Warren County, New York

• Income near the national median: Median household income tracks the national median, indicating a broad-based consumer market.
• Below the state median: Median household income runs $7,532 (8.8%) under the New York median, so statewide income averages overstate local household buying power.
• Cost of living stretches income further: Local prices run 5.1% below the national average, so the nominal median of $78,442 is worth $82,658 at national average prices. BEA publishes price parity at metro level, not county level.
• Aging population: Median age of 47 is materially above the U.S. norm; succession planning and senior-services demand are real factors.

• Largest private-sector industry: Health Care and Social Assistance employs 5,954 workers (21.5% of tracked sectors), at an average wage of $65,339. Every industry figure on this page is private sector; government employs a further 4,624 and is counted separately.
• Economic scale: Regional GDP of $6.8B (2024).
• Wage stratification: Wholesale Trade averages $109,603 while Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation averages $29,238, a 3.7x spread in the same local economy, with implications for workforce development and talent strategy.

• Top specialization: Miscellaneous Manufacturing concentrates at 9.56x the national norm, top-decile concentration, the kind of signature sector that defines a region's economic identity to site selectors.
• Cluster depth: 12 sub-sectors register LQ ≥ 1.5, and no single source of demand accounts for more than 37.1% of the employment across them, the largest being visitor economy. Demand reaches this base from more than one market rather than from a single one.
• Attraction whitespace: 3 sub-sectors register LQ < 0.5 with at least 50 employed, candidates for diversification or recruitment depending on labor-market fit.

• In line with national: Home value to income ratio of 3.4x sits near the ~4.1x national average; affordability is neither a clear advantage nor a recruitment friction.
• High home ownership: 72.1% owner-occupied; rental supply may be tight for incoming workers.
• Elevated vacancy: 25.3% of housing units are vacant, above the New York rate of 10%, and down from 29.9% in 2019.
• Mostly second homes: seasonal, recreational and occasional-use units are 76.1% of vacant units, so the headline rate is not available supply.
• Genuinely available supply: units listed for rent or for sale are 8.4% of the vacant stock, or 2.1% of all housing units against the 25.3% headline vacancy rate. Absorbable supply for an incoming employer is thin, and the gap between the two is the redevelopment and conversion opportunity.
• Affordable rent tiers: 2 of 5 HUD Fair Market Rent bedroom sizes sit below what a household on the median renter income of $46,632 can pay without cost burden (~$1,166/mo), and 44.6% of renter households are measured as cost-burdened.

• Succession risk is real: 27.7% of working-age residents are 55-64. Plan for retirements over the next decade and pair attraction strategy with talent retention.
• Low participation: 59.8% labor force participation. The labor force itself fell 0.5% between 2019 and 2024, from 33,392 to 33,226.
• Short commutes: 21.5-minute mean commute is a quality-of-life and labor-access advantage worth surfacing for site selectors.
• Talent pipeline: 3 institutions in Warren County award 873 credentials a year. Employers drawing from a wider labor shed should read this alongside institutions outside the county, which this page does not aggregate.

Warren County shows strong potential for miscellaneous manufacturing attraction, with a 9.56x concentration and 1,430 jobs in this sub-sector. It ranks in the top decile nationally. Near-term succession risk is elevated, with 27.7% of the working-age population within 10 years of retirement age.

The concentrated base spans miscellaneous manufacturing, internet publishing and broadcasting, and accommodation, and no single source of demand accounts for more than 37.1% of the employment across them, the largest being visitor economy. Supply-chain recruitment has more than one demand base to work from.