Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Fenner’s best subject grades are an A− for health, schools, and civic life. Fenner’s July high is 77°F, against 81°F in New York’s towns and 85°F across U.S. towns. Among 751 New York towns, just 2 have a lower median rent than Fenner. Fenner Baptist Church is on the National Register of Historic Places. Fenner has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Fenner beats most towns.
Fenner Baptist ChurchWhere Fenner’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 Fenner is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 2,017 in 1830, a low of 780 in 1920, 1,668 in 2020. The archive holds 9 old photos and papers going back to 2007 and 2 maps from 1897 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Fenner. Close and well known come first.
19 mi Stadium & arenaJMA Wireless Dome
23 mi LakeOnondaga Lake
23 mi National MonumentFort Stanwix National Monument78K visitors a year
11 mi State parkGreen Lakes State Park40 mi LandmarkFort Dayton
20 mi Stadium & arenaOncenter War Memorial ArenaJMA Wireless Dome: Jimhoward03, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Onondaga Lake: R. A. Nonenmacher, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fort Stanwix National Monument: NPS photo, Public domain · Green Lakes State Park: Ebedgert at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Oncenter War Memorial Arena: Crazyale, Public domain
Who provides power, water and the rest in Fenner, 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 Fenner.
Fenner beats the New York average on 11 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 3. 20% of Fenner adults get no exercise outside work, below both New York’s towns (25%) and U.S. towns (25%). 14% of Fenner adults say their health is fair or poor.
| Fenner | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 25% | 25% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 13% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 17% | 19% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 82% | 81% | 79% |
| What stands out | Fenner | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.3% | 17.2% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 4.3% | 7.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.4% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Most working residents leave Fenner for work: only 3% work in town. Since 2013, Fenner has added 77 jobs, to 166 in 2023. 16% of workers work from home in Fenner.
| Fenner | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 16% | 12% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.5% | 10% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 12% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 26 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Fenner has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. The January low in Fenner is 12°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 54% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Fenner since 2025.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
4.9 miles of trail in 3 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Chittenango Falls State Park, at 45 acres.
| Fenner | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 1.6% | 5.2% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Nichols Pond Park | 0.3 mi | 9 |
| 2. Chittenango Falls State Park | 0.2 mi | 45 |
| 3. Nelson Swamp Unique Area | — | 10 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
1 within 15 miles of the center of Fenner
About 2 of every 100 Fenner residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
Town in New York, United States
Fenner is a town in Madison County, New York, United States. The population was 1,668 at the 2020 census. The town is in the north-central part of the county, east of Cazenovia Lake.
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5 towns share a border with Fenner.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fenner | — | — | A− | — | A− | A− |
| Cazenovia | #154 | A− | C− | — | A− | A |
| Nelson | — | — | B+ | — | B+ | A− |
| Lincoln | — | — | B− | — | C | B |
| Smithfield | — | — | C+ | — | B− | B+ |
| Sullivan | #219 | B+ | B | — | B+ | B+ |
Fenner, Nelson, Lincoln and Smithfield have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Fenner, Cazenovia, Nelson, Lincoln, Smithfield and Sullivan report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Fenner with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
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−.
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