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Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000: $1,575 (2.5%)
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Chenango County is $453 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $542 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $683 a month.
Cities in this county include: Setauket-East Setauket
, German Flatts
, Norwich
, Greene
, Galen
, Oxford
, Sherburne
, Otsego
, Bainbridge
, Guilford
.
Neighboring
counties: Broome County
, Cortland County
, Delaware County
, Madison County
, Otsego County
.
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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:
Notable locations in Chenango County: Puckerville
Corners
(A),
Kings Settlement
(B),
Godfrey Corners
(C),
High Bridge
(D),
North Guilford Corners
(E),
Barnes Corners
(F),
Trestle Corners
(G),
Northrups Corners
(H),
Nortons Corners
(I),
Woods Corners
(J),
Lambs Corners
(K),
Windsor Corners
(L),
Wilcox Corners
(M),
Burwell Corners
(N),
Sacketts Harbor
(O),
Johnson Corners
(P),
German Five Corners
(Q),
Millers Corners
(R),
Ingraham Corners
(S),
Webb Corners
(T)
Churches in Chenango County include: Brakel
Church
(A),
Negro Hollow Church
(B),
Little White Church
(C)
Cemeteries: Cowles
Cemetery
(1),
Union Cemetery
(2),
Crane Cemetery
(3),
Pearsall Cemetery
(4),
Perkins Cemetery
(5),
Pharsalia Center Cemetery
(6),
Howard Cemetery
(7)
Lakes, reservoirs, and swamps: Van
Valkenburgh Pond
(A),
Steer Pond
(B),
Warn Lake
(C),
Echo Lake
(D),
Smith Pond
(E),
Whites Pond
(F),
Chenango Lake
(G),
Sears Pond
(H)
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Alder
Meadow Brook
(A),
Glen Road Brook
(B),
Ashbell Brook
(C),
Balsam Creek
(D),
Bear Brook
(E),
Mann Brook
(F),
Beaver Creek
(G),
Bennettsville Creek
(H),
Bowman Creek
(I)
Park in Chenango County: Pharsalia
Game Refuge
(1).
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Unemployment in September 2007:
Current college students: 1,583
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 80.6%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 14.4%
Number of foreign born residents: 887 (67% naturalized citizens)
| Chenango
County: |
1.7% | | Whole
state: | 20.4% |
Year
of entry for the foreign-born population |
- 1995
to March 2000: 73
- 1990
to 1994: 82
- 1985
to 1989: 45
- 1980
to 1984: 47
- 1975
to 1979: 35
- 1970
to 1974: 62
- 1970
to 1974: 122
- 1965
to 1969: 421
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Mean travel time to work: 26.3 minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 67.7%
Housing units in structures:
- One,
detached: 14,349
- One,
attached: 233
- Two:
1,510
- 3
or 4: 1,120
- 5
to 9: 494
- 10
to 19: 163
- 20
or more: 481
- Mobile
homes: 5,371
- Boats,
RVs, vans, etc.: 169
Housing units in Chenango County with a mortgage: 4,833 (278 second mortgage, 655 home equity loan, 1 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 3,299 Agriculture
in Chenango County
Average size of farms: 198 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $54460
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $66.59
The value of nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 1.50%
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 89.97%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $50935
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 41.43%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $50591
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 89.58%
Average age of principal farm operators: 54 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 20.47
Milk cows as a percentage of all cattle and calves: 47.15%
Corn for grain: 3715 harvested acres
Soybeans for beans: 401 harvested acres
Vegetables: 195 harvested acres
Land in orchards: 75 acresChenango
County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is slightly above New York state average. It is 1.7 times below overall U.S. average.
Tornadoes in this county have caused 2 fatalities and 5 injuries recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 10/14/1989, a category 2 (max. wind speeds 113-157 mph) tornado killed 2 people and injured 3 people and caused between $5000 and $50,000 in damages.
