CalciumNY
A town of 2,935, settled in 1911.
Is Calcium a good place to live?
Calcium’s midpoint age is 24.9 years, below both New York’s towns (43 years) and U.S. towns (40.5 years). No town among the 759 in New York we compare has a lower owner-occupancy rate than Calcium. We don’t grade Calcium yet; the figures below are still real.
Moving to Calcium: who provides what
Calcium is unincorporated, so Jefferson County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Calcium.
The typical home in Calcium: about $229K
For Calcium, the typical rent is $1,347 a month. Typical home values rose 7.7% in the year to September 2026.
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Natural hazards: very low risk in Calcium, mostly inland flooding
Calcium’s natural-hazard score from FEMA comes in at 18 of 100. FEMA puts two thirds of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 11% to cold waves. Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 82% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
In Calcium, expect snowy winters and pleasant summers
The range runs from 10° on a January night to 80° on a July afternoon, with about 116 inches of snow a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Most of Calcium’s workers head elsewhere: there are 0.8 jobs for each of them
The top destinations are Watertown (27%), Watertown (9%) and Le Ray (7%). Most working residents leave Calcium for work: only 3% work in town. 17% of Calcium residents live below the poverty line. Employers in Calcium added 124 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 695.
| Calcium | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 17 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 17% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $58,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.2% | 10% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
A larger share of adults feel lonely in Calcium than in most of New York or the rest of the country
15% of adults say their health is fair or poor in Calcium. Only 8 of the 756 New York towns we compare have a higher share of adults who report frequent mental distress than Calcium. Two figures for adults here: 19% have high blood pressure, 5.4% have diabetes. CDC measures, 32 in all: Calcium beats New York on 10 and trails on 10.
| Calcium | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 24% | 17% | 16% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 34% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 5.4% | 11% | 12% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 32% | 33% |
| What stands out | Calcium | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 3.1% | 7.7% |
| Fewer adults with heart disease | 2.7% | 6.1% |
| More binge drinkers | 24.3% | 16.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Everything we know about Calcium
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Calcium
About 11 of every 100 Calcium residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
About Calcium
Census-designated place in New York, United States
Calcium is a census-designated place (CDP) in Jefferson County, New York, United States. The population was 3,573 as of the 2020 census. The CDP is in the town of Le Ray and includes the hamlets of Calcium and Sanfords Four Corners. The town was renamed Calcium in 1911 at the request of local inventor Madison Cooper after the calcium chloride used in his patented refrigeration plants. Historic landmarks include the stone house at the intersection of State Route 342 and County Route 138 that once served as the post office for the area, and the Calcium Community Church at the same intersection. The church was built in 1853 by a group of at least three different denominations, including Method…
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- Area
- 5.6 sq mi
- Elevation
- 469 ft
- ZIP code
- 13616
Calcium’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with Calcium.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calcium | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Fort Drum | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pamelia | #375 | B− | A− | — | C+ | B− |
| Le Ray | #622 | C− | C− | — | C+ | B+ |
Pamelia and Le Ray report no FBI crime data of their own. Calcium and Fort Drum aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Calcium with a neighbor →
Questions about Calcium
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Calcium, NY a good place to live?
We don’t grade Calcium yet; the figures below are still real.