Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 1,526, established in 1822.
Barrington’s best subject grades are a B+ for history and a B for walkability; its weakest is a D for schools. 27% of residents are under 18 in Barrington, against 20% in New York’s towns and 22% across U.S. towns. Homes are expensive, about $256K for a typical one and 3.7 times the county’s $70K median household income. Only 13 of New York’s 1,216 towns score lower on the outdoors. Spicer-Millard House is on the National Register of Historic Places. Barrington has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Barrington beats most towns.
Where Barrington’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New York), ordered by how far Barrington is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 1,854 in 1830, a low of 754 in 1960, 1,681 in 2010. The archive holds 1 old photo or paper going back to 2006 and 2 maps from 1903 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Barrington, 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 Barrington.
One of its 3 schools is below, with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunny View Mennonite School PrivateLargest elementary schoolGrades 1–8 | Grades 1–8 | 28 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NY on state tests and graduation
Most working residents leave Barrington for work: only 4% work in town. Barrington’s average trip to work is 19 minutes, below both the New York town median (25 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). 5.9% of residents live below the poverty line in Barrington.
| Barrington | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 19 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 5.9% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.3% | 10% | 8% |
| Median household income | $91,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Barrington beats the New York average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 15. 16% of Barrington adults report frequent physical distress.
| Barrington | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 14% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 13% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 25% | 25% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 11% | 12% |
| What stands out | Barrington | NY |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 10.2% | 6% |
| More smokers | 17.1% | 11.3% |
| More adults with heart disease | 8.5% | 6.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Barrington has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. Barrington’s July high is 79°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 58% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, 7 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Barrington.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
1.9 miles of trail in 0 parks and preserves. The trail density in Barrington is 0.1 miles per square mile.
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Barrington. Close and well known come first.
12 mi LakeSeneca Lake
21 mi LakeCayuga Lake
14 mi State parkWatkins Glen State Park
26 mi MuseumCorning Museum of Glass400K visitors a year
23 mi State parkTaughannock Falls State Park
34 mi MountainCumorahSeneca Lake: RochesterNY, Public domain · Cayuga Lake: The original uploader was Cornellrockey at English Wikipedia. Later versions we, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Watkins Glen State Park: Flickr user: Peter Rivera Stamford, Connecticut https://www.flickr.com/people/ri, CC BY 2.0 · Corning Museum of Glass: User:Stilfehler, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Taughannock Falls State Park: Michael C. Rygel, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Cumorah: Hillcumorahpageantstage.jpg: la salebete derivative work: Eustress (talk), CC BY-SA 2.0
1 within 15 miles of the center of Barrington
About 1 of every 100 Barrington residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
Town in New York, United States
Barrington is a town in Yates County, New York, United States. The population was 1,541 at the 2020 census. The Town of Barrington is located in the south part of the county and is south of Geneva.
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5 towns share a border with Barrington.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barrington | — | — | C | — | D | C |
| Milo | #323 | B | B+ | — | B− | B− |
| Starkey | #657 | D | B | — | D | C |
| Tyrone | — | — | B− | — | C | C+ |
| Jerusalem | #507 | C+ | C | — | B− | B+ |
| Wayne | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Barrington and Tyrone have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Barrington, Milo, Starkey, Tyrone and Jerusalem report no FBI crime data of their own. Wayne isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Barrington with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.
