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A town of 25,487, settled in 1835. A regional job hub with 39,709 jobs.
Trash day: look up yoursDeWitt grades B overall, ranked 285th of 745 in New York, with clear strengths and some subjects that lag. CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 82% of the country and it is more walkable than 90% of U.S. towns. On the other side, it reports more crime per resident than 84% of U.S. towns, including 38 violent crimes reported to the FBI in 2025. DeWitt’s property crime rate is 24.5 per 1,000 residents, above both New York’s towns (7.5) and U.S. towns (9.9). DeWitt is home to Pomeroy College of Nursing at Crouse Hospital.
Where DeWitt beats most towns.
Where DeWitt’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 DeWitt is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 2,802 in 1840, 26,074 in 2020. The archive holds 19 old photos and papers going back to 1922 and 5 maps from 1895 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around DeWitt. Close and well known come first.
4 mi Stadium & arenaJMA Wireless Dome
7 mi LakeOnondaga Lake
5 mi State parkGreen Lakes State Park
4 mi Stadium & arenaOncenter War Memorial Arena
5 mi Stadium & arenaAlliance Bank Stadium
4 mi MuseumEverson Museum of ArtJMA Wireless Dome: Jimhoward03, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Onondaga Lake: R. A. Nonenmacher, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Green Lakes State Park: Ebedgert at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Oncenter War Memorial Arena: Crazyale, Public domain · Alliance Bank Stadium: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0 · Everson Museum of Art: Crazyale, Public domain
Who provides power, water and the rest in DeWitt, 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 DeWitt.
DeWitt draws workers from Syracuse and beyond, gets more snow than nearly all U.S. towns and has less no health insurance than most of New York.
27 miles of trail in 14 parks and preserves. The trail density in DeWitt is 0.8 miles per square mile. The biggest place to walk is Clark Reservation State Park, 331 acres with 5.1 miles of trail.
| DeWitt | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.8 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 4.1% | 5.2% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Clark Reservation State Park | 5.1 mi | 331 |
| 2. Ryder Recreation and Nature Area | 0.8 mi | 47 |
| 3. Fiddlers Green Park | 0.8 mi | 15 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its public schools are run by the Jamesville-Dewitt Central School District. Three of its 17 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jamesville-Dewitt Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 5–8 | Grades 5–8 | 693 | B |
| Onondaga-Cortland-Madison BocesLargest public high schoolGrades K–12 | Grades K–12 | 1,113 | – |
| Jamesville-Dewitt High SchoolTop results in townGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 820 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NY on state tests and graduation
39,709 jobs are based in DeWitt, 3.6 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in. The average commute takes 17.6 minutes, against 32.6 across New York.
About one in 5 of DeWitt’s working residents works in town. DeWitt’s average trip to work is 18 minutes. The top destinations are Syracuse (33%), Manlius (5%) and Clay (4%).
| DeWitt | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 18 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 20% | 10% | 8% |
| Median household income | $92,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Reported crimes fell from 970 to 655 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
DeWitt reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 84% report less.
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 87% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, 48 flood insurance claims have been paid out in DeWitt.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Its widest gap with New York is no health insurance: 4.9% of those 18–64 have no health insurance, against 7.9% statewide.
83% of adults had a checkup this year in DeWitt. DeWitt beats the New York average on 11 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 4. 15% of adults say their health is fair or poor in DeWitt.
| DeWitt | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 83% | 81% | 79% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 13% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 17% | 19% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 25% | 25% |
| What stands out | DeWitt | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 4.9% | 7.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 10.7% | 17.2% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.3% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The Syracuse Hancock Intl Ap weather station records that 128 inches of snow fall in a normal winter, more than in 99% of U.S. towns. The Syracuse Hancock Intl Ap weather station records that about 10 days a year reach 90°: fewer than most of the country, but more than 78% of New York places with climate records.
DeWitt has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 82° and January nights drop to 15°.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the New York average. 49% of DeWitt adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more. DeWitt has lost 2.3% of its people since 2020, down to 25,487 in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| DeWitt | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 49% | 32% | 29% |
| Under 18 | 22% | 20% | 22% |
| Median age | 41.4 years | 43 years | 40.5 years |
51% women, 49% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±1.6 points. Across New York, 51.2% of residents are women. Median age: women 43.0, men 39.3.
| DeWitt | NY | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 10.8% | 11% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11.3% | 9.5% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 8.8% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 11.7% | 14.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 11.1% | 13% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 13% | 12.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 14.1% | 13.3% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 11% | 10.3% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 8.2% | 7.6% | 7% |
| No diploma | 7% | 12% | 10.4% |
| High school | 17.1% | 24.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 15.8% | 14.6% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 11.1% | 8.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 21.6% | 22.4% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 27.4% | 17.9% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
The median sale price was $330,000 in May 2026.
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
8 within 15 miles of the center of DeWitt
About 9 of every 100 DeWitt residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
Town in New York, United States
DeWitt is a town in Onondaga County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 26,074. The town is named after major Moses DeWitt, a judge and soldier. An eastern suburb of Syracuse, DeWitt also is the site of most of the campus and all of the academic buildings of Le Moyne College.
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6 towns share a border with DeWitt.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeWitt | #285 | B | C+ | C− | B+ | A− |
| Syracuse | #734 | D− | B− | D− | D− | C− |
| Manlius | #136 | A− | C | B | A− | A |
| Lyncourt | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| East Syracuse | #156 | A− | B+ | — | B− | B |
| Salina | #345 | B | C+ | — | C+ | B |
| LaFayette | #316 | B | B− | — | C+ | A |
East Syracuse, Salina and LaFayette report no FBI crime data of their own. Lyncourt isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare DeWitt with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. DeWitt grades B overall, better than 64% of U.S. towns and #285 of 745 in New York. It grades A− for health, C− for safety and B+ for schools. Safety is its weak spot, with a C−.
The typical home is worth about $244,000, 54% below the New York typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.
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