Cayuga County, New York (NY)

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• • 68,75889.8%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 2,5563.3%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 2,4013.1%Hispanic or Latino
  • 2,0972.7%Two or more races
  • 6420.8%Asian alone
  • 670.09%Some other race alone
  • 350.05%Native Hawaiian and Other
    Pacific Islander alone
  • 200.03%American Indian and Alaska Native alone

Mean price in 2019:

Detached houses: $186,475

Here:	$186,475
State:	$393,458

Townhouses or other attached units: $179,799

Here:	$179,799
State:	$728,436

In 2-unit structures: $437,682

Here:	$437,682
State:	$650,471

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $332,620

Here:	$332,620
State:	$808,879

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $236,568

Here:	$236,568
State:	$916,967

Mobile homes: $73,911

Here:	$73,911
State:	$82,547

Crime in 2005 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 1
• Rapes: 3
• Robberies: 1
• Assaults: 14
• Burglaries: 90
• Thefts: 240
• Auto thefts: 8

Crime in 2004 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 1
• Robberies: 1
• Assaults: 22
• Burglaries: 89
• Thefts: 189
• Auto thefts: 10

1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020

Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2019: $3,627 (2.5%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2019: $2,693 (2.4%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Cayuga County is $472 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $566 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $753 a month.

Cities in this county include: Auburn, Brutus, Owasco, Sterling, Sennett, Aurelius, Fleming, Mentz, Ira, Melrose Park.

Neighboring counties: Ada County, Idaho , Hancock County, Maine , Dane County, Wisconsin , York County, Maine , Clayton County, Iowa , Livingston County , Rensselaer County , Schoharie County .

Current college students: 3,240
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 87.2%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 23.2%

Number of foreign born residents: 1,718 (62.2% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 4372010 or later
• 3912000 to 2009
• 2611990 to 1999
• 3141980 to 1989
• 1981970 to 1979
• 878Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 22.0 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 63.4%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 26,370
• One, attached: 484
• Two: 2,465
• 3 or 4: 1,722
• 5 to 9: 752
• 10 to 19: 650
• 20 to 49: 164
• 50 or more: 712
• Mobile homes: 3,908

Housing units in Cayuga County with a mortgage: 11,879 (140 second mortgage, 1,543 home equity loan, 14 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 11,154

Religion statistics for Cayuga County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Cayuga County:

Tornado activity:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• New York Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4480-NY: March 20, 2020, FEMA Id: 4480, Natural disaster type: Other
• New York Flooding, Incident Period: May 2, 2017 - August 6, 2017, FEMA Id: 4348, Natural disaster type: Flood
• New York Hurricane Sandy, Incident Period: October 27, 2012 to November 09, 2012, Emergency Declared EM-3351: October 28, 2012, FEMA Id: 3351, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• New York Hurricane Katrina Evacuation, Incident Period: August 29, 2005 to October 01, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3262: September 30, 2005, FEMA Id: 3262, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• New York Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: April 02, 2005 to April 04, 2005, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1589: April 19, 2005, FEMA Id: 1589, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• New York Snow, Incident Period: January 28, 2004 to January 31, 2004, Emergency Declared EM-3195: March 03, 2004, FEMA Id: 3195, Natural disaster type: Snow
• New York Power Outage, Incident Period: August 14, 2003 to August 16, 2003, Emergency Declared EM-3186: August 23, 2003, FEMA Id: 3186, Natural disaster type: Power Outage
• New York Ice Storm, Incident Period: April 03, 2003 to April 05, 2003, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1467: May 12, 2003, FEMA Id: 1467, Natural disaster type: Ice Storm
• New York Virus Threat, Incident Period: May 22, 2000 to November 01, 2000, Emergency Declared EM-3155: October 11, 2000, FEMA Id: 3155, Natural disaster type: Other
• New York Severe Storms, Incident Period: September 07, 1998, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1244: September 11, 1998, FEMA Id: 1244, Natural disaster type: Storm
• 5 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

4.10% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($44,871 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
3.11% relocated from other counties in New York ($32,739 average AGI)
0.99% relocated from other states ($12,133 average AGI)

Cayuga County:	0.99%
New York average:	1.80%

from Onondaga County, NY	1.07% ($42,763 average AGI)
from Tompkins County, NY	0.38% ($38,298)
from Oswego County, NY	0.33% ($56,680)
from Cortland County, NY	0.21% ($34,703)
from Wayne County, NY	0.21% ($30,048)
from Seneca County, NY	0.14% ($45,488)
from Monroe County, NY	0.11% ($56,206)

