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Dannemora gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $135K, 1.9 years of the Plattsburgh area’s $71K median household income. It grades C overall, 541st among New York's 745 graded towns. The low prices come with trade-offs. Residents are less healthy than 80% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. On the plus side, it has 33 miles of trail and 29% conserved land. 29% of the land in Dannemora is conserved, above both the New York town median (5.2%) and the median of U.S. towns (4.3%). Chazy Highlands State Forest, at 5,479 acres with 4.5 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. Dannemora has 3 places on the National Register.
Where Dannemora beats most towns.
4,898 counted in 2010 and 4,037 in 2020; an estimated 3,291 in 2025.
The decline has continued: down 18.5% since 2020, after 17.6% 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.
3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
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 gets more snow than nearly all U.S. towns and has commutes shorter than most of New York.
33 miles of trail in 4 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Chazy Highlands State Forest | 4.5 mi | 5,479 |
| 2. Chazy Highlands Wild Forest | 0.4 mi | 279 |
| 3. Dunkin's Reserve State Forest | 0.2 mi | 1,365 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
17% of adults report frequent physical distress in Dannemora, where New York’s towns sit at 14% and U.S. towns at 14%. 24% of adults say their health is fair or poor in Dannemora. Dannemora beats the New York average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 17.
| Dannemora | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 14% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 13% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 25% | 25% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 24% | 17% | 19% |
| What stands out | Dannemora | NY |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 11% | 6% |
| More smokers | 18.6% | 11.3% |
| More adults with heart disease | 9.3% | 6.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The Ellenburg Depot weather station, 10 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, 10 miles away, records that about 2 days a year reach 90°, fewer than in 96% of U.S. towns.
Dannemora’s July high is 76°F. Dannemora has cold, snowy winters and cool summers.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The average commute for its 868 working residents takes 20.7 minutes, against 32.6 across New York. Jobs based here grew from 398 in 2013 to 966.
Most working residents leave Dannemora for work: only 7% work in town. Jobs based in Dannemora grew to 966 in 2023, 568 more than in 2013. The average trip to work in Dannemora is 21 minutes.
| Dannemora | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 21 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 12% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 6.6% | 10% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 55% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
None within 15 miles of Dannemora; the nearest are
About 2 of every 100 Dannemora residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
29.4% of the town is conserved land, across 4 parks and preserves.
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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5 towns share a border with Dannemora.
It grades higher overall than all 3 graded towns on its borders; Beekmantown (C) comes closest.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dannemora | #541 | C | A− | — | C | C− |
| Saranac | #609 | C− | B | — | C | B− |
| Bellmont | — | — | B+ | — | C− | B− |
| Beekmantown | #579 | C | B | — | C | B |
| Ellenburg | — | — | A | — | C | D |
| Altona | #685 | D | A− | — | C | C |
Bellmont and Ellenburg have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Dannemora, Saranac, Bellmont, Beekmantown, Ellenburg and Altona report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Dannemora with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Dannemora grades C overall, better than 31% of U.S. towns and #541 of 745 in New York. It grades C− for health and C for schools. Health 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−.
