Warren County, NY

County Profile

65,517 residents. Safety, jobs, income, housing cost, climate and natural-hazard risk for Warren County, NY.

Several figures AreaProfile publishes are measured by county and nowhere finer — death rates by intent among them. On this page those describe the geography they are printed on, which is not true of the city and ZIP pages that inherit them.

71out of 100
Area Score
Top 19% of 1,225 published profiles

How we calculate this

How this area ranks
OpportunityTop 41% of 1,255 counties60
SchoolsTop 6% of 973 counties86
GrowthTop 45% of 1,226 counties53
Housing affordabilityTop 42% of 1,255 counties95
Climate1119th of 1,254 counties56
Physical resilienceTop 11% of 1,255 counties88
Access933rd of 1,255 counties68
Economic stability810th of 1,255 counties52
The quick read

Unemployment is 3.4% and median household income $78,442, putting employment conditions in the middle range of published profiles.

Rent takes 17% of median household income here, below the 30% threshold conventionally called cost-burdened, and the median home is 3.4 times that income.

Natural-hazard exposure is lower than in most comparable published profiles, placing Warren County in the top 11% for physical resilience.

At a glance

Population
65,517
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median household income
$78,442
Top 20% nationally
Density
76/sq mi
867.2 sq mi of land
Median age
46.8
2024 ACS 5-Year
County
Warren County
New York
Metro area
Glens Falls, NY
Nearest major airport
ALB
56 mi · Albany Intl
Median home value
$267,400
2024 ACS 5-Year

Jobs & opportunity

Unemployment of 3.4% is lower than 83% of the 1,255 measured US locations.

Unemployment has been falling for 4 consecutive months, most recently 3.4%.

Employment fell 2.1% over the past year, to 31,419 employed residents.

36% of adults hold a four-year degree, higher than 87% of measured US locations.

MetricValueCompared with peersSource period
Median household income ±$3,623$78,442Top 20%2024 ACS 5-Year
Per capita income ±$2,232$47,932Top 9%2024 ACS 5-Year
Poverty rate10.5%Bottom 28%2024 ACS 5-Year
Average commute23.2 minBottom 33%2024 ACS 5-Year
Bachelor's degree or higher36.4%Top 13%2024 ACS 5-Year
Employment31,419Bottom 41%June 2026
Employment change (3 years)-2.9%Bottom 15%June 2026
Employment change (year over year)-2.1%Bottom 18%June 2026
Labor force32,533Bottom 41%June 2026
Labor force participation59.8%Top 44%2024 ACS 5-Year
Unemployment change (year over year)0.5%Top 27%June 2026
Unemployment rate3.4%Bottom 17%June 2026
Unemployment rate
2021/062022/032022/122023/092024/062025/032025/102026/064.82.7
Monthly unemployment rate from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, most recent value 3.4% in June 2026. A break in the line is a month the Bureau of Labor Statistics did not publish for this area — it is left empty rather than estimated.
Median household income, successive ACS releases
202120222023202478k69k
Each point is a separate five-year estimate, most recently $78,442 in the 2024 ACS 5-Year. Consecutive releases share four years of sample, so AreaProfile shows them as a record of successive estimates and does not compute a year-over-year change from them.
Largest occupations — Glens Falls, NY
OccupationPeople employedMedian annual wage
Retail Salespersons1,780$35,070
Cashiers1,350$33,470
Home Health and Personal Care Aides1,090$38,650
General and Operations Managers1,070$98,650
Registered Nurses1,030$104,000
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators1,010$40,000

Occupational employment and wages are published for metropolitan areas rather than for individual cities or ZIP areas, so these describe the wider labor market this location sits in. 2025 OEWS, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

43% of students met the state standard in mathematics and 60% in reading, across the schools here that reported results.

There are 10.5 students for every full-time teacher, fewer than in most measured places.

Public schools
19
2024-25 school year
Students per teacher
10.5
across all schools here
Math proficiency
42.9%
Top 20% in New York
Reading proficiency
59.6%
Top 14% in New York
SchoolDistrictStudentsPer teacherMathReading
QUEENSBURY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLQUEENSBURY UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT97112.3
QUEENSBURY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLQUEENSBURY UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT95214.667%62%
QUEENSBURY MIDDLE SCHOOLQUEENSBURY UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT67112.237%57%
GLENS FALLS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLGLENS FALLS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT62813.4
GLENS FALLS MIDDLE SCHOOLGLENS FALLS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT61010.724%42%
NORTH WARREN CENTRAL SCHOOLNORTH WARREN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT4708.445%52%
WILLIAM H BARTON INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLQUEENSBURY UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT43416.759%59%
STUART M TOWNSEND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHADLEY-LUZERNE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT3378.231%45%
WARRENSBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWARRENSBURG CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT32610.541%55%
LAKE GEORGE JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLLAKE GEORGE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT2997.365%65%
LAKE GEORGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLLAKE GEORGE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT29610.260%78%
HADLEY-LUZERNE JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHADLEY-LUZERNE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT2887.610%90%

40.9% of students here are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That describes the circumstances families arrive with rather than how the schools perform, which is why AreaProfile shows it and does not score it.