Most
common industries for males: |
- Construction
(11%)
- Educational
services (6%)
- Agriculture,
forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Machinery
(5%)
- Public
administration (5%)
- Chemicals
(5%)
- Accommodation
and food services (4%)
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Most
common industries for females: |
- Health
care (17%)
- Educational
services (17%)
- Finance
and insurance (7%)
- Accommodation
and food services (5%)
- Social
assistance (5%)
- Public
administration (4%)
- Food
and beverage stores (4%)
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Most
common occupations for males |
- Electrical
equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other
production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Driver/sales
workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Metal
workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Other
sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other
management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Vehicle
and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
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Most
common occupations for females
|
- Other
office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Secretaries
and administrative assistants (6%)
- Preschool,
kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Nursing,
psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Other
production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Other
management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Cashiers
(3%)
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Most
common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
|
- Germany
(15%)
- Canada
(13%)
- United
Kingdom (9%)
- Italy
(8%)
- Russia
(5%)
- Ireland
(4%)
- Japan
(4%)
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Most
common first ancestries reported in Chenango County:
|
- English
(20%)
- German
(15%)
- Irish
(14%)
- United
States or American (12%)
- Italian
(9%)
- Dutch
(4%)
- Polish
(3%)
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Means of transportation to work
- Drove
a car alone: 17,046 (77%)
- Carpooled:
2,906 (13%)
- Bus
or trolley bus: 112 (1%)
- Subway
or elevated: 9 (0%)
- Railroad:
4 (0%)
- Ferryboat:
18 (0%)
- Taxi:
4 (0%)
- Bicycle:
25 (0%)
- Walked:
1,011 (5%)
- Other
means: 103 (0%)
- Worked
at home: 1,008 (5%)
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People
in group quarters in Chenango County, New York
- 654
people in nursing homes
- 247
people in halfway houses
- 146
people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 113
people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 53
people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 18
people in homes for abused, dependent, and neglected children
- 15
people in homes for the mentally ill
- 7
people in other group homes
- 5
people in other nonhousehold living situations
Average
gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $41,411.
5.51% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($30,896 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
5.51% | | New
York average: |
5.41% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
3.96% relocated from other counties in New York ($21,837 average AGI)
1.56% relocated from other states ($9,059 average AGI)
| Chenango
County: |
1.56% | | New
York average: | 1.94% |
Top
counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
| from
Broome County, NY
|
0.88% ($28,041 average AGI) |
| from
Otsego County, NY
|
0.65% ($24,360) |
| from
Delaware County, NY
|
0.56% ($31,093) |
| from
Madison County, NY
|
0.30% ($26,667) |
| from
Suffolk County, NY
|
0.16% ($44,484) |
| from
Onondaga County, NY
|
0.16% ($26,700) |
| from
Oneida County, NY
|
0.15% ($21,893) |
5.54% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($30,717 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
5.54% | | New
York average: | 6.26% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
3.62% relocated to other counties in New York ($18,985 average AGI)
1.91% relocated to other states ($11,732 average AGI)
| Chenango
County: |
1.91% | | New
York average: | 2.96% |
Top
counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
| to
Broome County, NY
|
1.03% ($28,965 average AGI) |
| to
Otsego County, NY
|
0.50% ($24,646) |
| to
Delaware County, NY
|
0.36% ($24,942) |
| to
Madison County, NY
|
0.30% ($26,456) |
| to
Cortland County, NY
|
0.22% ($31,571) |
| to
Oneida County, NY
|
0.15% ($26,607) |
| to
Onondaga County, NY
|
0.11% ($32,409) |
Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 12.8
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 10.9
Births
per 1000 population in Chenango County |
Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 10.0
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 10.6
Deaths
per 1000 population in Chenango County |
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 6.0
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 9.3
Infant
deaths per 1000 live births in Chenango County |
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 9,197 (7,546 aged, 1,651 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 12%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 10%
Household
type by relationship
Households: 50,144
- In
family households: 42,342 (10,572 male householders, 2,978 female householders)
10,701
spouses, 15,243 children (14,102 natural, 283 adopted, 858 stepchildren), 547 grandchildren, 212 brothers or sisters, 217 parents, 424 other relatives, 1,448 non-relatives
- In
nonfamily households: 7,802 (2,836 male householders (2,217 living alone)), 3,506 female householders (2,964 living alone)), 1,460 nonrelatives
- In
group quarters: 1,257 (983 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 5,937 2-persons, 3,026 3-persons, 2,702 4-persons, 1,242 5-persons, 426 6-persons, 217 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 5,181 1-person, 990 2-persons, 84 3-persons, 61 4-persons, 24 5-persons, 2 6-persons.