4.95% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($44,997 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
3.29% relocated to other counties in New York ($26,906 average AGI)
1.67% relocated to other states ($18,090 average AGI)

Cayuga County:	1.67%
New York average:	2.73%

to Onondaga County, NY	1.21% ($46,292 average AGI)
to Oswego County, NY	0.35% ($36,850)
to Tompkins County, NY	0.31% ($32,989)
to Wayne County, NY	0.21% ($33,969)
to Monroe County, NY	0.19% ($45,140)
to Cortland County, NY	0.18% ($35,836)
to Seneca County, NY	0.17% ($32,706)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 12.5
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 10.6

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 9.5
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 9.1
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 9.5

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 8.5
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 7.7

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Cayuga County

All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 11%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 8%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 16,304 (4,861 living alone), Female householders: 15,185 (4,463 living alone)

• 13,216 spouses (13,120 opposite-sex spouses), 4,058 unmarried partners, (3,902 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 18,249 children (16,751 natural, 435 adopted, 1,063 stepchildren), 1,382 grandchildren, 480 brothers or sisters, 388 parents, 55 foster children, 542 other relatives, 2,616 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 4,101

Size of family households: 9,533 2-persons, 4,218 3-persons, 3,108 4-persons, 1,267 5-persons, 692 6-persons, 381 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 9,324 1-person, 2,604 2-persons, 294 3-persons, 48 4-persons, 20 5-persons.

6,918 married couples with children.
5,541 single-parent households (1,875 men, 3,666 women).

95.1% of residents of Cayuga speak English at home.
2.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (67% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 5% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
1.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (79% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (49% speak English very well, 27% speak English well, 24% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak other language at home (87% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 2% speak English not well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $433,267,000 ($5,289 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $18,426,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $187,855,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $93,567,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $3,978,000
Federal grants: $121,965,000
Federal procurement contracts: $14,375,000 ($10,137,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $11,528,000 ($983,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $7,374,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $29,740,000
Federal Government insurance: $38,791,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:

Here:	-14 per 1000 residents
State:	-52 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 9.71 millions of gallons per day (13% from ground, 87% from surface)

• Year house built in Cayuga County, New York
• 4412014 or later
• 5502010 to 2013
• 2,7432000 to 2009
• 4,3161990 to 1999
• 2,9561980 to 1989
• 4,3721970 to 1979
• 3,5771960 to 1969
• 2,8911950 to 1959
• 1,8241940 to 1949
• 13,5571939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Cayuga County, New York

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Cayuga County, New York
• 151 room
• 642 rooms
• 3573 rooms
• 1,3624 rooms
• 3,3305 rooms
• 5,3406 rooms
• 4,7087 rooms
• 3,6468 rooms
• 4,2119+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Cayuga County, New York
• 7441 room
• 512 rooms
• 1,1743 rooms
• 1,7394 rooms
• 2,3705 rooms
• 9386 rooms
• 7657 rooms
• 2338 rooms
• 4429+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Cayuga County, New York

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Cayuga County, New York
• 34no bedroom
• 3621 bedroom
• 4,1752 bedrooms
• 12,7053 bedrooms
• 4,4824 bedrooms
• 1,2755+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Cayuga County, New York
• 744no bedroom
• 1,9051 bedroom
• 2,9302 bedrooms
• 2,0453 bedrooms
• 7024 bedrooms
• 1305+ bedrooms

Cars and other vehicles available in Cayuga County, New York in houses/condos/apartments

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Cayuga County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 717no vehicle
• 6,0901 vehicle
• 10,3412 vehicles
• 4,0443 vehicles
• 1,4114 vehicles
• 4305+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Cayuga County in renter-occupied apartments
• 2,109no vehicle
• 4,3671 vehicle
• 1,4372 vehicles
• 4213 vehicles
• 1044 vehicles
• 185+ vehicles

86.9% of Cayuga County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 37% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 89% lived in New York.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 65,660
• Other state: 8,684
• Northeast: 3,056
• Midwest: 1,270
• South: 3,611
• West: 747

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 1,878
• Number of aged recipients: 200
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 1,678
• Number of recipients under 18: 312
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 1,204
• Number of recipients older than 64: 362
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 851
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 868

Cayuga County on our top lists:

• #89 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest number of people moving out compared to moving in (pop. 50,000+)"
• #92 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents relocating from other counties between 2010 and 2011 (pop. 50,000+)"