Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Canastota is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades B overall, 313th of 745 graded towns in New York, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is safety: crime is low: it reports less per resident than 72% of U.S. towns. Its lowest everyday mark is in schools: its public schools trail 66% of New York towns on state tests and graduation. A typical home there costs about $233K, 3.1 years of the Syracuse metro’s $75K median household income. History is its standout character grade: an A+, better than 96% of U.S. towns.
Where Canastota beats most towns.
Where Canastota’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 Canastota is from typical.
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Census counts: 800 in 1840, 4,556 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1603 and 4 maps from 1895 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Canastota. Close and well known come first.
20 mi Stadium & arenaJMA Wireless Dome
23 mi LakeOnondaga Lake
17 mi National MonumentFort Stanwix National Monument78K visitors a year
11 mi State parkGreen Lakes State Park39 mi LandmarkFort Dayton
8 mi MuseumOneida Community Mansion HouseJMA Wireless Dome: Jimhoward03, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Onondaga Lake: R. A. Nonenmacher, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fort Stanwix National Monument: NPS photo, Public domain · Green Lakes State Park: Ebedgert at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Oneida Community Mansion House: scanned by Dave Parker, Public domain
Who provides power, water and the rest in Canastota, 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 Canastota.
Canastota gets more snow than nearly all U.S. towns, has home values climbing faster than New York’s and is safe by national standards but not by New York’s.
Home values rose 46% in five years, to about $233K, against 30% across New York.
Typical home values rose 5.6% in the year to September 2026. Canastota’s median rent is $930 a month, where New York’s towns sit at $1,103 a month and U.S. towns at $1,185 a month.
| Canastota | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $930 a month | $1,103 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 68% | 75% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
For Canastota, that is below New York’s towns (5.2%) and close to U.S. towns (4.3%). 1.3 miles of trail in 0 parks and preserves.
| Canastota | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 1.9% | 5.2% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.4 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Jobs based here fell from 1,405 in 2013 to 885. The average commute for its 1,881 working residents takes 23.4 minutes, against 32.6 across New York.
Most working residents leave Canastota for work: only 8% work in town. Jobs based in Canastota fell to 885 in 2023, 520 fewer than in 2013. The top destinations are Lenox (16%), Syracuse (9%) and Oneida (8%).
| Canastota | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 23 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $74,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 11% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
At 10.8 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports less crime than 57% of New York’s graded towns. Violent crime is rare: 5 reported in 2025, 1.1 per 1,000 residents.
The property crime rate in Canastota is 3.4 per 1,000 residents.
| Canastota | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 3.4 per 1,000 residents | 7.6 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 1.1 per 1,000 residents | 0.8 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
The Syracuse Hancock Intl Ap weather station, 18 miles away, records that 128 inches of snow fall in a normal winter, more than in 99% of U.S. towns. The Syracuse Hancock Intl Ap weather station, 18 miles away, records that about 10 days a year reach 90°: fewer than most of the country, but more than 78% of New York places with climate records.
Canastota has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 82° and January nights drop to 14°.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 67% of U.S. communities. Since 1981, 32 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Canastota.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Canastota beats the New York average on 3 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 7. 38% of adults have obesity in Canastota.
| Canastota | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 33% | 35% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 16% | 17% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 17% | 16% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 21% | 23% |
| What stands out | Canastota | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5.8% | 7.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 13.7% | 17.2% |
| More adults with obesity | 38.3% | 28.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
1 within 15 miles of the center of Canastota
About 4 of every 100 Canastota residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
3 notable people were born in Canastota.
Village in New York, United States
Canastota is a village within the town of Lenox in Madison County, New York, United States. The population was 4,556 at the 2020 census, down from 4,804 in 2010. The village was incorporated in 1835, but was reorganized in 1870. Located along the banks of the Erie Canal, which was completed through the Mohawk River valley by 1825, Canastota was a vibrant trading and commercial town during the mid-nineteenth century for a wide agricultural area and an important stop between the cities of Rome and Syracuse. Although the section of the canal running through the village was abandoned by the 1920s, much of the section remains intact and is now part of the Old Erie Canal State Historic Park. The …
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Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Canastota grades B overall, better than 60% of U.S. towns and #313 of 745 in New York. It grades B− for health, B+ for safety and C for schools.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.
3 notable people were born here, including Billy Backus and Edmund Giambastiani.
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