Public schools only, from the NCES Common Core of Data. Schools are placed by ZIP code, so this is which schools are in this place rather than which one a particular address is zoned for — district boundaries do not follow municipal ones, and enrollment zones change. Fully virtual schools are excluded: they enroll students from across the state while reporting one administrative address, and counting them here would describe a school population this place does not have. The assessment covers grades 3 through 8, so a high school shows no proficiency figure — a dash in those columns means the test was not given at that school, not that it performed badly. Proficiency is measured against New York’s own standard, so it compares cleanly within the state and only broadly against other states; AreaProfile therefore ranks it within state. The directory is current, while the proficiency figures are from the last school year with national coverage before the pandemic interrupted testing.

Housing & affordability

How it’s calculated →

Median rent of $1,105 takes 17% of median household income, below the 30% threshold at which a household is considered cost-burdened.

A median home costs 3.4 times median household income here, above the historic benchmark of about three times income.

Rent as a share of income
16.9%
Below the 30% cost-burdened threshold
Home price to income
3.4×
median home value ÷ median income
Median gross rent
$1,105
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value
$267,400
2024 ACS 5-Year
MetricValueCompared with peersSource period
Home price to income3.41Top 34%2024 ACS 5-Year
Homeownership rate72.1%Bottom 38%2024 ACS 5-Year
Housing units ±6640,342Top 21%2024 ACS 5-Year
Median gross rent ±$30$1,105Top 22%2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value ±$8,342$267,400Top 25%2024 ACS 5-Year
Rent as a share of income16.9%Bottom 49%2024 ACS 5-Year
Vacancy rate25.3%Top 15%2024 ACS 5-Year

Both affordability measures come from the same ACS release as the income they are compared with, so the comparison is like for like. They describe housing cost against local earnings and are not a cost-of-living index — transport, groceries, healthcare, insurance and taxes are not included, and a place can look affordable here and still be expensive to live in for reasons this does not capture.

Growth & development

How it’s calculated →
Development Momentum
53/ 100
Top 45% of 1,226 published city profiles
Permitting is increasing — 2 consecutive years, measured from 2022 to 2025.

An AreaProfile calculation combining permit volume per resident, its direction over one and three years, population change and employment growth. Permit volume alone is not the measure.

Population has been broadly flat since 2020, at 65,288 in 2024.

At 4.3 permitted units per 1,000 residents, building activity is above the median for measured US locations.

Units permitted
280
12 months ending July 2026
Per 1,000 residents
4.3
Top 35% nationally
Year over year
+18%
vs the prior twelve months
Multifamily share
22.5%
units in 5+ unit buildings
Population, annual estimates
2020202120222023202466k65k
Census Population Estimates Program, July 1 of each year. These annual estimates are designed for year-over-year comparison, unlike the ACS five-year figure shown as this profile's population.
Housing units permitted per year
2022202320242025275138
Annual totals from the Census Building Permits Survey. Permitting in 2025 was higher than 2022 (+37%).

Weather & climate

5 of the twelve months have a normal average temperature between 55°F and 80°F. July averages a high of 82°F and January a low of 10°F.

Normal annual precipitation is 38.2 inches.

0°20°40°60°80°JFMAMJJASOND
Solid line: normal daily high. Dashed line: normal daily low. 1991-2020 normals from NOAA station GLENS FALLS AP, 18.0 miles from this location.
Precipitation
JFMAMJJASOND4.3"
Normal monthly precipitation, in inches.
MetricValueSource period
Annual precipitation38.2"1991-2020 Normals
Average January low10°F1991-2020 Normals
Average July high82°F1991-2020 Normals
Comfortable months51991-2020 Normals
Seasonal temperature swing50°F1991-2020 Normals

Climate figures are thirty-year normals, not current conditions. They describe what a typical year looks like rather than what the weather is doing today.

Physical risk

88 / 100
Physical resilience

The hazards accounting for most of this area's expected annual loss are inland flooding, earthquake and hurricane.

