Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Frankfort is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades B− overall, 407th of 745 graded towns in New York, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is safety: it reports less crime per resident than 65% of U.S. towns. It also does better than most on health: it is healthier than 64% of U.S. towns. Its lowest everyday mark is in schools: its public schools trail 74% of New York towns on state tests and graduation. A typical home there costs about $155K, 2.2 years of the Utica metro’s $70K median household income. Its National Register listings include US Post Office-Frankfort and Remington House. 25% of residents are 65 or older in Frankfort, where New York’s towns sit at 20% and U.S. towns at 18%. The biggest park or preserve is Herkimer Forest Preserve Detached Parcel, at 102 acres.
Where Frankfort beats most towns.
Census counts: 1,860 in 1820, 7,011 in 2020. The archive holds 18 old photos and papers going back to 1887 and 4 maps from 1898 on.
5 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New York), ordered by how far Frankfort is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Who provides power, water and the rest in Frankfort, 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 Frankfort.
Frankfort reports less crime than Ilion or any other graded neighbor, is healthier than towns with similar incomes and has added a third more jobs in ten years.
Jobs based here grew from 1,472 in 2013 to 1,995.
Most working residents leave Frankfort for work: only 8% work in town. Since 2013, Frankfort has added 523 jobs, to 1,995 in 2023. The average trip to work in Frankfort is 28 minutes.
| Frankfort | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $63,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 7.3% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 13% | 12% | 11% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Three of its 4 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Utica Academy of Science Charter School, with 997 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frankfort-Schuyler Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–6 | Grades PK–6 | 379 | D |
| Utica Academy of Science Charter SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades K–12 | Grades K–12 | 997 | A+ |
| Frankfort-Schuyler Central High SchoolTop results in townGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 288 | A+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NY on state tests and graduation
Frankfort has cold winters and pleasant summers. Frankfort’s July high is 79°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Its B+ tops all 3 graded towns on its borders; Ilion (C) comes closest. At 13 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports less crime than 51% of New York’s graded towns.
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Against the 9,574 U.S. towns with household incomes like Frankfort’s, it is healthier than 87%, so its B isn’t only a matter of income.
Frankfort beats the New York average on 6 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 6. 31% of Frankfort adults feel lonely.
| Frankfort | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 32% | 33% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 36% | 33% | 35% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 35% | 37% | 36% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 5.3% | 5.9% | 8.1% |
| What stands out | Frankfort | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5.3% | 7.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 11.6% | 17.2% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.3% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 59% of U.S. communities. Since 1979, 4 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Frankfort.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Herkimer Forest Preserve Detached Parcel | — | 102 |
| 2. Hilltop Park | — | 20 |
| 3. Canal Street Memorial Park | — | 2 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Frankfort. Close and well known come first.
Big draw26 mi MuseumNational Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum315K visitors a year8 mi LandmarkFort Dayton
7 mi Stadium & arenaUtica Memorial Auditorium
20 mi National MonumentFort Stanwix National Monument78K visitors a year
7 mi MuseumMunson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute
6 mi TheatreStanley TheaterNational Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum: Beyond My Ken, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Utica Memorial Auditorium: Doug Kerr, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Fort Stanwix National Monument: NPS photo, Public domain · Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute: Kenneth C. Zirkel, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Stanley Theater: Doug Kerr from Albany, New York, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0
6 within 15 miles of the center of Frankfort
About 3 of every 100 Frankfort residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
Where Frankfort’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
5 places in Frankfort on the National Register of Historic Places.
Town in New York, United States
Frankfort is a town in Herkimer County, New York, United States. The town is named after one of its earliest settlers, Lawrence (Lewis) Frank. The town of Frankfort includes a village, also called Frankfort. Frankfort is located east of Utica, and the Erie Canal passes along its northern border. At the time of the 2020 census, the population was 7,011, down from 7,636 in 2010.
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8 towns share a border with Frankfort.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frankfort | #407 | B− | B− | B+ | C | B |
| Schuyler | #411 | B− | B | — | B+ | B− |
| Frankfort | — | — | B− | — | C | B− |
| Utica | #720 | D | C+ | D | C− | D |
| Litchfield | — | — | B | — | B− | B |
| Herkimer | #508 | C+ | B | — | C+ | C+ |
| New Hartford | #269 | B+ | C+ | C− | A | A |
| German Flatts | #346 | B | A− | — | C | B |
Frankfort and Litchfield have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Schuyler, Frankfort, Litchfield, Herkimer and German Flatts report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Frankfort with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Frankfort grades B− overall, better than 48% of U.S. towns and #407 of 745 in New York. It grades B for health, B+ for safety and C 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 B−.
2 notable people were born here, including Hiram Cronk and Rich Talarico.
