Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 1,815.
Cambridge’s best subject grades are an A for safety and an A+ for history and civic life; its weakest is a C− for incomes. Cambridge’s average trip to work is 33 minutes, above both the New York town median (25 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). On civic life, just 8 of New York’s 1,187 towns do better. Cambridge has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Cambridge beats most towns.
Where Cambridge’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 Cambridge is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 2,491 in 1820, 1,952 in 2020. The archive holds 18 old photos and papers going back to 1853 and 3 maps from 1895 on.
Explore the history →Cambridge takes its name from Cambridge in Cambridgeshire, England, 3,330 miles across the Atlantic.
UKUK editionCambridge takes its name from Cambridge, a city in Cambridgeshire, England.
2 more U.S. towns are named after Cambridge:Cambridge, MA122,588Cambridge City, IN1,730
Named after: each U.S. town’s Wikipedia article. Grades compare each town with towns in its own country, so they aren’t a head-to-head.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Cambridge, 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 Cambridge.
The typical Cambridge home is worth about $264,000, up 3% in a year, 50% below the New York typical home.
| Cambridge | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 74% | 75% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,164 a month | $1,101 a month | $1,185 a month |
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
At 3.9 per 1,000 residents, Cambridge’s property crime rate is where New York’s towns sit at 7.5 and U.S. towns at 9.9.
| Cambridge | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 3.9 per 1,000 residents | 7.5 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.6 per 1,000 residents | 0.8 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Most working residents leave Cambridge for work: only 10% work in town. 15% of residents live below the poverty line in Cambridge. The top destinations are White Creek (14%), Bennington (11%) and Colonie (5%).
| Cambridge | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 15% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $73,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Cambridge beats the New York average on 7 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 5. 33% of Cambridge adults sleep under 7 hours.
| Cambridge | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 37% | 36% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 83% | 81% | 79% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 33% | 35% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 32% | 33% |
| What stands out | Cambridge | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 10.8% | 17.2% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5.1% | 7.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 11% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Cambridge has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 82°, January nights drop to 13° and about 75 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 61% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, 5 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Cambridge.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Adults 18 to 34 are 18% of residents (23% statewide); adults 35 to 64 are 44% of residents (39% statewide). The median age in Cambridge is 46.9 years. 33% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 40% across New York.
| Cambridge | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 46.9 years | 43 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 17% | 20% | 18% |
| Under 18 | 21% | 20% | 22% |
56% women, 44% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±6.8 points. Across New York, 51.2% of residents are women.
| Cambridge | NY | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 8.5% | 11% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 12.7% | 9.5% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 14.9% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 3.1% | 14.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 8.7% | 13% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 19.7% | 12.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 15.2% | 13.3% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 9% | 10.3% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 8.3% | 7.6% | 7% |
| No diploma | 7% | 12% | 10.4% |
| High school | 32.1% | 24.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 11.1% | 14.6% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 17.2% | 8.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 14.7% | 22.4% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 17.8% | 17.9% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,800, single groups can be off by several points
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Cambridge Community Forest | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Cambridge. Close and well known come first.
29 mi MountainMount Greylock
32 mi LandmarkFort William Henry
27 mi Theme parkGreat Escape
24 mi MuseumClark Art Institute
20 mi MuseumNational Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame
22 mi State parkGrant Cottage State Historic SiteMount Greylock: Jstergis, CC BY 3.0 · Fort William Henry: IrisKawling at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Great Escape: Jared and Corin, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Clark Art Institute: Daderot, Public domain · National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame: Peter Flass, CC BY 3.0 · Grant Cottage State Historic Site: Coingeek at English Wikipedia, Public domain
1 within 15 miles of the center of Cambridge
About 8 of every 100 Cambridge residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New York.
19 notable people were born in Cambridge.
Town in New York, United States
Cambridge is a town in Washington County, New York, United States. It is part of the Glens Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area. The town population was 1,952 at the 2020 census. The town of Cambridge contains part of a village, also called Cambridge.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
2 towns share a border with Cambridge.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cambridge · Cambridge | — | — | C− | A | B | B+ |
| Jackson | — | — | C | — | B− | B+ |
Cambridge and Jackson have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Jackson reports no FBI crime data of its own. Cambridge and Cambridge are one community, graded once. Compare Cambridge with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.
