Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
55% of households own their home in Central Square, below both New York’s towns (75%) and U.S. towns (73%). Only 79 of New York’s 1,216 towns score lower on history. Central Square has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Central Square beats most towns.
Where Central Square’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 Central Square is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 359 in 1870, 1,862 in 2020. The archive holds 1 old photo or paper going back to 1867 and 4 maps from 1905 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Central Square. Close and well known come first.
17 mi Stadium & arenaJMA Wireless Dome
14 mi LakeOnondaga Lake
35 mi National MonumentFort Stanwix National Monument78K visitors a year
19 mi State parkGreen Lakes State Park
14 mi Stadium & arenaAlliance Bank Stadium
17 mi Stadium & arenaOncenter War Memorial ArenaJMA Wireless Dome: Jimhoward03, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Onondaga Lake: R. A. Nonenmacher, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fort Stanwix National Monument: NPS photo, Public domain · Green Lakes State Park: Ebedgert at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Alliance Bank Stadium: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0 · Oncenter War Memorial Arena: Crazyale, Public domain
Who provides power, water and the rest in Central Square, 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 Central Square.
Most working residents leave Central Square for work: only 7% work in town. 15% of Central Square residents live below the poverty line, against 9.5% in New York’s towns and 9.6% across U.S. towns. The top destinations are Syracuse (16%), DeWitt (11%) and Hastings (9%).
| Central Square | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 15% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $70,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 6.6% | 10% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 26 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The typical Central Square home is worth about $263,000, up 9% in a year, 50% below the New York typical home. Central Square’s median rent is $908 a month.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Central Square has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. The July high in Central Square is 81°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 63% of U.S. communities. Since 1993, 3 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Central Square.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Central Square beats the New York average on 4 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 10. 40% of adults sleep under 7 hours in Central Square.
| Central Square | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 37% | 36% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 25% | 25% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 14% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 34% | 35% |
| What stands out | Central Square | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5.7% | 7.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 13.4% | 17.2% |
| More adults with COPD | 8.9% | 6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
0.1 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve.
| Central Square | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 3.4% | 5.2% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Goettell Community Park | — | 5 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
2 within 15 miles of the center of Central Square
About 5 of every 100 Central Square residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
Village in New York, United States
Central Square is a village in Oswego County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, Central Square had a population of 1,862. The village is located in the southern part of the town of Hastings on Route 49 and U.S. Route 11. It is west of Interstate 81 and northwest of Oneida Lake.
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Short answers, built from the data on this page.
That is 3.5 years of the area's median household income ($75,492 across the Syracuse, NY metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.
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