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Cazenovia’s strongest subject is health — it is healthier than 88% of U.S. towns. What holds it back is cost of living: the typical home is worth about $347K, 4.6 years of the Syracuse metro’s $75K median household income. All told, that adds up to an A− overall, better than 82% of U.S. towns. That places it 154th of 745 in New York. Its National Register listings include Lorenzo and Albany Street Historic District. On civic life, just 73 of New York’s 1,187 towns do better. 56% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in the town, above both the New York town median (32%) and the median of U.S. towns (29%). History is its standout character grade: an A+, better than 96% of U.S. towns, with 33 places on the National Register.
Figures: health, CDC PLACES · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · National Register of Historic Places.
Where Cazenovia beats most towns.
Census counts: 3,909 in 1820, a low of 3,343 in 1920, 6,740 in 2020. The archive holds 18 old photos and papers going back to 1850 and 2 maps from 1897 on.
33 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New York), ordered by how far Cazenovia is from typical.
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Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Cazenovia. Close and well known come first.
16 mi Stadium & arenaJMA Wireless Dome
21 mi LakeOnondaga Lake
11 mi State parkGreen Lakes State Park
29 mi National MonumentFort Stanwix National Monument78K visitors a year
17 mi Stadium & arenaOncenter War Memorial Arena
19 mi Stadium & arenaAlliance Bank StadiumJMA Wireless Dome: Jimhoward03, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Onondaga Lake: R. A. Nonenmacher, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Green Lakes State Park: Ebedgert at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Fort Stanwix National Monument: NPS photo, Public domain · Oncenter War Memorial Arena: Crazyale, Public domain · Alliance Bank Stadium: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Cazenovia, 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 Cazenovia.
Cazenovia gets more snow than nearly all U.S. towns, has less no health insurance than most of New York and pairs an A− for schools with high home prices.
Its widest gap with New York is no health insurance: 3.8% of those 18–64 have no health insurance, against 7.9% statewide.
For adults in Cazenovia, the share who worry about having enough food is 8.5%. On the CDC’s 32 measures, Cazenovia is ahead of New York on 13 and behind on 3. 19% of adults in Cazenovia get no exercise outside work; 13% say their health is fair or poor.
| Cazenovia | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 9.8% | 13% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 25% | 25% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 17% | 19% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | Cazenovia | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 3.8% | 7.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8.5% | 17.2% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.4% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Its A− for schools comes with a C− for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $347K.
Two of its 3 schools are shown below, with the reason for each. Its public schools are run by the Cazenovia Central School District. The largest public high school is Cazenovia High School, with 560 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burton Street Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–4 | Grades PK–4 | 484 | B− |
| Cazenovia High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 8–12 | Grades 8–12 | 560 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NY on state tests and graduation
The biggest place to walk is Tioughnioga Wildlife Management Area, 434 acres with 1.7 miles of trail. There are 20 miles of trail across 12 parks and preserves. Parks and preserves in Cazenovia: 12, covering 942 acres.
| Cazenovia | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 11% | 5.2% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.4 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Tioughnioga Wildlife Management Area | 1.7 mi | 434 |
| 2. Chittenango Falls State Park | 1.5 mi | 146 |
| 3. Stone Quarry Hill Art Park | 1.1 mi | 87 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
The average commute for its 2,730 working residents takes 23.3 minutes, against 32.6 across New York.
Among residents in Cazenovia, 3.3% live below the poverty line. Most people who work leave Cazenovia to do it: just 18% work in town. The town’s middle household income comes in at $108,000. It had 1,878 jobs in 2023, down 329 from 2013.
| Cazenovia | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 3.3% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $108,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 17% | 12% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 18% | 10% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In Cazenovia, the natural-hazard score from FEMA is 27 of 100. Federal aid has come to Cazenovia households in 7 declared disasters; the latest was in 2017. Of the losses FEMA expects locally, 78% come from inland flooding and 6% from tornadoes. 2 flood insurance claims have been paid in the town since 2003.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The Tully Heiberg Forest weather station, 15 miles away, records that 117 inches of snow fall in a normal winter, more than in 98% of U.S. towns.
Cazenovia’s July high stands at 79°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
2 within 15 miles of the center of Cazenovia
College town 17 of every 100 Cazenovia residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
33 places in Cazenovia on the National Register of Historic Places.
11 notable people were born in Cazenovia.
Town in New York, United States
Cazenovia is an incorporated town in Madison County, New York, United States. The population was 6,740 at the time of the 2020 census. The town is named after Theophile Cazenove, the Agent General of the Holland Land Company. The village of Cazenovia is located in the center of the town. The town is on the county's western border. The village of Cazenovia was home to Cazenovia College, a small liberal arts college, from 1824 to 2023.
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6 towns share a border with Cazenovia.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cazenovia | #154 | A− | C− | — | A− | A |
| Fenner | — | — | A− | — | A− | A− |
| Nelson | — | — | B+ | — | B+ | A− |
| DeRuyter | — | — | A | — | C | B− |
| Pompey | #146 | A− | C | — | A | A |
| Manlius | #136 | A− | C | B | A− | A |
| Sullivan | #219 | B+ | B | — | B+ | B+ |
Fenner, Nelson and DeRuyter have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Cazenovia, Fenner, Nelson, DeRuyter, Pompey and Sullivan report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Cazenovia with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Cazenovia grades A− overall, better than 82% of U.S. towns and #154 of 745 in New York. It grades A for health and A− for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a C−.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.
11 notable people were born here, including Charles Stebbins Fairchild and Anne Burrell.
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