Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Home to 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Colesville grades D overall, 717th of 745 graded towns in New York, mostly because of incomes and schools. The median household income is $61K, and 17% of residents live below the poverty line. Its schools rank behind 75% of the state's. It also has a long history, with 2 places on the National Register. On hazard risk, just 48 of New York’s 1,216 towns do worse. Colesville's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 92% of U.S. towns. Its National Register listings include Ouaquaga Lenticular Truss Bridge and Harpursville United Methodist Church.
Where Colesville beats most towns.
Where Colesville’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 Colesville is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 2,389 in 1830, 4,877 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1855 and 2 maps from 1905 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Colesville, 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 Colesville.
Colesville is healthier than towns with similar incomes and has homes that are cheap against local pay, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of New York (mostly inland flooding).
Its public schools are run by the Harpursville Central School District. Its two schools are below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| W A Olmsted Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–6 | Grades PK–6 | 323 | D |
| Harpursville Junior-Senior High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 7–12 | Grades 7–12 | 253 | C+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NY on state tests and graduation
Colesville has 280 jobs for its 1,822 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. The average commute takes 22.1 minutes, against 32.6 across New York.
Most working residents leave Colesville for work: only 6% work in town. Colesville’s median household income is $61,000, below both the New York town median ($82,000) and the median of U.S. towns ($80,000). Jobs based in Colesville fell to 280 in 2023, 41 fewer than in 2013.
| Colesville | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $61,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 6.3% | 10% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 95% of New York towns, with expected losses of about $466 per resident a year; that rating is what its D for hazard risk is built on. 66 flood insurance claims have been filed here, and 15 properties have flooded more than once.
Colesville’s FEMA risk score is 78 of 100, where New York’s towns sit at 31 of 100 and U.S. towns at 44 of 100. Since 1979, 66 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Colesville.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Colesville has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. The July high in Colesville is 81°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Against the 9,262 U.S. towns with household incomes like Colesville’s, it is healthier than 67%, so its C+ isn’t only a matter of income.
Colesville beats the New York average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 14. 16% of Colesville adults smoke cigarettes.
| Colesville | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 13% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 14% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 34% | 35% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 32% | 33% |
| What stands out | Colesville | NY |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 9.2% | 6% |
| More smokers | 16.2% | 11.3% |
| More adults with arthritis | 33.4% | 24% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
4.0 miles of trail in 4 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Beaver Flow State Forest, at 724 acres. Colesville’s trail density is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Colesville | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 2.4% | 5.2% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Nathaniel Cole Park | 0.6 mi | 344 |
| 2. Beaver Flow State Forest | 0.1 mi | 724 |
| 3. Marsh Pond State Forest | — | 4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
At 2.1 years of the Binghamton metro’s $65K median household income, the typical home costs less against local pay than in 86% of New York towns; that ratio is one input to its C for cost of living. The median property tax bill is $2,638, against $6,582 across New York, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
83% of households own their home in Colesville.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Colesville. Close and well known come first.
15 mi Stadium & arenaBroome County Veterans Memorial Arena34 mi Ski areaGreek Peak Mountain Resort43 runs · 828 ft vertical32 mi Ski areaElk Mountain Ski Resort28 runs · 908 ft vertical16 mi Zoo & aquariumBinghamton Zoo at Ross Park
25 mi National park siteUpper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River380K visitors a year
14 mi GardenCutler Botanic GardenBroome County Veterans Memorial Arena: Bmoore2009 at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River: Jet Lowe (edited by Mitchazenia), Public domain · Cutler Botanic Garden: Jennifer, CC BY-SA 2.0
1 within 15 miles of the center of Colesville
About 2 of every 100 Colesville residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
2 places in Colesville on the National Register of Historic Places.
Town in New York, United States
Colesville is a town in Broome County, New York, United States. The population was 4,877 at the 2020 census. The town is in the northeastern part of the county and is northeast of Binghamton.
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7 towns share a border with Colesville.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colesville | #717 | D | C | — | C | C+ |
| Windsor | #498 | C+ | C+ | — | B | B+ |
| Fenton | #546 | C | B− | — | B | C |
| Sanford | — | — | A− | — | C | B− |
| Afton | #738 | D− | C+ | — | D | C+ |
| Coventry | — | — | B | — | C | B− |
| Kirkwood | #518 | C | C+ | — | B | B− |
| Greene | #538 | C | B− | — | C+ | B− |
Sanford and Coventry have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Colesville, Windsor, Fenton, Sanford, Afton, Coventry, Kirkwood and Greene report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Colesville with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Colesville grades D overall, better than 6% of U.S. towns and #717 of 745 in New York. It grades C+ for health and C for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a D.
The typical home is worth about $135,000, 74% 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 C.
