County

Population

25,01124,637

Median household income

$56,563$67,521

Median home value

$136,300$178,000

Median gross rent

$775$802

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Seneca County	Yates County
Under 5	5.5%	6.3%
5 to 17	15.0%	16.5%
18 to 24	7.4%	9.4%
25 to 34	12.8%	11.0%
35 to 44	11.8%	9.8%
45 to 54	11.9%	10.1%
55 to 64	14.9%	15.1%
65 to 74	12.6%	13.4%
75 and over	8.2%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Seneca County	Yates County
White (non-Hispanic)	88.1%	94.0%
Black or African American	3.6%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.7%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.9%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Seneca County	Yates County
No high school diploma	15.4%	15.6%
High school graduate	32.2%	35.0%
Some college or associate's	28.2%	24.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.0%	14.5%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	10.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Seneca County	Yates County
Drove alone	75.2%	70.2%
Carpooled	11.2%	8.3%
Public transit	0.4%	0.2%
Walked	3.0%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	2.2%
Worked from home	7.9%	13.5%
Other means	2.1%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Seneca County	Yates County
1-unit, detached	70.5%	76.8%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	12.0%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	1.3%
20 or more units	2.3%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	9.7%	11.2%

Poverty & households

	Seneca County	Yates County
Poverty rate	13.3%	14.1%
Average household size	2.28	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	21	23
Median year structure built	1957	1969