Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Florida earns a D, 686th of 745 graded towns in New York, mostly because of schools. Its schools rank behind 90% of the state's. It also has a long history, with 2 places on the National Register. 14% of residents are under 18 in Florida, where New York’s towns sit at 20% and U.S. towns at 22%. On civic life, just 82 of New York’s 1,187 towns do worse. The biggest place to walk is Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site, 200 acres with 3.5 miles of trail.
Where Florida beats most towns.
Where Florida’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 Florida is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Erie Canal is a National Historic Landmark, the National Register’s top tier.
Census counts: 2,743 in 1820, a peak of 5,214 in 1840, 2,667 in 2020. The archive holds 3 old photos and papers going back to 1868 and 5 maps from 1895 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Florida, 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 Florida.
Florida draws workers from Amsterdam and beyond, but it trails even towns with similar incomes on health.
3,038 jobs are based in Florida, 2.8 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in. The average commute takes 26.3 minutes, against 32.6 across New York.
Most working residents leave Florida for work: only 8% work in town. Jobs based in Florida grew to 3,038 in 2023, 1,571 more than in 2013. 6.3% of Florida residents live below the poverty line.
| Florida | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 6.3% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $93,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 26 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Florida has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 82°, January nights drop to 13° and about 54 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 62% of U.S. communities. Since 1980, 4 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Florida.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
5.5 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. Florida’s trail density is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Florida | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 1.5% | 5.2% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site | 3.5 mi | 200 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Against the 9,577 U.S. towns with household incomes like Florida’s, it is less healthy than 72%, so it trails even them.
Florida beats the New York average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 11. 41% of adults sleep under 7 hours in Florida.
| Florida | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 37% | 36% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 33% | 35% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 13% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 25% | 25% |
| What stands out | Florida | NY |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with obesity | 38.2% | 28.8% |
| More adults with COPD | 7.9% | 6% |
| More smokers | 14.4% | 11.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Florida. Close and well known come first.
Big draw39 mi MuseumNational Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum315K visitors a year
25 mi MuseumNational Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame17 mi CaveHowe Caverns
28 mi Stadium & arenaMVP Arena
31 mi State parkGrant Cottage State Historic Site
29 mi MuseumUSS SlaterNational Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum: Beyond My Ken, CC BY-SA 4.0 · National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame: Peter Flass, CC BY 3.0 · MVP Arena: This image or media was taken or created by Matt H. Wade. To see his entire port, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Grant Cottage State Historic Site: Coingeek at English Wikipedia, Public domain · USS Slater: UpstateNYer, CC BY-SA 3.0
3 within 15 miles of the center of Florida
About 4 of every 100 Florida residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
2 places in Florida on the National Register of Historic Places.
4 notable people were born in Florida.
Town in New York, United States
Florida is a town in Montgomery County, New York, United States. The population was 2,667 as of the 2020 census. The town was named after the state of Florida. It is located in the eastern end of Montgomery County and is south of the Mohawk River and the city of Amsterdam, which it borders.
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10 towns share a border with Florida.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | #686 | D | C | — | D | B− |
| Glen | #300 | B | B | — | B+ | B− |
| Amsterdam | #664 | D | B− | — | D | B− |
| Charleston | — | — | C | — | B+ | B |
| Amsterdam | #735 | D− | C+ | — | D | C |
| Fort Johnson | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Duanesburg | #309 | B | C+ | — | B | A− |
| Tribes Hill | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Charleston has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Florida, Glen, Amsterdam, Charleston, Amsterdam and Duanesburg report no FBI crime data of their own. Fort Johnson and Tribes Hill aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Florida with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Florida grades D overall, better than 11% of U.S. towns and #686 of 745 in New York. It grades B− for health and D for schools. Schools is its weak spot, with a D.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.
4 notable people were born here, including William Thomas Byrne and John W. Cady.
