Cayuga County, New York (NY)

Races in Cayuga County, New York:

Mean price in 2016:

Detached houses: $165,392

Here:	$165,392
State:	$357,272

Townhouses or other attached units: $153,667

Here:	$153,667
State:	$568,104

In 2-unit structures: $120,428

Here:	$120,428
State:	$561,049

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $239,503

Here:	$239,503
State:	$650,258

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $527,531

Here:	$527,531
State:	$816,667

Mobile homes: $63,685

Here:	$63,685
State:	$72,941

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

Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2016: $3,163 (2.3%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2016: $2,670 (2.3%)

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: 87.0%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 23.3%

Number of foreign born residents: 1,173 (39.0% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 4072010 or later
• 5462000 to 2009
• 2541990 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: 25,404
• One, attached: 876
• Two: 2,072
• 3 or 4: 2,201
• 5 to 9: 394
• 10 to 19: 497
• 20 to 49: 650
• 50 or more: 1,105
• Mobile homes: 3,264

Housing units in Cayuga County with a mortgage: 11,748 (512 second mortgage, 1,454 home equity loan, 47 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 10,085

Religion statistics for Cayuga County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Cayuga County:

Tornado activity:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• 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
• New York Severe Storms/Flooding, Incident Period: January 19, 1996 to January 30, 1996, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1095: January 24, 1996, FEMA Id: 1095, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• New York Severe Blizzard, Incident Period: March 13, 1993 to March 17, 1993, Emergency Declared EM-3107: March 17, 1993, FEMA Id: 3107, Natural disaster type: Blizzard
• 3 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

4.01% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($32,661 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
2.80% relocated from other counties in New York ($25,011 average AGI)
1.21% relocated from other states ($7,650 average AGI)

Cayuga County:	1.21%
New York average:	2.01%

from Onondaga County, NY	0.99% ($41,027 average AGI)
from Oswego County, NY	0.29% ($29,965)
from Tompkins County, NY	0.29% ($28,894)
from Wayne County, NY	0.21% ($26,524)
from Seneca County, NY	0.19% ($30,860)
from Cortland County, NY	0.16% ($30,553)
from Ontario County, NY	0.08% ($31,000)

4.68% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($32,351 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
3.08% relocated to other counties in New York ($21,079 average AGI)
1.60% relocated to other states ($11,272 average AGI)

Cayuga County:	1.60%
New York average:	2.38%

to Onondaga County, NY	1.01% ($35,413 average AGI)
to Oswego County, NY	0.33% ($28,776)
to Tompkins County, NY	0.26% ($29,747)
to Wayne County, NY	0.25% ($28,566)
to Monroe County, NY	0.19% ($26,069)
to Seneca County, NY	0.19% ($27,411)
to Cortland County, NY	0.17% ($31,353)

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 2014: 9.1

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:

• In family households: 57,228 (8,637 male householders, 9,902 female householders)

  13,417 spouses, 20,352 children (19,231 natural, 311 adopted, 810 stepchildren), 1,482 grandchildren, 247 brothers or sisters, 506 parents, 415 other relatives, 2,270 non-relatives

• In nonfamily households: 16,247 (6,602 male householders (4,163 living alone)), 5,825 female householders (4,901 living alone)), 3,820 nonrelatives
• In group quarters: 4,386

Size of family households: 8,576 2-persons, 4,585 3-persons, 3,162 4-persons, 1,572 5-persons, 425 6-persons, 219 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 9,064 1-person, 3,031 2-persons, 191 3-persons, 59 4-persons, 82 6-persons.

8,118 married couples with children.
5,437 single-parent households (1,332 men, 4,105 women).

94.4% of residents of Cayuga speak English at home.
2.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (65% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 8% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
1.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (87% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 2% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (45% speak English very well, 27% speak English well, 25% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
0.9% of residents speak other language at home (78% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 5% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).

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
• 4162014 or later
• 3332010 to 2013
• 2,4442000 to 2009
• 3,6621990 to 1999
• 3,5901980 to 1989
• 2,9581970 to 1979
• 3,3171960 to 1969
• 3,8141950 to 1959
• 2,8661940 to 1949
• 13,0631939 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
• 491 room
• 1102 rooms
• 2673 rooms
• 1,3274 rooms
• 3,2705 rooms
• 5,0886 rooms
• 3,9557 rooms
• 3,3348 rooms
• 4,4339+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Cayuga County, New York
• 1721 room
• 3512 rooms
• 1,9693 rooms
• 1,1174 rooms
• 2,2115 rooms
• 1,7496 rooms
• 5737 rooms
• 6178 rooms
• 3749+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Cayuga County, New York

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Cayuga County, New York
• 63no bedroom
• 4561 bedroom
• 3,9242 bedrooms
• 11,1553 bedrooms
• 4,5964 bedrooms
• 1,6395+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Cayuga County, New York
• 384no bedroom
• 2,5241 bedroom
• 2,8222 bedrooms
• 2,4803 bedrooms
• 5854 bedrooms
• 3385+ 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
• 530no vehicle
• 5,8021 vehicle
• 10,3902 vehicles
• 3,7683 vehicles
• 9044 vehicles
• 4395+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Cayuga County in renter-occupied apartments
• 2,540no vehicle
• 4,0671 vehicle
• 1,7782 vehicles
• 5253 vehicles
• 1704 vehicles
• 535+ vehicles

86.8% 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, 88% lived in New York.

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

• This state: 68,343
• Other state: 7,705
• Northeast: 3,342
• Midwest: 1,202
• South: 2,581
• West: 580

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+)"