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Halcottsville, New York.

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What it costs per month · Halcottsville $2,755/mo

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.

$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 $2,500 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 New York $2,755 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 $2,500 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • New York$2,755
  • United States$1,922

Living in Halcottsville, Delaware County, New York

The Census does not count Halcottsville on its own, so the figures here are Delaware County's. Half the county's households earn more than $63,337 a year and half less; 14% of the county's people live below the poverty line. 77% of the county's homes are lived in by their owners and 23% 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 people in Delaware County work in schools and health care, then shops.

People 44,000 about, in Delaware County: the Census does not count Halcottsville on its own
Household income $63,337 the median in Delaware County, give or take $3,063
Unemployment 4.5% Delaware County, August 2026; 4.3% a year before
Homes 77% lived in by their owners; 23% rented

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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Halcottsville sits in Delaware County in the Catskill Mountains of New York State, a hilly area of small, spread-out communities. Across Delaware County, most homes are lived in by their owners, and the population is older than in most of the country. Winters are cold and snowy, with January the coldest month, while summers are warm and rain and melted snow fall steadily through the year.

Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, in shops, in manufacturing, or in professional and business services. Across Delaware County, unemployment has risen a little over the past year and the number of jobs has dipped slightly. A minority of adults hold a degree, and only a small share of workers work from home.

Things to do. Wawaka Lake and the Batavia Kill are both in or beside town, offering water close at hand for a quiet afternoon. Catskill Park, a protected area, lies a longer drive away and is the place to go for a full day among the mountains.

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  • 19,203households
  • 48.8median age
  • 28%of adults have a degree
  • 14%below the poverty line
  • 26 mintypical commute
  • 12%work from home

What people in Delaware County work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care28%
  • Shops (retail)13%
  • Manufacturing10%
  • Professional and business services8%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment8%
  • Building trades8%

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

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 32° and 12°; warmest in July, 80° and 55° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 32° 12° F M A M J J 80° 55° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 32° and 12°; warmest in July, 80° and 55° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 32° 12° F M A M J J 80° 55° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 32° and lows near 12°; warmest in July, with highs near 80° and lows near 55°. About 71 inches of snow and 49 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Delhi Southeast weather station, 16 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Delaware County

  1. Amphenol AerospaceConnectors, electronic, manufacturing1,003
  2. SUNY College of Technology at DelhiUniversity or college494
  3. SpecGxPatent medicine preparations manufacturing485
  4. Saputo Cheese USAMilk processing manufacturing241
  5. Sportsfield SpecialtiesSporting goods manufacturing208
  6. Sidney Central School DistrictSchool district185FTE
  7. Personal HealthcareSkilled nursing facilities180
  8. Walton Central School DistrictSchool district172FTE

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 30 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 3,614 people in all. Colleges come from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24) and school districts from the Common Core of Data (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

  1. Inland floodingRelatively moderate
  2. LandslidesRelatively moderate
  3. Winter weatherRelatively moderate
  4. 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.

Halcottsville 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.

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Zip codes with a Halcottsville address

A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Halcottsville — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.

Zillow publishes no zip-level series with this city on the address.