Davenport, New York.
. Oneonta, 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 Davenport, Delaware County, New York
Davenport is a town of 2,955 people in Delaware County. 87% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 13% are rented. Unemployment in Delaware County was 4.5% in August 2026, and the county had 0.6% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Davenport is a small rural town in Delaware County, New York, where nearly everyone lives in a home they own. Winters are cold and very snowy, with January the coldest month, and summers are mild, with July the warmest. Rain and melted snow add up to a fair amount through the year.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, in shops, in the building trades and in manufacturing. A good number work from home, and a fair share of adults hold a four-year degree. Among the largest workplaces in Davenport are Arnan - Oneonta, a building materials supply dealer, and Otsego Ready Mix, which makes central-mixed concrete.
Things to do. Robert V. Riddell State Park, a protected area, lies in or beside town, as does Pine Lake, and Hanford Mill, a museum, is also close by. A longer drive brings you to Otsego Lake and to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.
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- 1,174households
- 33%of adults have a degree
- 7%below the poverty line
- 15%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Delaware County had 14,185 jobs in 2025, 0.6% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 30° and lows near 11°; warmest in July, with highs near 78° and lows near 55°. About 83 inches of snow and 45 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Emmons weather station, 6 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Davenport
- Arnan - OneontaBuilding materials supply dealers45
- Materials R UsEmployment referral agencies or services41
- Otsego Ready MixCentral-mixed concrete manufacturing21
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 3 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 107 people in all. 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
- Inland floodingRelatively moderate
- LandslidesRelatively moderate
- Winter weatherRelatively 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 Delaware 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 Delaware County and the Oneonta, NY metro.
Davenport 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.
- Davenport5
Zip codes with a Davenport address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Davenport — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.