Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Strong in places, weak in others. Its weakest is incomes (C−) — the median household income is $66K, and 16% of residents live below the poverty line. On cost of living it is strong (B+): a typical home costs about $152K, 2.2 years of the county’s $69K median household income. All told, that adds up to a C overall and a rank of 511th of 745 in New York. Set against the rest, it does better than just over a third of U.S. towns. Its National Register listings include Epworth Hall and Silver Lake Institute Historic District. The biggest park or preserve is Silver Lake State Park, at 711 acres. History is its standout character grade: an A+, better than 96% of U.S. towns, with 3 places on the National Register.
Figures: home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · National Register of Historic Places · OpenStreetMap.
Where Castile beats most towns.
Where Castile’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 Castile is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 2,259 in 1830, 2,906 in 2010. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1850 and 3 maps from 1905 on.
3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Castile, 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 Castile.
Castile trades lower home prices for longer drives to work, is a second-home town and is healthier than towns with similar incomes.
In 2 parks and preserves, walkers have 12 miles of trail. Parks and preserves in Castile: 2, covering 722 acres. The town’s concentration of trails stands at 0.3 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Silver Lake State Park | — | 711 |
| 2. Castile Village Park | — | 11 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
The average commute for its 1,302 working residents takes 25.7 minutes, against 32.6 across New York.
Most working residents leave Castile for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Warsaw (12%), Perry (11%) and Rochester (6%). Between 2013 and 2023, jobs in Castile dropped by 41, to 500.
| Castile | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 16% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $66,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 26 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
FEMA expects less storm and flood damage in Castile than in 77% of U.S. communities. 74% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by tornadoes at 5%. Paid flood insurance claims here since 2007: one.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The range runs from 15° on a January night to 79° on a July afternoon, with about 70 inches of snow a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Against the 10,038 U.S. towns with household incomes like Castile’s, it is healthier than 64%, so its B− isn’t only a matter of income.
In Castile, 16% of adults smoke cigarettes, and 15% report frequent physical distress. Among adults in the town, 39% sleep under 7 hours, above both the New York town median (37%) and the median of U.S. towns (36%). For adults here, the share who get no exercise outside work is 27%.
| Castile | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 37% | 36% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 13% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 14% | 14% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 36% | 33% | 35% |
| What stands out | Castile | NY |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 8.4% | 6% |
| More smokers | 15.7% | 11.3% |
| More adults with depression | 21.6% | 17.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Homes are within reach (B+ for cost of living), but half of working residents commute more than 20 miles. At 2.2 years of the county’s $69K median household income, the typical home costs less against local pay than in 83% of New York towns; that ratio is one input to its B+ for cost of living.
Among households in Castile, 84% are owner-occupiers.
| Castile | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $654 a month | $1,103 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 84% | 75% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
1 within 15 miles of the center of Castile
About 2 of every 100 Castile residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
3 places in Castile on the National Register of Historic Places.
4 notable people were born in Castile.
Town in New York, United States
Castile is an incorporated town in Wyoming County, New York, United States. The population was 2,873 at the 2000 census. The town is named after the historical region of Castile in Spain. The Town of Castile is on the eastern border of the county. The town contains a village which is also named Castile.
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7 towns share a border with Castile.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castile | #511 | C | B+ | — | C+ | B− |
| Mount Morris | #469 | C+ | A− | — | C− | B− |
| Gainesville | — | — | A− | — | B− | B− |
| Perry | #363 | B− | B+ | — | C | C+ |
| Genesee Falls | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Warsaw | #551 | C | B− | — | C+ | B− |
| Leicester | — | — | A | — | B− | B |
| Perry | #337 | B | B+ | — | C | C+ |
Gainesville and Leicester have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Castile, Mount Morris, Gainesville, Perry, Warsaw, Leicester and Perry report no FBI crime data of their own. Genesee Falls isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Castile with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Castile grades C overall, better than 34% of U.S. towns and #511 of 745 in New York. It grades B− for health and C+ for schools. Jobs & income is its weak spot, with a C−.
Not for the area. The typical home is worth about $152,000, 71% 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 Athelston Gaston and Julia Boyer Reinstein.
