Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Canajoharie’s weakest subject is health — residents are less healthy than 77% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. Hazard risk is weaker too: FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 73% of U.S. communities, with inland flooding at the top. Homes run about $138K for a typical one, 2.1 times the Amsterdam area’s $65K median household income. Where it does best is incomes (B): the median household earns $78K. The overall grade comes out at C−, better than just over a fifth of U.S. towns. It ranks 619th of 745 in New York. Its National Register listings include US Post Office-Canajoharie and Van Alstyne House. History is its standout character grade: an A+, better than 99% of U.S. towns, with 6 places on the National Register.
Figures: incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · health, CDC PLACES · FEMA National Risk Index · home values, Zillow · National Register of Historic Places.
Where Canajoharie beats most towns.
Van Alstyne House
Census counts: 4,677 in 1820, 3,660 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1857 and 3 maps from 1898 on.
6 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New York), ordered by how far Canajoharie is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Who provides power, water and the rest in Canajoharie, 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 Canajoharie.
Canajoharie has fewer 90° days than nearly all U.S. towns, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of New York (mostly inland flooding) and has lost a quarter or more of its jobs in ten years.
The share of adults in Canajoharie who have diabetes: 12%. Two figures for adults in the town: 18% smoke cigarettes, 17% report frequent physical distress.
| Canajoharie | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 37% | 36% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 13% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 14% | 14% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 33% | 35% |
| What stands out | Canajoharie | NY |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 10% | 6% |
| More smokers | 18.2% | 11.3% |
| More adults with obesity | 39.7% | 28.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Public schools: the Canajoharie Central School District. Below: Two of its 3 schools, each with why it was picked. 3 public schools serve Canajoharie, with 845 students in all.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Hill SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 403 | C |
| Canajoharie Senior High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 249 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NY on state tests and graduation
Jobs based here fell from 1,059 in 2013 to 715. The average commute for its 1,356 working residents takes 25.1 minutes, against 32.6 across New York.
For most workers, Canajoharie is a place to come home to: only 13% work in town. This New York town had 715 jobs in 2023, down 344 from 2013. The top destinations are Amsterdam (6%), Albany (5%) and New York (4%). The share of residents in Canajoharie who live below the poverty line is 7.6%, where New York’s towns sit at 9.5% and U.S. towns at 9.6%.
| Canajoharie | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 13% | 10% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 7.6% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 92% of New York towns, with expected losses of about $513 per resident a year; that rating is what its C− for hazard risk is built on.
Paid flood insurance claims in Canajoharie since 1981: 6. FEMA puts 85% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding. Federal aid has come to Canajoharie households in 8 declared disasters; the latest was in 2017.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The Cobleskill 2 Ese weather station, 16 miles away, records that about 4 days a year reach 90°, fewer than in 98% of U.S. towns.
In July, afternoons reach 82°; in January, nights fall to 13°, and about 54 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
There are 1.2 miles of trail across 2 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. River Front park | 0.3 mi | 4 |
| 2. Wintergreen Park | — | 11 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Canajoharie. Close and well known come first.
Big draw19 mi MuseumNational Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum315K visitors a year16 mi CaveHowe Caverns22 mi LandmarkFort Dayton
35 mi Stadium & arenaUtica Memorial Auditorium
in town MuseumArkell Museum
19 mi MuseumFenimore Art MuseumNational Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum: Beyond My Ken, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Utica Memorial Auditorium: Doug Kerr, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Arkell Museum: Bakrell1 at English Wikipedia, GFDL · Fenimore Art Museum: Ser Amantio di Nicolao, CC BY-SA 3.0
1 within 15 miles of the center of Canajoharie
About 2 of every 100 Canajoharie residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
Where Canajoharie’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
6 places in Canajoharie on the National Register of Historic Places.
3 notable people were born in Canajoharie.
Town in New York, United States
Canajoharie () is a town in Montgomery County, New York, United States. The population was 3,660 as of the 2020 census. Canajoharie is located south of the Mohawk River on the southern border of the county. The Erie Canal passes along the northern town line. The village of Canajoharie is in the northern part of the town. Both are east of Utica and west of Amsterdam.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
8 towns share a border with Canajoharie.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canajoharie | #619 | C− | C+ | — | C+ | C− |
| Palatine | #520 | C | B+ | — | B− | C |
| Root | — | — | B+ | — | C+ | C+ |
| Minden | #599 | C− | B | — | B− | C |
| Palatine Bridge | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sharon | — | — | B | — | C− | B− |
| Canajoharie | — | — | C+ | — | C+ | C− |
| Nelliston | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Root, Sharon and Canajoharie have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Canajoharie, Palatine, Root, Minden, Sharon and Canajoharie report no FBI crime data of their own. Palatine Bridge and Nelliston aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Canajoharie with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Canajoharie grades C− overall, better than 21% of U.S. towns and #619 of 745 in New York. It grades C− for health and C+ for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a C−.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.
3 notable people were born here, including Rebecca Winters and Chester "Bromley" Hoke.
