Ava, New York.
. Utica-Rome, NY metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,478 (+116%) since Jan 2020.
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- New York$2,755
- United States$1,922
Living in Ava, Oneida County, New York
Ava is a town of 680 people in Oneida County. Unemployment in Oneida County was 4.3% in August 2026, and the county had 1.1% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Oneida County work in schools and health care, then shops.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Ava is a very small town in Oneida County, with few residents and a quiet, rural feel. Winters are long and cold, with deep snow, and summers are mild and warm. A smaller share of adults hold a four-year degree than is typical, and more households live below the poverty line than you might expect.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, with shops, manufacturing and professional and business services also employing many. The commute to work is longer than in many places, and few people work from home. Across Oneida County, some of the largest employers are Faxton-St. Lukes Healthcare, Utica City School District and Rome City School District, and the county has lost a small share of its jobs over the past year.
Things to do. Blue Brook runs in or beside town, and Pixley Falls State Park, a protected area, is a short drive away. Delta Lake State Park, also a protected area, is likewise a short drive away. For a longer outing, Oneida Lake and Fort Stanwix are each a longer drive away.
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- 9%of adults have a degree
- 17%below the poverty line
- 32 mintypical commute
- 6%work from home
What people in Oneida County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Oneida County had 101,447 jobs in 2025, 1.1% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 25° and lows near 8°; warmest in July, with highs near 75° and lows near 56°. About 164 inches of snow and 58 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Boonville Ssw weather station, 4 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Oneida County
- Resource Center for Independent LivingSelf-help organizations for disabled persons, the elderly, and persons diagnosed with intellectual and developmental disabilities3,210
- Faxton-st. Lukes HealthcareGeneral hospital2,347FTE
- Utica City School DistrictSchool district1,559FTE
- St. Elizabeth Medical CenterGeneral hospital1,027FTE
- Rome City School DistrictSchool district925FTE
- WalmartGeneral warehousing and storage919
- PAR TechnologyPoint of sale terminals manufacturing873
- Hamilton CollegeUniversity or college866
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 214 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 26,823 people in all across the county; Ava has none of its own. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023), school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and colleges from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Winter weatherVery high
- Strong windRelatively high
- Ice stormsRelatively high
- LightningRelatively high
- Inland floodingRelatively moderate
- Cold wavesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Oneida County, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Oneida County and the Utica-Rome, NY metro.
Ava home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Ava9
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Zip codes with a Ava address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Ava — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.