Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
42% more nonprofits per person than the typical New York town.
Covert’s best subject grades are an A+ for civic life and history; its weakest is a C for walkability. On hazard risk, just 76 of New York’s 1,216 towns do better. Covert’s median age is 50.4 years, above both New York’s towns (43 years) and U.S. towns (40.5 years). On civic life, just 26 of New York’s 1,187 towns do better. The biggest park or preserve is Finger Lakes National Forest, at 1,146 acres. Covert has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Covert beats most towns.
Covert Historic DistrictWhere Covert’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 Covert is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 3,459 in 1820, 2,135 in 2020. The archive holds 2 old photos and papers going back to 2010 and 3 maps from 1902 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Covert, 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 Covert.
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 93% of U.S. communities. Since 1993, 7 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Covert.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Its public schools are run by the South Seneca Central School District. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Seneca Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 286 | C− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NY on state tests and graduation
Most working residents leave Covert for work: only 12% work in town. 16% of workers work from home in Covert, against 12% in New York’s towns and 11% across U.S. towns. Jobs based in Covert grew to 582 in 2023, 35 more than in 2013.
| Covert | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 16% | 12% | 11% |
| Average trip to work | 23 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 7.6% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 12% | 10% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Adults 18 to 34 are 11% of residents (23% statewide); people 65 and older are 25% of residents (18% statewide). 41% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Covert. Covert has lost 2.6% of its people since 2020, down to 2,102 in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Covert | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 25% | 20% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 41% | 32% | 29% |
| Under 18 | 24% | 20% | 22% |
52% women, 48% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±2.8 points. Across New York, 51.2% of residents are women.
| Covert | NY | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 13.9% | 11% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 10.2% | 9.5% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 3.9% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 6.8% | 14.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 10% | 13% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 13.9% | 12.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 16.1% | 13.3% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 16.5% | 10.3% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 8.8% | 7.6% | 7% |
| No diploma | 5.4% | 12% | 10.4% |
| High school | 23.5% | 24.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 20.5% | 14.6% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 9.9% | 8.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 20.3% | 22.4% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 20.4% | 17.9% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,100, single groups can be off by several points
Covert beats the New York average on 8 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 7. 82% of Covert adults had a checkup this year.
| Covert | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 82% | 81% | 79% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 35% | 37% | 36% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 16% | 17% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 32% | 33% |
| What stands out | Covert | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5.2% | 7.9% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 9.9% | 14.5% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 11% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Covert has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 82°, January nights drop to 17° and about 56 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
0.3 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Finger Lakes National Forest | — | 1,146 |
| 2. Taughannock Falls State Park | — | 7 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Covert. Close and well known come first.
11 mi LakeSeneca Lake
7 mi LakeCayuga Lake
6 mi State parkTaughannock Falls State Park
17 mi State parkWatkins Glen State Park
15 mi Stadium & arenaSchoellkopf Field
35 mi MuseumCorning Museum of Glass400K visitors a yearSeneca Lake: RochesterNY, Public domain · Cayuga Lake: The original uploader was Cornellrockey at English Wikipedia. Later versions we, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Taughannock Falls State Park: Michael C. Rygel, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Watkins Glen State Park: Flickr user: Peter Rivera Stamford, Connecticut https://www.flickr.com/people/ri, CC BY 2.0 · Schoellkopf Field: Alex Sergeev, (www.asergeev.com) Originally uploaded by en:User:Cornell010, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Corning Museum of Glass: User:Stilfehler, CC BY-SA 3.0
1 within 15 miles of the center of Covert
About 2 of every 100 Covert residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
2 places in Covert on the National Register of Historic Places.
Town in New York, United States
Covert is a town in Seneca County, New York, United States. The population was 2,135 at the 2020 census. The Town of Covert is located in the southeast corner of the county and is northwest of Ithaca, New York. Government offices for the town are located in Interlaken. The primary postal district covering the Town of Covert is ZIP Code 14847 for Interlaken.
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5 towns share a border with Covert.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Covert | — | — | C | — | C+ | B+ |
| Lansing | #378 | B− | D− | — | A− | A− |
| Ovid | — | — | C | — | C− | C+ |
| Ulysses | #423 | B− | C− | — | B | A |
| Lodi | — | — | B+ | — | C− | C+ |
| Genoa | — | — | C | — | B+ | B |
Covert, Ovid, Lodi and Genoa have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Covert, Lansing, Ovid, Ulysses, Lodi and Genoa report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Covert with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
42% more nonprofits per person than the typical New York town.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.
