New York · Market data
Schenectady County, NY supports 5 taxi and limousine businesses across 162,261 residents. Below: how those operators break down by size, how the market compares with its state and the country, and what the sector pays — all from the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns.
Source: United States Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023.
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Key takeaways
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| Measure | Schenectady County |
|---|---|
| County | Schenectady County, NY |
| State | New York |
| Residents (Census 2024 estimate) | 162,261 |
| Taxi and limousine establishments | 5 |
| Taxi and limousine employeesCensus noise flag J — approximate. | 17 |
| Taxi and limousine annual payroll | $592,000 |
| Taxi and ridesharing establishments | 5 |
| Taxi and ridesharing employeesCensus noise flag J — approximate. | 17 |
| Taxi and ridesharing annual payroll | $592,000 |
| Operators with 1-4 employees | 3 |
| Operators per 100,000 residentsderived5 establishments ÷ 162,261 residents × 100,000. | 3.08 |
| Share of operators with fewer than 5 employeesderived3 of 5 establishments. | 60.0% |
| Annual payroll per employeederived$592,000 payroll ÷ 17 employees. | $34,824 |
| Rank among published US county marketsderivedBy taxi and limousine establishments. | 214 of 348 |
Source: United States Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. About County Business Patterns.
Schenectady County, NY has 5 taxi and limousine businesses in the 2023 County Business Patterns, employing about 17 people.
The published operator base here is very small, so a single new entrant materially changes the local market.
60.0 per cent of operators in Schenectady County, NY employ fewer than five people, against a median of 67.1 per cent across the 348 published county markets.
The market mixes very small operators with a tier of larger ones, so the same county contains businesses with genuinely different problems — coverage at the small end, coordination at the large.
Schenectady County, NY has 3.08 taxi and limousine businesses per 100,000 residents, against a national median of 2.16.
Operators per head sit above the national midpoint, so local demand supports more businesses than population alone would suggest.
Within New York the median is 5.96 per 100,000, so this county is thinner than its state norm.
Annual payroll works out at about $34,824 per employee across the sector in Schenectady County, NY.
That level of payroll means labour, not vehicles, is the dominant cost — so utilisation per paid hour is the number worth managing.
FAQ
Closest by operator count, weighted towards the same state.
| County | Operators | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Jefferson County, AL | 5 | 0.75 |
| Pulaski County, AR | 5 | 1.25 |
| Fresno County, CA | 5 | 0.49 |
| Monroe County, FL | 5 | 6.18 |
| St. Lucie County, FL | 5 | 1.28 |
| Chatham County, GA | 5 | 1.63 |
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