Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Freedom’s best subject grade is a B+ for history; its weakest is a D for walkability. On walkability, just 116 of New York’s 1,216 towns do worse. On civic life, just 101 of New York’s 1,187 towns do worse. Salem Welsh Church is on the National Register of Historic Places. Freedom has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Freedom beats most towns.
Where Freedom’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 Freedom is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 1,505 in 1830, a low of 863 in 1930, 2,267 in 2020. The archive holds 3 maps from 1924 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Freedom, 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 Freedom.
Most working residents leave Freedom for work: only 9% work in town. Since 2013, Freedom has added 144 jobs, to 325 in 2023. Freedom’s average trip to work is 28 minutes, against 25 minutes in New York’s towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns.
| Freedom | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 6.9% | 12% | 11% |
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 7% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $74,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 70% of U.S. communities. Since 2000, 3 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Freedom.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Freedom’s July high is 78°F, below both the New York town median (81°F) and the median of U.S. towns (85°F). Freedom has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Freedom beats the New York average on 2 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 13. 16% of Freedom adults smoke cigarettes.
| Freedom | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 13% | 14% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 37% | 36% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 14% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 34% | 35% |
| What stands out | Freedom | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6% | 7.9% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 12% | 14.5% |
| More adults with COPD | 8.8% | 6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
| Freedom | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.3% | 5.2% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Freedom’s median rent is $519 a month.
| Freedom | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $519 a month | $1,101 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 89% | 75% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
1 within 15 miles of the center of Freedom
About 4 of every 100 Freedom residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
Town in New York, United States
Freedom is a town in Cattaraugus County, New York, United States. The population was 2,244 at the 2021 census. The town is in the northeast corner of Cattaraugus County.
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6 towns share a border with Freedom.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freedom | — | — | B− | — | B | C+ |
| Farmersville | — | — | C | — | B+ | C |
| Yorkshire | #627 | C− | B− | — | B | C |
| Arcade | #466 | C+ | B | — | B | B |
| Centerville | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Rushford | — | — | A− | — | B+ | B− |
| Arcade | — | — | B− | — | B | B |
Freedom, Farmersville, Rushford and Arcade have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Freedom, Farmersville, Yorkshire, Arcade, Rushford and Arcade report no FBI crime data of their own. Centerville isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Freedom with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
The typical home is worth about $177,000, 66% 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 B−.
