Blossvale, 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 Blossvale, Oneida County, New York
The Census does not count Blossvale on its own, so the figures here are Oneida County's. Half the county's households earn more than $70,154 a year and half less; 16% of the county's people live below the poverty line. 68% of the county's homes are lived in by their owners and 32% are rented. 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 Haiku 5.5 wrote this on 22 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Blossvale is a community in Oneida County, in central New York. The Census does not count it on its own, so the figures that follow describe the county as a whole. Across the county, most homes are lived in by their owners, and a sizeable share of households live below the poverty line. Winters are cold and snowy, with a great deal of snow each year, while summers are warm, and rain and melted snow arrive throughout the year.
Work. Across Oneida County, many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, in shops, in manufacturing, and in professional and business services. Unemployment has edged up over the past year, and the number of jobs in the county dipped slightly in the most recent year on record. Commutes are fairly short, and only a small share of residents work from home. Fewer adults hold a college degree than do not.
Things to do. Verona Beach State Park is a protected area a short drive away, and Oneida Creek, a river, is also a short drive away. Oneida Lake, a lake a longer drive off, is another option for a day out. Each of these is a quiet place to spend time outdoors, especially in the milder months.
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- 95,220households
- 40.7median age
- 28%of adults have a degree
- 16%below the poverty line
- 21 mintypical commute
- 11%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 29° and lows near 11°; warmest in July, with highs near 81° and lows near 56°. About 151 inches of snow and 50 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Camden weather station, 10 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. 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.
Blossvale 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.
- Blossvale13
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Zip codes with a Blossvale address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Blossvale — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.