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Duanesburg is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades B overall, 309th among New York's 745 graded towns, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is health: it is healthier than 77% of U.S. towns. It also does better than most on incomes: the median household earns $95K. Its lowest everyday mark is in cost of living: homes are expensive, about $412K for a typical one and 4.7 times the Albany metro’s $88K median household income. History is its standout character grade: an A, better than 93% of U.S. towns, with 36 places on the National Register. Its National Register listings include Delanson Historic District and Christman Bird and Wildlife Sanctuary. Duanesburg’s average commute is 30 minutes, against 25 minutes in New York’s towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns. Featherstonhaugh State Forest, at 684 acres with 4.5 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve.
Where Duanesburg beats most towns.
Delanson Historic District is a National Historic Landmark, the National Register’s top tier. Its 36 National Register listings are more than in 95% of New York towns with a listing.
Census counts: 3,510 in 1820, a low of 1,937 in 1930, 5,863 in 2020. The archive holds 10 old photos and papers going back to 1860 and 4 maps from 1895 on.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New York), ordered by how far Duanesburg is from typical.
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Who provides power, water and the rest in Duanesburg, 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 Duanesburg.
Duanesburg has less no health insurance than most of New York and has added half again as many jobs in ten years.
FEMA puts 71% of Duanesburg’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 10% to tornadoes. Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 87% of U.S. communities. Since 1996, Duanesburg has seen 7 flood insurance claims paid out.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Its two schools are below. The 2 public schools in Duanesburg teach 646 students between them.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duanesburg Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–6 | Grades PK–6 | 356 | B− |
| Duanesburg High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 7–12 | Grades 7–12 | 290 | B+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NY on state tests and graduation
Its widest gap with New York is no health insurance: 4.8% of those 18–64 have no health insurance, against 7.9% statewide.
38% of Duanesburg adults sleep under 7 hours. This New York town does better than the New York average on 9 of 32 CDC measures and worse on 5. In Duanesburg, 15% of adults say their health is fair or poor, and 21% have been diagnosed with depression.
| Duanesburg | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 25% | 25% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 17% | 19% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 4.8% | 5.9% | 8.1% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 21% | 23% |
| What stands out | Duanesburg | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 4.8% | 7.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 10.6% | 17.2% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.9% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Jobs based here grew from 766 in 2013 to 1,269.
The top destinations are Albany (18%), Schenectady (12%) and Colonie (9%). Commuting out is the norm in Duanesburg: 8% of working residents work locally. Since 2013, Duanesburg has added 503 jobs, to 1,269 in 2023. Half commute less than 19 miles.
| Duanesburg | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $95,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 7.7% | 10% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Homes in Duanesburg are typically worth about $412,000, up 6.3% in a year, 21% below the New York typical home. The share of households in Duanesburg who own their home: 87%.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
In Duanesburg, the typical July afternoon high is 80°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
11 miles of trail in 5 parks and preserves. Duanesburg’s concentration of trails comes in at 0.2 miles per square mile. Parks and preserves locally: 5, covering 1,010 acres.
| Duanesburg | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 2.7% | 5.2% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Featherstonhaugh State Forest | 4.5 mi | 684 |
| 2. Christman Bird and Wildlife Sanctuary | 2 mi | 119 |
| 3. Schenectady County Forest Preserve | 2 mi | 105 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Duanesburg. Close and well known come first.
Big draw39 mi MuseumNational Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum315K visitors a year13 mi CaveHowe Caverns
23 mi Stadium & arenaMVP Arena
24 mi MuseumUSS Slater
29 mi MuseumNational Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame
23 mi Ancient siteFort OrangeNational Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum: Beyond My Ken, CC BY-SA 4.0 · MVP Arena: This image or media was taken or created by Matt H. Wade. To see his entire port, CC BY-SA 3.0 · USS Slater: UpstateNYer, CC BY-SA 3.0 · National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame: Peter Flass, CC BY 3.0 · Fort Orange: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain
3 within 15 miles of the center of Duanesburg
About 7 of every 100 Duanesburg residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New York.
Where Duanesburg’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
36 places in Duanesburg on the National Register of Historic Places.
Town in New York, United States
Duanesburg is a town in Schenectady County, New York, United States. The population was 5,863 at the 2020 census. Duanesburg is named for James Duane, who held most of it as an original land grant. The town is in the western part of the county.
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8 towns share a border with Duanesburg.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duanesburg | #309 | B | C+ | — | B | A− |
| Esperance · Esperance | — | — | B+ | — | B− | B |
| Charleston | — | — | C | — | B+ | B |
| Princetown | — | — | C− | — | B | A− |
| Florida | #686 | D | C | — | D | B− |
| Wright | — | — | B+ | — | B− | B+ |
| Knox | #195 | A− | B | — | B | A |
| Schoharie | #569 | C | B− | — | B− | B |
Esperance, Charleston, Princetown and Wright have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Duanesburg, Esperance, Charleston, Princetown, Florida, Wright, Knox and Schoharie report no FBI crime data of their own. Esperance and Esperance are one community, graded once. Compare Duanesburg with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Duanesburg grades B overall, better than 60% of U.S. towns and #309 of 745 in New York. It grades A− for health and B 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+.
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