Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Corinth gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $197K, 2.2 years of the Albany metro’s $88K median household income. It grades B− overall, 368th among New York's 745 graded towns. On the plus side, it has 44 miles of trail and 41% conserved land. 41% of the land in Corinth is conserved, above both New York’s towns (5.2%) and U.S. towns (4.3%). The biggest place to walk is Wilcox Lake Wild Forest, 4,360 acres with 2.3 miles of trail. Only 5 of the 758 New York towns we compare have a lower July high than Corinth.
Where Corinth beats most towns.
Census counts: 1,490 in 1820, 6,500 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1821 and 3 maps from 1902 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New York), ordered by how far Corinth is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Corinth. Close and well known come first.
17 mi LandmarkFort William Henry
14 mi Theme parkGreat Escape
33 mi LakeLake George
9 mi State parkGrant Cottage State Historic Site
13 mi MuseumNational Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame
13 mi TheatreSaratoga Performing Arts CenterFort William Henry: IrisKawling at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Great Escape: Jared and Corin, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Lake George: Sixlocal, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Grant Cottage State Historic Site: Coingeek at English Wikipedia, Public domain · National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame: Peter Flass, CC BY 3.0 · Saratoga Performing Arts Center: UpstateNYer., CC BY-SA 3.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Corinth, 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 Corinth.
Corinth keeps more of its land conserved than most of New York, has cooler summers than nearly all U.S. towns and has commutes shorter than most of New York.
Its 15,001 conserved acres are a larger share of the town than in 99% of New York towns.
44 miles of trail in 6 parks and preserves. Corinth’s trail density is 0.8 miles per square mile, above both the New York town median (0.4) and the median of U.S. towns (0.4).
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Corinth Resevoir Recreation Area | 6.4 mi | 476 |
| 2. Moreau Lake State Park | 4.7 mi | 724 |
| 3. Wilcox Lake Wild Forest | 2.3 mi | 4,360 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its public schools are run by the Corinth Central School District. Two of its 3 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Corinth High School, with 345 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corinth Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–4 | Grades PK–4 | 402 | C− |
| Corinth High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 345 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NY on state tests and graduation
The average commute for its 3,010 working residents takes 24.6 minutes, against 32.6 across New York.
Most working residents leave Corinth for work: only 9% work in town. 6.9% of Corinth workers work from home. The top destinations are Saratoga Springs (15%), Wilton (7%) and Queensbury (7%).
| Corinth | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 6.9% | 12% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 8.5% | 10% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
July afternoons average 76.5°, cooler than in 97% of U.S. towns; January nights average 9.4°.
Corinth has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers, with plenty of rain. Corinth’s January low is 9°F. About 60 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 60% of U.S. communities. Since 1979, 6 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Corinth.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Corinth beats the New York average on 3 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 9. 34% of adults sleep under 7 hours in Corinth.
| Corinth | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 37% | 36% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 33% | 35% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 13% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 16% | 17% |
| What stands out | Corinth | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6% | 7.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 13.7% | 17.2% |
| More smokers | 15.6% | 11.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
2 within 15 miles of the center of Corinth
About 3 of every 100 Corinth residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
40.6% of the town is conserved land, across 6 parks and preserves.
Town in New York, United States
Corinth is a town in Saratoga County, New York, United States. The population was 6,500 at the 2020 census. The town contains a village also named Corinth. The town is on the northeastern border of the county, north of Saratoga Springs. The town is noted as "the snowshoe capital of the world" and is home to Palmer Falls where the Hudson River passes through the Palmertown Range.
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7 towns share a border with Corinth.
Wilton next door grades higher for schools (B+ to Corinth’s C+) and lower for cost of living (C− to A−).
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corinth | #368 | B− | A− | — | C+ | B− |
| Lake Luzerne | #707 | D | C+ | — | C+ | C |
| Corinth | #370 | B− | A− | — | C+ | C+ |
| Greenfield | #408 | B− | C− | — | A− | B |
| Wilton | #209 | B+ | C− | — | B+ | A |
| Edinburg | — | — | A− | — | D | B− |
| Hadley | — | — | A | — | C+ | B− |
| Moreau | #340 | B | B− | — | B− | A− |
Edinburg and Hadley have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Corinth, Lake Luzerne, Corinth, Greenfield, Wilton, Edinburg, Hadley and Moreau report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Corinth with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Corinth grades B− overall, better than 53% of U.S. towns and #368 of 745 in New York. It grades B− for health and C+ for schools.
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A−.
2 notable people were born here, including Benjamin Eggleston and Ellsworth J. Jones, Jr..
