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Coxsackie's standout: it reports less crime per resident than 99% of U.S. towns. Overall it grades B, ranked 306th of 745 in New York. It is healthier than 79% of U.S. towns. History is its standout character grade: an A, better than 95% of U.S. towns. Coxsackie’s average trip to work is 31 minutes, above both the New York town median (25 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). Among 265 New York towns, just 8 have a lower property crime rate than Coxsackie.
Where Coxsackie beats most towns.
Where Coxsackie’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 Coxsackie is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 2,355 in 1820, 8,382 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1941 and 4 maps from 1893 on.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Coxsackie, 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 Coxsackie.
Coxsackie is healthier than towns with similar incomes, sees little violent crime and has fewer 90° days than most of the country, though not than most of New York.
Violent crime is rare: 2 reported in 2025, 0.7 per 1,000 residents.
Coxsackie reports less crime per resident than 99% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade.
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Against the 10,549 U.S. towns with household incomes like Coxsackie’s, it is healthier than 94%, so its A− isn’t only a matter of income. Its widest gap with New York is food insecurity: 10.9% of its 2,218 adults worry about having enough food, against 17.2% statewide.
Coxsackie beats the New York average on 7 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2. 15% of adults report frequent mental distress in Coxsackie.
| Coxsackie | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 16% | 17% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 17% | 16% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 13% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 9.9% | 11% | 12% |
| What stands out | Coxsackie | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 10.9% | 17.2% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 9.8% | 14.5% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.2% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Most working residents leave Coxsackie for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Coxsackie (19%), Albany (16%) and New York (9%). Half commute less than 21 miles.
| Coxsackie | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $71,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 8.3% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
People 65 and older are 26% of residents (18% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 19% of residents (23% statewide). Coxsackie’s median age is 49.5 years. Coxsackie has lost 3% of its people since 2020, down to 2,662 in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Coxsackie | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 49.5 years | 42.9 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 17% | 20% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 36% | 32% | 29% |
53% women, 47% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±4.8 points. Across New York, 51.2% of residents are women.
| Coxsackie | NY | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 10.3% | 11% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 7.1% | 9.5% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 5.6% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 13.1% | 14.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 10.6% | 13% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 9.2% | 12.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 17.9% | 13.3% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 13.7% | 10.3% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 12.6% | 7.6% | 7% |
| No diploma | 9.5% | 12% | 10.4% |
| High school | 26.6% | 24.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 17.8% | 14.6% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 10.5% | 8.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 24.9% | 22.4% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 10.8% | 17.9% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,700, single groups can be off by several points
The Hudson Correctional Facility weather station, 8 miles away, records that about 15 days a year reach 90°: fewer than most of the country, but more than 75% of New York places with climate records.
Coxsackie has chilly, snowy winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 16° and about 31 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 60% of U.S. communities. Since 1996, 12 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Coxsackie.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Mcquade park | — | 8 |
| 2. Coxsackie Riverside Park | — | 5 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Coxsackie. Close and well known come first.
10 mi MuseumOlana State Historic Site
38 mi MountainMount Greylock
17 mi WaterfallKaaterskill Falls
25 mi TheatreTanglewood
5 mi National Historic SiteMartin Van Buren National Historic Site16K visitors a year
25 mi MuseumNorman Rockwell MuseumOlana State Historic Site: Netniks, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Mount Greylock: Jstergis, CC BY 3.0 · Kaaterskill Falls: Mwanner, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Tanglewood: Daderot., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Martin Van Buren National Historic Site: Rolf Müller, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Norman Rockwell Museum: User:Rmrfstar, CC BY 2.5
1 within 15 miles of the center of Coxsackie
About 2 of every 100 Coxsackie residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
6 notable people were born in Coxsackie.
Town in New York, United States
Coxsackie ( kuuk-SAK-ee) is a town in Greene County, New York, United States. The population in the 2020 census was 8,382, a decrease from the 2010 census. It is the second-largest town in Greene County after Catskill. The name of the town is said to be derived from a Native American term, but it has various translations ("owl's hoot" is locally common). Within the area governed as a town, there is also a village called Coxsackie. The town is in the northeastern part of the county. The town of Coxsackie is notable for being the namesake of the Coxsackievirus (a type of enterovirus), which was first isolated in this town.
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2 towns share a border with Coxsackie.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coxsackie | #306 | B | C+ | A+ | C | A− |
| Coxsackie | #586 | C | C+ | — | C | B |
| Stuyvesant | — | — | B | — | B+ | A− |
Stuyvesant has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Coxsackie and Stuyvesant report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Coxsackie with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Coxsackie grades B overall, better than 61% of U.S. towns and #306 of 745 in New York. It grades A− for health, A+ for safety and C for schools.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.
6 notable people were born here, including Isabel Rea and Charles H. Adams.
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