Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Home to 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Campbell gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $141K, 2.1 years of the Corning area’s $66K median household income. It grades C overall, ranked 542nd of 745 in New York. The low prices come with trade-offs. FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 86% of U.S. communities, with inland flooding at the top. 22% of residents live below the poverty line in Campbell, above both the New York town median (9.5%) and the median of U.S. towns (9.6%). The biggest place to walk is Meads Creek State Forest, 1,401 acres with 1.9 miles of trail. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 81% of U.S. towns.
Where Campbell beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New York), ordered by how far Campbell is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 852 in 1840, a low of 852 in 1840, 3,163 in 2020. The archive holds 4 old photos and papers going back to 1873 and 5 maps from 1914 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Campbell, 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 Campbell.
Campbell has homes that are cheap against local pay and has commutes shorter than most of New York, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of New York (mostly inland flooding).
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 99% of New York towns, with expected losses of about $661 per resident a year; that rating is what its D for hazard risk is built on.
Only 6 of the 758 New York towns we compare have a higher FEMA risk score than Campbell. Since 1994, 35 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Campbell.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
One of its 2 schools is below, with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Schuyler-Steuben-Chemung-Tioga-Allegany Boces, with 535 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schuyler-Steuben-Chemung-Tioga-Allegany BocesLargest public high schoolGrades K–12 | Grades K–12 | 535 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NY on state tests and graduation
| Campbell | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 5.5% | 5.2% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Meads Creek State Forest | 1.9 mi | 1,401 |
| 2. East Campbell Park | — | 6 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Campbell has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. Campbell’s July high is 81°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The average commute for its 1,284 working residents takes 24.8 minutes, against 32.6 across New York.
Most working residents leave Campbell for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Erwin (15%), Corning (14%) and Bath (6%). Half commute less than 12 miles.
| Campbell | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $75,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 8.7% | 10% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Campbell beats the New York average on 5 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 7. 31% of Campbell adults feel lonely.
| Campbell | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 32% | 33% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 17% | 16% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 14% | 14% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 21% | 23% |
| What stands out | Campbell | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5.6% | 7.9% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 10.9% | 14.5% |
| More adults with COPD | 8.2% | 6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
At 2.1 years of the Corning area’s $66K median household income, the typical home costs less against local pay than in 86% of New York towns; that ratio is one input to its B for cost of living.
The median rent in Campbell is $890 a month.
| Campbell | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 84% | 75% | 73% |
| Median rent | $890 a month | $1,103 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Campbell. Close and well known come first.
8 mi MuseumCorning Museum of Glass400K visitors a year
32 mi LakeSeneca Lake
18 mi State parkWatkins Glen State Park
40 mi LakeCayuga Lake
36 mi State parkTaughannock Falls State Park
38 mi Stadium & arenaSchoellkopf FieldCorning Museum of Glass: User:Stilfehler, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Seneca Lake: RochesterNY, Public domain · Watkins Glen State Park: Flickr user: Peter Rivera Stamford, Connecticut https://www.flickr.com/people/ri, CC BY 2.0 · Cayuga Lake: The original uploader was Cornellrockey at English Wikipedia. Later versions we, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Taughannock Falls State Park: Michael C. Rygel, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Schoellkopf Field: Alex Sergeev, (www.asergeev.com) Originally uploaded by en:User:Cornell010, CC BY-SA 3.0
1 within 15 miles of the center of Campbell
About 3 of every 100 Campbell residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
4 notable people were born in Campbell.
Town in New York, United States
Campbell is a town in Steuben County, New York, United States. The population was 3,163 at the 2020 census. The name is from Robert Campbell, an early landowner. The town is centrally located in the county and is northwest of Corning.
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3 towns share a border with Campbell.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Campbell | #542 | C | B | — | B− | B |
| Thurston | — | — | B | — | B | C |
| Bradford | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Erwin | #487 | C+ | D | — | C+ | A− |
Thurston has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Campbell, Thurston and Erwin report no FBI crime data of their own. Bradford isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Campbell with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Campbell grades C overall, better than 31% of U.S. towns and #542 of 745 in New York. It grades B for health and B− for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a D.
The typical home is worth about $141,000, 73% below the New York typical home. 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 Thomas John Watson, Sr. and Richard Edward Enright.
