New Berlin, 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 New Berlin, Chenango County, New York
New Berlin is a village of 901 people in Chenango County. Unemployment in Chenango County was 3.7% in August 2026, and the county had 2.6% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Chenango County work in schools and health care, then manufacturing.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. New Berlin is a small village in Chenango County, with a population that is among the smaller ones in the area. Winters are cold and very snowy, with January the coldest month, and summers are warm in July. Rain and melted snow add up to a fair amount over the year. Fewer adults here hold a four-year degree than you might find in many places, and many residents work close to home, with a commute that stays short.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, followed by manufacturing, shops and the building trades. Across Chenango County, the largest workplaces include Chobani-New Berlin, which makes yogurt, along with The Raymond, a maker of trucks and industrial equipment, and the Norwich City School District. Unemployment across the county is low and has stayed close to where it stood a year earlier, and the county has gained jobs over the past year. Household incomes across the county are modest.
Things to do. Hunt's Pond State Park is a park in or beside town, and Wharton Creek runs there too, making it easy to spend time outdoors without driving far. A short drive away is Chenango Lake, a lake for time on the water. For a longer day out, the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum is a well-known museum a longer drive away.
Report a mistake
- 391households
- 18%of adults have a degree
- 18 mintypical commute
- 12%work from home
What people in Chenango County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Chenango County had 17,735 jobs in 2025, 2.6% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 31° and lows near 12°; warmest in July, with highs near 80° and lows near 57°. About 77 inches of snow and 42 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Sherburne weather station, 10 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Chenango County
- The RaymondTrucks, industrial, manufacturing2,074
- Chobani-New BerlinYogurt manufacturing982
- Unison Norwich401
- Norwich City School DistrictSchool district322FTE
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters321
- Sherburne-earlville Central School DistrictSchool district318FTE
- AlvogenPharmaceutical preparations manufacturing312
- Chenango Memorial HospitalGeneral hospital311FTE
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 34 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 6,500 people in all across the county; New Berlin has one of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); 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
- Inland floodingRelatively high
- 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 in New Berlin’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. 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 Chenango County and the Oneonta, NY metro.
New Berlin 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.
- New Berlin12
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- New Berlin4
Zip codes with a New Berlin address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls New Berlin — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.