Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Oneida grades C− overall, ranked 623rd of 745 in New York, with clear strengths and some subjects that lag. It is more walkable than 83% of U.S. towns. On the other side, it reports more crime per resident than 94% of U.S. towns, including 33 violent crimes reported to the FBI in 2025. History is its standout character grade: an A+, better than 97% of U.S. towns, with 9 places on the National Register. Oneida’s property crime rate is 32.5 per 1,000 residents, above both New York’s towns (7.5) and U.S. towns (9.9). Only 84 of New York’s 1,216 towns score lower on hazard risk. Its National Register listings include Oneida Community Mansion House and US Post Office-Oneida.
Where Oneida beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Oneida Community Mansion House
Oneida Community Mansion House is a National Historic Landmark, the National Register’s top tier.
Census counts: 3,262 in 1870, 10,329 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1874 and 6 maps from 1895 on.
9 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New York), ordered by how far Oneida is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Who provides power, water and the rest in Oneida, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in Oneida.
Oneida gets more snow than nearly all U.S. towns and is healthier than towns with similar incomes, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of New York (mostly inland flooding).
Property crime runs at 32.5 per 1,000 residents, about twice the New York rate, most of it theft. Reported crimes fell from 669 to 358 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
Oneida’s violent crime rate is 3.3 per 1,000 residents. Oneida reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 94% report less.
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Its public schools are run by the Oneida City School District. Two of its 3 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Oneida Senior High School, with 487 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| W F Prior Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–2 | Grades PK–2 | 318 | C |
| Oneida Senior High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 487 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NY on state tests and graduation
The typical Oneida home is worth about $218,000, up 4.9% in a year, 59% below the New York typical home. 62% of households own their home in Oneida.
| Oneida | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 62% | 75% | 73% |
| Median rent | $903 a month | $1,103 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
16 miles of trail in 9 parks and preserves. The trail density in Oneida is 0.7 miles per square mile. The biggest park or preserve is Mount Hope Reservoir, at 113 acres.
| Oneida | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.7 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 2.3% | 5.2% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Old Erie Canal State Historic Park | 1.2 mi | 65 |
| 2. Mount Hope Reservoir | — | 113 |
| 3. Veterans Memorial Playfield | — | 13 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 94% of New York towns, with expected losses of about $472 per resident a year; that rating is what its C− for hazard risk is built on.
Since 1978, 119 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Oneida.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The Syracuse Hancock Intl Ap weather station, 22 miles away, records that 128 inches of snow fall in a normal winter, more than in 99% of U.S. towns.
Oneida has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 82° and January nights drop to 14°.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Oneida has about as many jobs (5,111) as working residents, but only 851 people both live and work here. The average commute takes 19.1 minutes, against 32.6 across New York.
Most working residents leave Oneida for work: only 19% work in town. 14% of Oneida residents live below the poverty line. The top destinations are Verona (11%), Syracuse (7%) and Lenox (6%).
| Oneida | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 19 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 19% | 10% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 14% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $62,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Against the 9,303 U.S. towns with household incomes like Oneida’s, it is healthier than 78%, so its B− isn’t only a matter of income.
Oneida beats the New York average on 3 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 8.
| Oneida | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 33% | 35% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 37% | 36% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 13% | 14% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 81% | 81% | 79% |
| What stands out | Oneida | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5.9% | 7.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 14% | 17.2% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 17.9% | 12.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Oneida. Close and well known come first.
24 mi Stadium & arenaJMA Wireless Dome
15 mi National MonumentFort Stanwix National Monument78K visitors a year
27 mi LakeOnondaga Lake
in town MuseumOneida Community Mansion House35 mi LandmarkFort Dayton
15 mi State parkGreen Lakes State ParkJMA Wireless Dome: Jimhoward03, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fort Stanwix National Monument: NPS photo, Public domain · Onondaga Lake: R. A. Nonenmacher, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Oneida Community Mansion House: scanned by Dave Parker, Public domain · Green Lakes State Park: Ebedgert at English Wikipedia, Public domain
2 within 15 miles of the center of Oneida
About 4 of every 100 Oneida residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
9 places in Oneida on the National Register of Historic Places.
16 notable people were born in Oneida.
City in New York, United States
Oneida (, Oneida: kanaˀalóhaleˀ) is a city in Madison County in the U.S. state of New York. It is located west of Oneida Castle (in Oneida County) and east of Wampsville. The population was 10,329 at the 2020 census, down from 11,390 in 2010. The city, like both Oneida County and the nearby silver and china maker, was named for the Oneida people, who had a large territory around Oneida Lake during the colonial period.
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9 towns share a border with Oneida.
All 4 graded towns on its borders grade higher than its C−; Lenox (C+) is closest.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oneida | #623 | C− | B | D | C | B− |
| Vernon | #293 | B | B | — | B | B |
| Verona | #281 | B | B+ | — | B | B+ |
| Sherrill | #102 | A | C+ | A+ | B | A |
| Oneida Castle | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Durhamville | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Lenox | #462 | C+ | B | — | C | B |
| Lincoln | — | — | B− | — | C | B |
Lincoln has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Vernon, Verona, Lenox and Lincoln report no FBI crime data of their own. Oneida Castle and Durhamville aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Oneida with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Oneida grades C− overall, better than 21% of U.S. towns and #623 of 745 in New York. It grades B− for health, D for safety and C for schools. Safety is its weak spot, with a D.
That is 2.9 years of the area's median household income ($75,492 across the Syracuse, NY metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.
16 notable people were born here, including Kenneth Hayes Miller and William Ralph Maxon.
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