Inland floodingModerate
HurricaneModerate
EarthquakeModerate

Low or minimal exposure: lightning, cold wave, landslide, avalanche, ice storm, winter weather, strong wind, tornado, heat wave, hail, wildfire.

Hazard ratings are AreaProfile calculations derived from the FEMA National Risk Index v1.20.0 (December 2025). FEMA National Risk Index county record. FEMA does not endorse this presentation. Higher physical resilience means lower exposure.

These are deaths, not offences. AreaProfile does not publish reported crime, and this is not a substitute for it — it says nothing about burglary, theft or assault.

Warren County records 2.7 homicide deaths per 100,000 residents a year, near the middle of counties measured. The CDC does not publish this below county level.

Firearm deaths of all intents run at 7.4 per 100,000 — more than the homicide rate, because nationally most firearm deaths are suicides.

Drug overdose deaths run at 8.3 per 100,000 residents in Warren County.

Homicide
2.7
per 100,000 residents · under 10 deaths
Firearm deaths, all intents
7.4
per 100,000 residents · under 10 deaths
Drug overdose
8.3
per 100,000 residents · under 10 deaths
Suicide
13.5
per 100,000 residents · under 10 deaths

Firearm deaths count every intent together, and nationally the majority are suicides rather than homicides. The two columns overlap and should not be added.

Age-adjusted rates from provisional death certificate records, published by the CDC for Warren County as a whole — these rates are not published below county level. A county can hold both a dense city centre and a suburb whose experience of it is nothing alike, so this describes the county around Warren County rather than Warren County itself. That is why AreaProfile shows these figures and does not put them in the Area Score. Where fewer than ten deaths were recorded the count is suppressed at source, and a rate built on single figures moves sharply between releases. What this measure has that reported crime does not: a death certificate is filed whether or not the local police agency submitted a return that year, so the figures stay comparable between places and over time.

What this profile does not cover

Three things people look for are missing from every AreaProfile page, and each is missing for a reason rather than by oversight. The Area Score is calculated without them and the weighting is documented on the methodology page.

Reported crime
The FBI’s Crime Data Explorer is the only source for reported offences with national coverage and a published method, and it requires an API key AreaProfile does not hold. Arrest counts, news volume and commercial “safety scores” are not substituted in the meantime. What is published above under Safety is a different measurement — deaths rather than offences, from death certificates rather than police returns — and it covers no property crime at all.
Taxes
No tax dataset has met the source admission test for coverage, transparent methodology and update cadence. Nothing here is individualized tax advice.
Full cost of living
No public source publishes one with national coverage and a documented method. Housing affordability above is computed from published rent, price and income, and excludes transport, groceries, healthcare, insurance and taxes — commuting cost in particular tends to offset suburban housing savings.

Access

3 major airports lie within 100 miles, the nearest 56 miles away.

AirportCodeDistanceLongest runway
Albany IntlALB56 mi8,500 ft
Plattsburgh IntlPBG78 mi11,759 ft
Griffiss IntlRME82 mi11,820 ft

Airport identity, position and runway data come from the FAA. “Major airport” is an AreaProfile classification — a public-use civil airport with a paved runway of at least 8,000 feet — not an FAA hub designation. Distances are straight-line, not driving distance.

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Data & methodology

Used forSourceSource periodUpdated
AccessFederal Aviation Administration
Airports (NASR) — Aeronautical Data Delivery Service
NASR current cycle28-day NASR cycle
Physical riskFederal Emergency Management Agency
National Risk Index
National Risk Index December 2025 (v1.20.0)Periodic dataset versions (v1.20.0 current)
ClimateNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Monthly)
1991-2020 NormalsEvery ten years (next release follows the 2001–2030 period)
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Local Area Unemployment Statistics
June 2026Monthly
DemographicsU.S. Census Bureau
Population Estimates Program
July 1, 2024 estimateAnnual (vintage released each spring)
DevelopmentU.S. Census Bureau
Building Permits Survey
12 months ending July 2026Monthly, roughly three weeks after the reference month
Demographics, Housing, Income, JobsU.S. Census Bureau
American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (Table-Based Summary File)
2024 ACS 5-YearAnnual (5-year estimates released each December)
safetyU.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics
Provisional county-level mortality by intent
April, 2025 to March, 2026Quarterly, with a rolling twelve-month window alongside complete calendar years
schoolsU.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics
Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessments
2019-20 school year; 2024-25 school yearDirectory annually; assessment results as EDFacts releases them

Profile recalculated August 30, 2026. Recalculation is not the same as new source data — each figure above shows the period its source actually covers. Read the full methodology or browse every source.