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15% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Cayuta, against 32% in New York’s towns and 29% across U.S. towns. Only 2 of the 759 New York towns we compare have a lower share of working residents who work in town than Cayuta. Cliffside State Forest, at 695 acres with 1.5 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. Cayuta has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
Where Cayuta beats most towns.
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Census counts: 1,889 in 1820, 508 in 2020. The archive holds 4 old photos and papers going back to 1874 and 3 maps from 1893 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Cayuta. Close and well known come first.
29 mi LakeSeneca Lake
13 mi State parkWatkins Glen State Park
29 mi LakeCayuga Lake
21 mi MuseumCorning Museum of Glass400K visitors a year
20 mi State parkTaughannock Falls State Park
16 mi Stadium & arenaSchoellkopf FieldSeneca Lake: RochesterNY, Public domain · Watkins Glen State Park: Flickr user: Peter Rivera Stamford, Connecticut https://www.flickr.com/people/ri, CC BY 2.0 · Cayuga Lake: The original uploader was Cornellrockey at English Wikipedia. Later versions we, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Corning Museum of Glass: User:Stilfehler, CC BY-SA 3.0 · 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
Who provides power, water and the rest in Cayuta, 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 Cayuta.
A winter brings about 63 inches of snow, with January nights at 14° and July afternoons at 79°.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The typical journey to work in Cayuta is 28 minutes. Just 1% of the town’s working residents have a job in town. Employers in Cayuta added 40 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 208. In Cayuta, 14% of residents live below the poverty line.
| Cayuta | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 14% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $86,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In 2 parks and preserves, walkers have 4.1 miles of trail. Cayuta’s concentration of trails stands at 0.2 miles per square mile, near the New York town median (0.4) and below the median of U.S. towns (0.4). Parks and preserves in the town: 2, covering 1,251 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Cliffside State Forest | 1.5 mi | 695 |
| 2. Connecticut Hill Wildlife Management Area | 0.5 mi | 556 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Among adults in Cayuta, 37% have high blood pressure. CDC measures, 32 in all: Cayuta beats New York on 4 and trails on 9.
| Cayuta | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 13% | 14% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 33% | 35% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 34% | 35% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 81% | 81% | 79% |
| What stands out | Cayuta | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5.6% | 7.9% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 11.1% | 14.5% |
| More adults with COPD | 8.5% | 6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Compared with 57% of U.S. communities, expected storm and flood damage in Cayuta is higher. Federal disaster aid has reached households in Cayuta once, in 2003. Of the losses FEMA expects in the town, 81% come from inland flooding.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
3 within 15 miles of the center of Cayuta
About 2 of every 100 Cayuta residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
Town in New York, United States
Cayuta is a town in Schuyler County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 508. The Town of Cayuta occupies the southeastern corner of the county and is northeast of Elmira. It is part of the Elmira Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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Cayuta has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
