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Home to 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Elbridge gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $152K for a typical one, or 2 years of the Syracuse metro’s $75K median household income. It grades A− overall, 196th among New York's 745 graded towns. History is its standout character grade: an A, better than 94% of U.S. towns, with 2 places on the National Register. Its National Register listings include Jordan Village Historic District and Elbridge Village Historic District. Elbridge’s going rate for rent is $790 a month, below both New York’s towns ($1,103 a month) and U.S. towns ($1,185 a month).
Where Elbridge beats most towns.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New York), ordered by how far Elbridge is from typical.
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Census counts: 3,357 in 1830, a low of 2,736 in 1920, 5,476 in 2020. The archive holds 7 old photos and papers going back to 1933 and 4 maps from 1900 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Elbridge. Close and well known come first.
15 mi Stadium & arenaJMA Wireless Dome
12 mi LakeOnondaga Lake
36 mi LakeSeneca Lake
29 mi LakeCayuga Lake
40 mi MountainCumorah
36 mi State parkTaughannock Falls State ParkJMA Wireless Dome: Jimhoward03, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Onondaga Lake: R. A. Nonenmacher, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Seneca Lake: RochesterNY, Public domain · Cayuga Lake: The original uploader was Cornellrockey at English Wikipedia. Later versions we, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Cumorah: Hillcumorahpageantstage.jpg: la salebete derivative work: Eustress (talk), CC BY-SA 2.0 · Taughannock Falls State Park: Michael C. Rygel, CC BY-SA 3.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Elbridge, 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 Elbridge.
Elbridge gets more snow than nearly all U.S. towns, has homes that are cheap against local pay and trades workers with Syracuse and other neighbors.
Expected damage from storms and floods is lower here than in 71% of U.S. communities. Since 1979, Elbridge has seen 13 flood insurance claims paid out. 77% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by tornadoes at 6%. Households locally have drawn federal disaster aid once, in 2003.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Each of its 7 graded neighbors has a higher School Grade than its B−, Skaneateles highest at A.
Two of its 3 schools are below, each with the reason it’s listed. Its public schools are run by the Jordan-Elbridge Central School District. The largest public high school is Jordan-Elbridge High School, with 336 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan-Elbridge Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 3–8 | Grades 3–8 | 409 | C+ |
| Jordan-Elbridge High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 336 | A+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NY on state tests and graduation
The Skaneateles weather station, 7 miles away, records that 106 inches of snow fall in a normal winter, more than in 97% of U.S. towns.
In Elbridge, the midsummer high is 81°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
In 4 parks and preserves, walkers have 5.4 miles of trail. Elbridge’s density of trails comes in at 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Elbridge | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 7.6% | 5.2% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Carpenter's Brook Fish Hatchery | — | 19 |
| 2. Cross Lake Waterway Access | — | 15 |
| 3. Seymour Lofft Park | — | 9 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Elbridge has about as many jobs (1,965) as working residents, but only 307 people both live and work here. The average commute takes 24.6 minutes, against 32.6 across New York.
The top destinations are Syracuse (16%), Auburn (7%) and DeWitt (6%). Most people who work leave Elbridge to do it: just 13% work in town. Elbridge: 6.9% of workers work from home. Half commute less than 14 miles.
| Elbridge | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 6.9% | 12% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 13% | 10% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 11% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Among adults 18 to 64 in Elbridge, 5.2% have no health insurance. On the CDC’s 32 measures, Elbridge is ahead of New York on 7 and behind on 7. Two figures for adults in the town: 38% have high blood pressure, 37% have obesity.
| Elbridge | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 82% | 81% | 79% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 34% | 35% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 33% | 35% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 5.2% | 5.9% | 8.1% |
| What stands out | Elbridge | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5.2% | 7.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 11.7% | 17.2% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.6% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
At 2 years of the Syracuse metro’s $75K median household income, the typical home costs less against local pay than in 89% of New York towns; that ratio is one input to its A− for cost of living.
For households in Elbridge, the share who own their home is 87%.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
4 within 15 miles of the center of Elbridge
About 3 of every 100 Elbridge residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
2 places in Elbridge on the National Register of Historic Places.
Town in New York, United States
Elbridge is a town in Onondaga County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 5,476. The town is named after Elbridge Gerry, the fifth Vice President of the United States, and one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. The Town of Elbridge is west of Syracuse, on the western border of the county. The town contains two villages, one named Jordan and one which is also named Elbridge.
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7 towns share a border with Elbridge.
Skaneateles next door grades higher for schools (A to Elbridge’s B−) and lower for cost of living (C− to A−).
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elbridge | #196 | A− | A− | — | B− | B |
| Lysander | #304 | B | C | — | B+ | B+ |
| Cato | — | — | B− | — | B | B− |
| Brutus | #415 | B− | C+ | — | B | B− |
| Van Buren | #250 | B+ | C | — | B+ | A− |
| Sennett | #234 | B+ | C+ | — | A− | C+ |
| Camillus | #106 | A | C | B+ | B+ | A |
| Skaneateles | #109 | A | C− | — | A | A− |
Cato has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Elbridge, Lysander, Cato, Brutus, Van Buren, Sennett and Skaneateles report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Elbridge with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Elbridge grades A− overall, better than 76% of U.S. towns and #196 of 745 in New York. It grades B for health and B− for schools.
Not for the area. The typical home is worth about $152,000, 71% 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 A−.
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