Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The best of Caton’s subject grades are a B+ for health and history; the weakest is a D for walkability. On walkability, just 83 of New York’s 1,216 towns do worse. Homes are within reach, about $190K for a typical one, or 2.9 years of the Corning area’s $66K median household income. Only 3 of the 759 New York towns we compare have a lower share of working residents who work in town than Caton. On the outdoors, just 9 of New York’s 1,216 towns do worse. Caton's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 94% of U.S. towns. Caton has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Caton beats most towns.
Where Caton’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 Caton is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 797 in 1840, a low of 688 in 1920, 2,046 in 2020. The archive holds 4 old photos and papers going back to 1873 and 4 maps from 1914 on.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Caton, 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 Caton.
Most working residents leave Caton for work: only 1% work in town. Caton’s median household income is $111,000, against $82,000 in New York’s towns and $80,000 across U.S. towns. 5% of Caton residents live below the poverty line.
| Caton | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $111,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 5% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 8.9% | 12% | 11% |
| Average trip to work | 26 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Caton beats the New York average on 6 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 5. 18% of Caton adults binge drink, where New York’s towns sit at 17% and U.S. towns at 16%. 31% of adults feel lonely in Caton.
| Caton | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 17% | 16% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 32% | 33% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 81% | 81% | 79% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 5.2% | 5.9% | 8.1% |
| What stands out | Caton | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5.2% | 7.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 12% | 17.2% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.8% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Caton has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. The July high in Caton is 80°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 59% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Caton since 1993.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the New York average. 36% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 40% across New York.
| Caton | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 16% | 20% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 36% | 32% | 29% |
| Under 18 | 21% | 20% | 22% |
| Median age | 42.5 years | 43 years | 40.5 years |
48% women, 52% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±4.3 points. Across New York, 51.2% of residents are women.
| Caton | NY | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 11.9% | 11% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 9% | 9.5% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 5.1% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 15.7% | 14.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 11.4% | 13% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 18.3% | 12.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 12.2% | 13.3% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 8.1% | 10.3% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 8.3% | 7.6% | 7% |
| No diploma | 0.3% | 12% | 10.4% |
| High school | 25.8% | 24.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 14.3% | 14.6% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 23.6% | 8.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 20.3% | 22.4% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 15.7% | 17.9% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,000, single groups can be off by several points
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Caton. Close and well known come first.
7 mi MuseumCorning Museum of Glass400K visitors a year
24 mi State parkWatkins Glen State Park
7 mi MuseumRockwell Museum
39 mi Stadium & arenaSchoellkopf Field
39 mi MuseumHerbert F. Johnson Museum of Art80K visitors a year8 mi MuseumNational Soaring MuseumCorning Museum of Glass: User:Stilfehler, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Watkins Glen State Park: Flickr user: Peter Rivera Stamford, Connecticut https://www.flickr.com/people/ri, CC BY 2.0 · Rockwell Museum: W.rose.v, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Schoellkopf Field: Alex Sergeev, (www.asergeev.com) Originally uploaded by en:User:Cornell010, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art: Dmadeo, CC BY-SA 3.0
3 within 15 miles of the center of Caton
About 5 of every 100 Caton residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
5 notable people were born in Caton.
Town in New York, United States
Caton is a town in Steuben County, New York, United States. The population was 2,046 at the 2020 census. The town is named after Richard Caton. The Town of Caton is in the southeast part of the county, south of Corning.
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4 towns share a border with Caton.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caton | — | — | B+ | — | C+ | B+ |
| Lindley | — | — | C+ | — | C+ | A− |
| Southport | #688 | D | B− | — | D | C+ |
| Corning | #459 | C+ | C+ | — | C+ | A− |
Caton and Lindley have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Caton, Lindley, Southport and Corning report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Caton with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B+.
5 notable people were born here, including Deacon White and Will White.
