Sidney, New York.
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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 Sidney, Delaware County, New York
Sidney is a village of 3,697 people in Delaware County. 42% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 58% 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.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Sidney is a village in Delaware County, in upstate New York. Fewer households own their homes than across most of the country, and incomes are below the county's, with poverty more common than in many places. Winters are cold, with January the coldest month and snow and rain spread across the year, while summers are warm.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, in shops, in manufacturing, and in professional and business services. Some of the largest workplaces in Sidney are Amphenol Aerospace, the Sidney Central School District and Golub. Unemployment across the county is a little higher than a year ago, and the county has slightly fewer jobs than it did the year before. Most people travel to work, and few work from home.
Things to do. Water is the main draw around Sidney. Peckham Brook, a river, runs in or beside town, and Oquaga Creek State Park, a protected area, is a short drive away. Buck Horn Lake, a reservoir, is also a short drive away, and Cannonsville Reservoir is a longer drive.
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- 1,735households
- 27%of adults have a degree
- 21%below the poverty line
- 25 mintypical commute
- 6%work from home
What people in Delaware County 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 32° and lows near 11°; warmest in July, with highs near 82° and lows near 57°. About 45 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the East Sidney weather station, 9 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Sidney
- Amphenol AerospaceConnectors, electronic, manufacturing1,003
- Sidney Central School DistrictSchool district185FTE
- GolubGrocery stores84
- USA Custom PADTablets made from purchased paper38
- Universal Forest ProductsManufacture of wood roof and floor trusses36
- Mirabito HoldingsHeating oil dealers27
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 5 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 1,188 people in all. School districts come 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
- Inland floodingVery high
- Winter weatherRelatively high
- Cold wavesRelatively high
- Strong windRelatively moderate
- LightningRelatively moderate
- TornadoesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Sidney’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively high. 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.
Sidney 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.
- Sidney17
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Sidney6
Zip codes with a Sidney address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Sidney — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.