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Davenport is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades C overall, 582nd among New York's 745 graded towns, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is health: it is healthier than 66% of U.S. towns. Its lowest everyday mark is in schools: its schools rank behind 77% of the state's. A typical home there costs about $166K, 2.6 years of the county’s $63K median household income. Only 108 of New York’s 1,216 towns score lower on hazard risk. Robert V. Riddell State Park, at 834 acres with 3.9 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. Davenport’s typical July afternoon high is 80°F, below both the New York town median (81°F) and the median of U.S. towns (85°F).
Where Davenport beats most towns.
Where Davenport’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 Davenport is from typical.
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Census counts: 1,384 in 1820, a low of 1,197 in 1930, 2,955 in 2020. The archive holds 2 old photos and papers going back to 1869 and 3 maps from 1909 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Davenport, 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 Davenport.
Davenport gets more snow than nearly all U.S. towns and has commutes shorter than most of New York, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of New York (mostly inland flooding).
Its public schools are run by the Charlotte Valley Central School District. The largest public high school is Charlotte Valley School, with 322 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charlotte Valley SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades PK–12 | Grades PK–12 | 322 | C− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NY on state tests and graduation
The average commute for its 1,127 working residents takes 21.4 minutes, against 32.6 across New York.
The top destinations are Oneonta (13%), Oneonta (10%) and New York (8%). Only nearly a tenth of working residents stay in Davenport for work; the rest commute out. Employers in Davenport shed 62 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 555. In Davenport, the typical journey to work is 21 minutes.
| Davenport | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 21 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 7.2% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Among residents in Davenport, 17% are under 18. People 65 and older are 30% of residents (18% statewide); adults 35 to 64 are 27% of residents (39% statewide). Here, 33% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree, against 40% in New York as a whole.
| Davenport | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 17% | 20% | 22% |
| Median age | 40.5 years | 43 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 33% | 32% | 29% |
54% women, 46% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±4.3 points. Across New York, 51.2% of residents are women.
| Davenport | NY | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 10.9% | 11% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 5.9% | 9.5% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7.6% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 18.8% | 14.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 9.2% | 13% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 6.3% | 12.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 11.1% | 13.3% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 18.2% | 10.3% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 12.1% | 7.6% | 7% |
| No diploma | 3.7% | 12% | 10.4% |
| High school | 40.2% | 24.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 13.4% | 14.6% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 9.9% | 8.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 22.8% | 22.4% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 9.9% | 17.9% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,900, single groups can be off by several points
Across 4 parks and preserves: 14 miles of trail. For Davenport, the density of trails is 0.3 miles per square mile.
| Davenport | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 5.4% | 5.2% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Robert V. Riddell State Park | 3.9 mi | 834 |
| 2. South Hill State Forest | 0.7 mi | 303 |
| 3. Davenport Forest Preserve Detached Parcel | — | 178 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 92% of New York towns, with expected losses of about $542 per resident a year; that rating is what its C− for hazard risk is built on.
Since 1979, Davenport has seen 14 flood insurance claims paid out. The FEMA hazard score in the town is 73 of 100. FEMA puts 84% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 6% to cold waves. Federal disaster aid has reached households in Davenport after 7 declared disasters, most recently in 2017.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Davenport: nearly two in five adults sleep under 7 hours. Nearly a third of adults in the town have obesity; 21% have been diagnosed with depression.
| Davenport | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 37% | 36% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 33% | 35% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 21% | 23% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 5.7% | 5.9% | 8.1% |
| What stands out | Davenport | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5.7% | 7.9% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 10.7% | 14.5% |
| More adults with COPD | 7.6% | 6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The Emmons weather station, 6 miles away, records that 83 inches of snow fall in a normal winter, more than in 95% of U.S. towns.
Davenport’s January low is 13°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Davenport. Close and well known come first.
Big draw17 mi MuseumNational Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum315K visitors a year
33 mi Park & preserveCatskill Park31 mi CaveHowe Caverns40 mi LandmarkFort Dayton
39 mi Ski areaHunter Mountain62 runs · 1,532 ft vertical
18 mi MuseumFenimore Art MuseumNational Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum: Beyond My Ken, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Catskill Park: The original uploader was Daniel Case at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Hunter Mountain: The original uploader was Daniel Case at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fenimore Art Museum: Ser Amantio di Nicolao, CC BY-SA 3.0
3 within 15 miles of the center of Davenport
About 4 of every 100 Davenport residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
Town in New York, United States
Davenport is a town in Delaware County, New York, United States. The population was 2,955 at the 2020 census. The town is in the northeastern part of the county.
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5 towns share a border with Davenport.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Davenport | #582 | C | B− | — | C− | B+ |
| Oneonta | #611 | C− | C+ | — | C− | B+ |
| Harpersfield | — | — | C | — | C− | B− |
| Maryland | — | — | B | — | D | B− |
| Meredith | — | — | B− | — | B+ | A− |
| Kortright | — | — | B− | — | D | B+ |
Harpersfield, Maryland, Meredith and Kortright have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Davenport, Oneonta, Harpersfield, Maryland, Meredith and Kortright report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Davenport with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Davenport grades C overall, better than 26% of U.S. towns and #582 of 745 in New York. It grades B+ for health and C− for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a C−.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.
