Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The best of Catlin’s subject grades is a B+ for health; the weakest is a D for walkability. Only 107 of New York’s 1,216 towns score lower on walkability. Only 67 of New York’s 1,187 towns score lower on civic life. The biggest park or preserve is Catlin State Forest, at 599 acres. Catlin has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Catlin beats most towns.
Where Catlin’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 Catlin is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 2,015 in 1830, a low of 670 in 1930, 2,554 in 2020. The archive holds 2 old photos and papers going back to 1869 and 3 maps from 1895 on.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Catlin, 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 Catlin.
1.3% of Catlin working residents work locally, where New York’s towns sit at 10% and U.S. towns at 8%. Jobs based in Catlin grew to 96 in 2023, 27 more than in 2013. The top destinations are Horseheads (16%), Elmira (14%) and Corning (8%).
| Catlin | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 1.3% | 10% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 24 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Catlin beats the New York average on 6 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 6. 30% of Catlin adults have obesity, below both New York’s towns (33%) and U.S. towns (35%). 35% of adults sleep under 7 hours in Catlin.
| Catlin | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 33% | 35% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 35% | 37% | 36% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 81% | 81% | 79% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 5.2% | 5.9% | 8.1% |
| What stands out | Catlin | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5.2% | 7.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 11.8% | 17.2% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Catlin has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. The July high in Catlin is 80°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Adults 18 to 34 are 15% of residents (23% statewide); adults 35 to 64 are 44% of residents (39% statewide). 25% of Catlin residents are under 18. Catlin has lost 3.8% of its people since 2020, down to 2,450 in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Catlin | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 25% | 20% | 22% |
| Aged 65 or older | 17% | 20% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 33% | 32% | 29% |
| Median age | 42 years | 43 years | 40.5 years |
48% women, 52% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±2.9 points. Across New York, 51.2% of residents are women.
| Catlin | NY | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 11.5% | 11% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 12.9% | 9.5% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6.6% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 8.4% | 14.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 13.7% | 13% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 14.3% | 12.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 16% | 13.3% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 11.8% | 10.3% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 4.8% | 7.6% | 7% |
| No diploma | 5.6% | 12% | 10.4% |
| High school | 29.5% | 24.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 12.9% | 14.6% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 18.5% | 8.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 19.4% | 22.4% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 14% | 17.9% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,500, single groups can be off by several points
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 55% of U.S. communities. Since 2003, 2 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Catlin.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
0.5 miles of trail in 3 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Catlin State Forest | 0.3 mi | 599 |
| 2. Mark Twain State Park | — | 2 |
| 3. Picnic Woods Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Catlin. Close and well known come first.
10 mi State parkWatkins Glen State Park
29 mi LakeSeneca Lake
10 mi MuseumCorning Museum of Glass400K visitors a year
33 mi LakeCayuga Lake
27 mi State parkTaughannock Falls State Park
26 mi Stadium & arenaSchoellkopf FieldWatkins Glen State Park: Flickr user: Peter Rivera Stamford, Connecticut https://www.flickr.com/people/ri, CC BY 2.0 · Seneca Lake: RochesterNY, Public domain · Corning Museum of Glass: User:Stilfehler, CC BY-SA 3.0 · 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
3 within 15 miles of the center of Catlin
About 3 of every 100 Catlin residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
Town in New York, United States
Catlin is a town in Chemung County, New York, United States. The population was 2,554 at the 2020 census. The town is named after Phineas Catlin, a surveyor and public official. Catlin is in the northwestern corner of the county, northwest of Elmira. It is part of the Elmira Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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6 towns share a border with Catlin.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catlin | — | — | C | — | B− | B+ |
| Veteran | #355 | B− | B+ | — | B− | A− |
| Big Flats | #384 | B− | C | — | B | B+ |
| Dix | #509 | C | B | — | C+ | B− |
| Horseheads | #431 | B− | C | — | B | B+ |
| Pine Valley | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Hornby | — | — | B− | — | C+ | B+ |
Catlin and Hornby have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Catlin, Veteran, Big Flats, Dix, Horseheads and Hornby report no FBI crime data of their own. Pine Valley isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Catlin with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
The typical home is worth about $176,000, 66% 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 C.