8,863 married couples with children.
3,433 single-parent households (1,138 men, 2,295 women).
96.2% of residents of Chenango County speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (73% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 14% speak English not well).
2.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (71% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (61% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (81% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 4% speak English not well). In
fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $276,099,000 ($5324 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $6,817,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $133,311,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $48,674,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $2,016,000
Federal grants: $78,219,000
Federal procurement contracts: $5,875,000 ($3,264,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $8,003,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $1,302,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $9,096,000
Federal Government insurance: $34,423,000
Population
change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 2,848
| Here: |
55 per 1000 residents | | State: | 70
per 1000 residents |
Deaths: 2,881
| Here: |
56 per 1000 residents | | State: |
42 per 1000 residents |
Net international migration: +55
| Here: |
+1 per 1000 residents | | State: | +35
per 1000 residents |
Net internal migration: +384
| Here: |
+7 per 1000 residents | | State: |
-52 per 1000 residents |
Population
growth in Chenango County |
Total
withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 2.88 millions of gallons per day (98% from ground, 2% from surface)
Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Median
number of rooms in apartments:
Year
house built:
|
- 1999
to March 2000: 263
- 1995
to 1998: 1,230
- 1990
to 1994: 1,476
- 1980
to 1989: 3,273
- 1970
to 1979: 3,538
- 1960
to 1969: 2,181
- 1950
to 1959: 1,865
- 1940
to 1949: 1,274
- 1939
or earlier: 8,790
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Rooms
in owner-occupied houses in Chenango County, New York: |
- 1
room: 26
- 2
rooms: 96
- 3
rooms: 366
- 4
rooms: 1,465
- 5
rooms: 3,171
- 6
rooms: 2,955
- 7
rooms: 2,563
- 8
rooms: 1,995
- 9
or more rooms: 2,367
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Rooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Chenango County, New York: |
- 1
room: 66
- 2
rooms: 218
- 3
rooms: 972
- 4
rooms: 1,244
- 5
rooms: 1,018
- 6
rooms: 652
- 7
rooms: 376
- 8
rooms: 177
- 9
or more rooms: 199
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Bedrooms
in owner-occupied houses and condos in Chenango County: |
- no
bedroom: 40
- 1
bedroom: 499
- 2
bedrooms: 3,363
- 3
bedrooms: 7,185
- 4
bedrooms: 2,859
- 5
or more bedrooms: 1,058
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Bedrooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Chenango County: |
- no
bedroom: 98
- 1
bedroom: 1,495
- 2
bedrooms: 1,695
- 3
bedrooms: 1,169
- 4
bedrooms: 331
- 5
or more bedrooms: 134
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Chenango County in owner-occupied houses/condos:
|
- no
vehicle: 625
- 1
vehicle: 4,363
- 2
vehicles: 7,083
- 3
vehicles: 2,269
- 4
vehicles: 466
- 5
or more vehicles: 198
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Chenango County in renter-occupied apartments
|
- no
vehicle: 955
- 1
vehicle: 2,648
- 2
vehicles: 1,074
- 3
vehicles: 168
- 4
vehicles: 53
- 5
or more vehicles: 24
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64% of Chenango County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out
of people who lived in different houses, 62% lived in this county.
