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A town of 5,980.
Claverack is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades C− overall, 602nd among New York's 745 graded towns, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is health: it is healthier than 60% of U.S. towns. Expect to pay for it: the typical home is worth about $440K, 5.4 years of the Hudson area’s $82K median household income. History is its standout character grade: an A+, better than 98% of U.S. towns, with 25 places on the National Register. Its National Register listings include Double-Span Whipple Bowstring Truss Bridge and Jan Van Hoesen House. Claverack’s median age is 53.1 years, above both the New York town median (42.9 years) and the median of U.S. towns (40.5 years). On civic life, just 72 of New York’s 1,187 towns do better.
Where Claverack beats most towns.
Census counts: 3,262 in 1790, 6,058 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1767 and 4 maps from 1902 on.
25 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New York), ordered by how far Claverack is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Claverack. Close and well known come first.
7 mi MuseumOlana State Historic Site
33 mi National Historic SiteHome of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site102K visitors a year
39 mi MountainMount Greylock
21 mi TheatreTanglewood
19 mi MuseumNorman Rockwell Museum
31 mi National Historic SiteVanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site295K visitors a yearOlana State Historic Site: Netniks, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site: Crunch, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Mount Greylock: Jstergis, CC BY 3.0 · Tanglewood: Daderot., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Norman Rockwell Museum: User:Rmrfstar, CC BY 2.5 · Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site: Daderot, Public domain
Who provides power, water and the rest in Claverack, 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 Claverack.
Claverack trades workers with Hudson and other neighbors, but it has many renters stretched by housing costs.
Its public schools are run by the New York State Office Of Children And Family Services school district. Its two schools are below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brookwood Secure Center for GirlsLargest public school before high school | – | – | |
| Brookwood Secure Center for YouthLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 61 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NY on state tests and graduation
Claverack has chilly, snowy winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 16° and about 31 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
7.7 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Harlem Valley Rail Trail, at 105 acres.
| Claverack | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 9.5% | 5.2% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. High Falls | 1.3 mi | 52 |
| 2. Harlem Valley Rail Trail | — | 105 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Claverack has about as many jobs (2,232) as working residents, but only 270 people both live and work here.
Most working residents leave Claverack for work: only 13% work in town. Jobs based in Claverack grew to 2,232 in 2023, 376 more than in 2013. Claverack’s average trip to work is 28 minutes.
| Claverack | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 13% | 10% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 7.8% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $74,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
66.4% of renter households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, against 52.1% across New York.
87% of households own their home in Claverack. The typical Claverack home is worth about $440,000, about the same as a year ago, 16% below the New York typical home.
| Claverack | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 87% | 75% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,243 a month | $1,098 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
20% of Claverack adults have been diagnosed with depression. Claverack beats the New York average on 4 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 7. 15% of Claverack adults binge drink.
| Claverack | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 21% | 23% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 17% | 16% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 16% | 17% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 34% | 35% |
| What stands out | Claverack | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.4% | 7.9% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 11.8% | 14.5% |
| More adults with COPD | 8.4% | 6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 57% of U.S. communities. Since 1979, 6 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Claverack.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
1 within 15 miles of the center of Claverack
About 3 of every 100 Claverack residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
25 places in Claverack on the National Register of Historic Places.
13 notable people were born in Claverack.
Town in New York, United States
Claverack is a town in Columbia County, New York, United States. The population was 6,058 at the 2020 census. The town name in English was derived from the Dutch word Klaverakker, meaning "Clover Fields" or "Clover Reach". In 1705, a Dutch tenant farmer made the first discovery of a mastodon tooth here. The town is centrally located in Columbia County, east of the city of Hudson.
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8 towns share a border with Claverack.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claverack | #602 | C− | C | — | C− | B |
| Greenport | #703 | D | D | — | C− | B− |
| Lorenz Park | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Stottville | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ghent | #530 | C | C− | — | C+ | B+ |
| Taghkanic | — | — | C− | — | C− | B+ |
| Livingston | #700 | D | C− | — | C− | B |
| Stockport | #583 | C | C+ | — | C+ | B− |
Taghkanic has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Claverack, Greenport, Ghent, Taghkanic, Livingston and Stockport report no FBI crime data of their own. Lorenz Park and Stottville aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Claverack with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Claverack grades C− overall, better than 23% of U.S. towns and #602 of 745 in New York. It grades B for health and C− for schools. Schools is its weak spot, with a C−.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.
13 notable people were born here, including Elizabeth Freeman and Thomas W. Lamont.
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