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Arcade gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $164K, 2.4 years of the county’s $69K median household income. It grades C+ overall, 466th among New York's 745 graded towns. The low prices come with trade-offs. FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 83% of U.S. communities, with inland flooding at the top. Only 64 of New York’s 1,216 towns score lower on the outdoors. Arcade’s July high is 78°F, where New York’s towns sit at 81°F and U.S. towns at 85°F. Arcade Center Farm is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Where Arcade beats most towns.
Census counts: 780 in 1820, a low of 780 in 1820, 4,220 in 2020. The archive holds 23 old photos and papers going back to 2009 and 3 maps from 1923 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New York), ordered by how far Arcade is from typical.
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Who provides power, water and the rest in Arcade, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in Arcade.
Arcade gets more snow than nearly all U.S. towns and is healthier than towns with similar incomes, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of New York (mostly inland flooding).
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 98% of New York towns, with expected losses of about $676 per resident a year; that rating is what its D for hazard risk is built on.
FEMA puts 89% of Arcade’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding. Since 1998, Arcade has seen 2 flood insurance claims paid out. Federal disaster aid has reached households in Arcade after 5 declared disasters, most recently in 2014.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Its one school is below. The Yorkshire-Pioneer Central School District runs its public schools. Arcade’s only public school teaches 505 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arcade Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–4 | Grades PK–4 | 505 | B− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NY on state tests and graduation
The Wales weather station, 16 miles away, records that 109 inches of snow fall in a normal winter, more than in 98% of U.S. towns. The Wales weather station, 16 miles away, records that about 1 days a year reach 90°, fewer than in 99% of U.S. towns.
July afternoons reach 78° and January nights drop to 14°.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Jobs based here fell from 3,514 in 2013 to 2,155.
For Arcade, the median household income is $62,000. About one worker in five stays in Arcade for work. Employers in Arcade shed 1,359 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 2,155. Among workers here, 6.1% do their job from home.
| Arcade | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 22% | 10% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 6.1% | 12% | 11% |
| Median household income | $62,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Against the 9,417 U.S. towns with household incomes like Arcade’s, it is healthier than 82%, so its B isn’t only a matter of income.
36% of Arcade adults have high blood pressure. Against the New York average, Arcade comes out ahead on 5 CDC measures out of 32, and behind on 7. Two figures for adults here: 17% binge drink, 15% smoke cigarettes.
| Arcade | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 81% | 81% | 79% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 17% | 16% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 13% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 36% | 34% | 35% |
| What stands out | Arcade | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5.6% | 7.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 12.8% | 17.2% |
| More adults with COPD | 8.1% | 6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Just 77 of its 29,941 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Arcade itself; its outdoors grade is C−.
0.3 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. One park or preserve covers 12 acres in Arcade.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Villiage Park | 0.1 mi | 12 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
1 within 15 miles of the center of Arcade
About 6 of every 100 Arcade residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New York.
4 notable people were born in Arcade.
Town in New York, United States
Arcade is a town in Wyoming County, New York, United States. The population was 4,220 at the 2020 census. The Town of Arcade has within its borders a village also called Arcade. Arcade is in the southwestern corner of Wyoming County.
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5 towns share a border with Arcade.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arcade | #466 | C+ | B | — | B | B |
| Eagle | — | — | A− | — | B− | C+ |
| Java | — | — | B | — | B | B+ |
| Freedom | — | — | B− | — | B | C+ |
| Sardinia | #211 | B+ | A− | — | B− | B+ |
| Arcade | — | — | B− | — | B | B |
Eagle, Java, Freedom and Arcade have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Arcade, Eagle, Java, Freedom, Sardinia and Arcade report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Arcade with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Arcade grades C+ overall, better than 41% of U.S. towns and #466 of 745 in New York. It grades B for health and B for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a D.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.
4 notable people were born here, including Gladys Hulette and Frank D. Jackson.
