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Dannemora gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $155K, 2.2 years of the Plattsburgh area’s $71K median household income. It grades C− overall, ranked 621st of 745 in New York. The low prices come with trade-offs. The median household income is $62K, and 14% of residents live below the poverty line, and residents are less healthy than 80% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. On the plus side, 6% of its land is conserved. 4.9% of residents are 65 or older in Dannemora, below both the New York town median (20%) and the median of U.S. towns (18%). Of the 758 New York towns we compare, none has a lower share of working residents who work in town than Dannemora. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 78% of U.S. towns.
Where Dannemora beats most towns.
3,936 counted in 2010 and 3,287 in 2020; an estimated 2,562 in 2025.
The decline has continued: down 22.2% since 2020, after 16.5% in the decade before.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New York), ordered by how far Dannemora is from typical.
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Census counts: 1,271 in 1860, a peak of 6,362 in 1940, 4,037 in 2020. The archive holds 7 old photos and papers going back to 1896 and 3 maps from 1913 on.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Dannemora, 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 Dannemora.
Dannemora trades lower home prices for longer drives to work and gets more snow than nearly all U.S. towns, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of New York (mostly inland flooding).
2.3 miles of trail in 0 parks and preserves. The trail density in Dannemora is 1.9 miles per square mile.
| Dannemora | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 1.9 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 6.3% | 5.2% | 4.3% |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Homes are within reach (about $155K for the typical one, A for cost of living), but half of working residents commute more than 23 miles. At 2.2 years of the Plattsburgh area’s $71K median household income, the typical home (about $155K) costs less against local pay than in 83% of New York towns; that ratio is one input to its A for cost of living.
Dannemora’s median rent is $740 a month. The typical Dannemora home is worth about $155,000, up 4.1% in a year, 70% below the New York typical home. 82% of households own their home in Dannemora.
| Dannemora | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $740 a month | $1,103 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 82% | 75% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
29% of Dannemora adults worry about having enough food. Dannemora beats the New York average on 3 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 16. 21% of Dannemora adults smoke cigarettes.
| Dannemora | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 13% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 13% | 14% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 5.9% | 8.1% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 43% | 37% | 36% |
| What stands out | Dannemora | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 4.4% | 7.7% |
| Fewer adults with arthritis | 18.8% | 24% |
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 16% | 8.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Dannemora has 35 jobs for its 718 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. Jobs based here fell from 336 in 2013 to 35.
Most working residents leave Dannemora for work: only 0% work in town. Since 2013, Dannemora has lost 301 jobs, to 35 in 2023. The top destinations are Plattsburgh (16%), Plattsburgh (14%) and Malone (5%).
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The Ellenburg Depot weather station, 14 miles away, records that 107 inches of snow fall in a normal winter, more than in 98% of U.S. towns. The Ellenburg Depot weather station, 14 miles away, records that about 2 days a year reach 90°, fewer than in 96% of U.S. towns.
Among 758 New York towns, just 1 have a lower July high than Dannemora. Dannemora has cold, snowy winters and cool summers.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 85% of New York towns; that rating is what its B− for hazard risk is built on.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
2 within 15 miles of the center of Dannemora
About 2 of every 100 Dannemora residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
Where Dannemora’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Town in New York, United States
Dannemora is a town in Clinton County, New York, United States. The population was 4,037 at the 2020 census, down from 4,898 in 2010. The town is named after Dannemora, Sweden, an important iron-mining region. The town of Dannemora is on the western border of Clinton County, west of Plattsburgh. It contains a village also called Dannemora, the southern portion of which is located in the town of Saranac.
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Dannemora grades C− overall, better than 21% of U.S. towns and #621 of 745 in New York. It grades C− for health and C for schools. Jobs & income is its weak spot, with a C−.
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.