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Coeymans gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $234K for a typical one, or 2.7 years of the Albany metro’s $88K median household income. It grades B+ overall, 256th of 745 graded towns in New York. On the plus side, it is healthier than 81% of U.S. towns. History is its standout character grade: an A, better than 93% of U.S. towns, with 17 places on the National Register. 16% of the land in Coeymans is conserved, against 5.2% in New York’s towns and 4.3% across U.S. towns. Its National Register listings include Ariaanje Coeymans House and Coeymans School. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 68% of U.S. towns.
Where Coeymans beats most towns.
Census counts: 3,574 in 1810, 7,256 in 2020. The archive holds 10 old photos and papers going back to 1716 and 5 maps from 1893 on.
17 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New York), ordered by how far Coeymans is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Coeymans. Close and well known come first.
37 mi MountainMount Greylock
19 mi MuseumOlana State Historic Site
11 mi MuseumUSS Slater
13 mi Stadium & arenaMVP Arena
31 mi TheatreTanglewood
12 mi Ancient siteFort OrangeMount Greylock: Jstergis, CC BY 3.0 · Olana State Historic Site: Netniks, CC BY-SA 4.0 · USS Slater: UpstateNYer, CC BY-SA 3.0 · MVP Arena: This image or media was taken or created by Matt H. Wade. To see his entire port, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Tanglewood: Daderot., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fort Orange: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain
Who provides power, water and the rest in Coeymans, 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 Coeymans.
34 miles of trail in 10 parks and preserves. Deer Mountain Nature Preserve, at 377 acres with 3.3 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. Coeymans’ trail density is 0.6 miles per square mile, where New York’s towns sit at 0.4 and U.S. towns at 0.4.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Coeymans Creek Wildlife Management Area | 4.2 mi | 357 |
| 2. Lawson Lake County Park | 3.7 mi | 357 |
| 3. Joralemon Park | 3.6 mi | 254 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its public schools are run by the Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk Central School District. Two of its 3 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk Senior High School, with 514 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pieter B Coeymans SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 446 | C |
| Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk Senior High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 514 | A+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NY on state tests and graduation
Its widest gap with New York is food insecurity: 10.6% of its 2,398 adults worry about having enough food, against 17.2% statewide.
19% of Coeymans adults binge drink. Coeymans beats the New York average on 8 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 3. 35% of Coeymans adults feel lonely.
| Coeymans | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 17% | 16% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 35% | 32% | 33% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 33% | 35% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 17% | 19% |
| What stands out | Coeymans | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 10.6% | 17.2% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 9.7% | 14.5% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.9% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Most working residents leave Coeymans for work: only 9% work in town. Jobs based in Coeymans grew to 1,296 in 2023, 286 more than in 2013. 4.8% of residents live below the poverty line in Coeymans.
| Coeymans | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 4.8% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $95,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 72% of U.S. communities. Since 1981, 16 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Coeymans.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Coeymans has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 82°, January nights drop to 15° and about 46 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Coeymans's reported crime rate is well below New York's. The property crime rate in Coeymans is 4.2 per 1,000 residents. Most reported incidents are property crimes, mainly thefts.
| Coeymans | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2023) | 4.2 per 1,000 residents | 10.1 | 13.1 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2023) | 1.4 per 1,000 residents | 0.8 | 1.8 |
FBI crime data, 2023 · crimes reported to police
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
8 within 15 miles of the center of Coeymans
About 8 of every 100 Coeymans residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New York.
Where Coeymans’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
17 places in Coeymans on the National Register of Historic Places.
Town in New York, United States
Coeymans is a town in Albany County, New York, United States. The population was 7,256 in the 2020 census, a decline from 7,418 at the 2010 census. The town is named after an early settler, who was the patent-holder for the area. The town is in the southeastern part of the county, south of Albany. The Powell & Minnock Brick Yard, just north of the Hamlet on Rt. 144, was used as the assembly site for a new swing span for the 145th Street Bridge in 2006. The site was chosen because of a lack of space closer to the city.
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5 towns share a border with Coeymans.
Bethlehem next door grades higher for schools (A− to Coeymans’s C) and lower for cost of living (C− to B).
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coeymans | #256 | B+ | B | — | C | A− |
| Schodack | #78 | A | C+ | A | A− | A |
| Bethlehem | #77 | A | C− | B+ | A− | A+ |
| New Scotland | #75 | A | C+ | — | A | A |
| Westerlo | #327 | B | B | — | B− | B+ |
| New Baltimore | #584 | C | C+ | — | C | B |
Coeymans, New Scotland, Westerlo and New Baltimore report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Coeymans with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Coeymans grades B+ overall, better than 68% of U.S. towns and #256 of 745 in New York. It grades A− for health and C for schools.
The typical home is worth about $234,000, 55% below the New York typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.
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