Out
of people who lived in different counties, 74% lived in New York.
| Chenango
County: |
63.5% | | State
average: | 64.4% |
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This
state: 43231
- Northeast:
4021
- Midwest:
1023
- South:
1344
- West:
626
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $41,700 Housing
units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 4%
Housing
units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 4%
Most
commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
|
- Fuel
oil, kerosene, etc. (57%)
- Wood
(12%)
- Utility
gas (12%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (11%)
- Electricity
(7%)
- Coal
or coke (1%)
- Other
fuel (1%)
|
Most
commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
|
- Fuel
oil, kerosene, etc. (38%)
- Electricity
(25%)
- Utility
gas (25%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (7%)
- Wood
(3%)
- Other
fuel (1%)
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Private
vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 312
| Here: |
4.7% | | New
York: | 14.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 79
| Here: |
2.4% | | New
York: | 13.2% |
Students in private undegraduate colleges: 155
| Here: |
11.7% | | New
York: | 38.2% |
Chenango
County government finances in 2002:
-
Charges - Air Transportation: $26,000
- Bond
Fund - Cash & Deposits: $4,548,000
- Charges
- All Other: $3,470,000
Solid Waste Management: $1,487,000
Housing & Community Development: $49,000
Parks & Recreation: $16,000
- Construction
- Air Transportation: $80,000
Police Protection: $57,000
Corrections - Other: $41,000
General: $1,000
- Current
Operations - General - Other: $11,753,000
Regular Highways: $9,386,000
Welfare - Other: $6,206,000
Health Services - Other: $5,248,000
Police Protection: $2,523,000
Welfare, Vendor Payments for Other Purposes: $1,677,000
Solid Waste Management: $1,583,000
Welfare, Federal Categorical Assistance Programs: $1,551,000
General Public Buildings: $1,190,000
Central Staff Services: $1,069,000
Elementary & Secondary Education: $950,000
Corrections - Other: $824,000
Welfare, Vendor Payments for Medical Care: $695,000
Financial Administration: $694,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $593,000
Natural Resources - Other: $350,000
Welfare, Cash Assistance - Other: $344,000
Housing & Community Development: $236,000
Parks & Recreation: $183,000
Fire Protection: $181,000
Air Transportation: $13,000
- Federal
Intergovernmental - All Other: $844,000
Highways: $48,000
- General
- Interest on Debt: $1,497,000
- Intergovernmental
to Local NEC - General: $3,184,000
Higher Education: $600,000
- Intergovernmental
to State - Welfare - Categorical Assistance Programs: $6,045,000
Transit Utilities: $880,000
Corrections: $130,000
- Local
Intergovernmental - All Other: $785,000
Health & Hospitals: $28,000
Highways: $7,000
- Long
Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Industrial Revenue: $13,188,000
- Long
Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $5,600,000
- Long
Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $4,695,000
- Long
Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Industrial Revenue: $11,673,000
- Long
Term Debt Retired Nonguaranteed - Industrial Revenue: $1,515,000
- Long
Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $905,000
- Miscellaneous
- General Revenue, NEC: $7,796,000
Interest Earnings: $2,852,000
- Other
Capital Outlay - Regular Highways: $474,000
Solid Waste Management: $346,000
Police Protection: $108,000
Health - Other: $75,000
General - Other: $33,000
General Public Building: $30,000
Fire Protection: $27,000
Judicial: $12,000
Central Staff: $7,000
Corrections - Other: $3,000
Financial Administration: $2,000
- Other
Funds - Cash & Deposits: $26,723,000
- Sinking
Fund - Cash & Deposits: $11,380,000
- State
Intergovernmental - Public Welfare: $8,123,000
Highways: $4,053,000
Health & Hospitals: $2,800,000
All Other: $1,674,000
Transit Utilities: $813,000
Education: $477,000
General Support: $107,000
- Tax
- Property: $16,544,000
Total General Sales: $8,756,000
NEC: $338,000
Other Selective Sales: $53,000
- Total
Salaries & Wages: $14,106,000
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