FrewsburgNY
A town of 1,792, settled in 1837.
Is Frewsburg a good place to live?
We don’t grade Frewsburg yet; the figures below are still real.
93% of working residents leave Frewsburg for work
Where Frewsburg’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Moving to Frewsburg: who provides what
Frewsburg is unincorporated, so Chautauqua County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Frewsburg.
A typical Frewsburg home is worth about $181K
Home values are up 5.7% over the year to September 2026. Frewsburg: 85% of households own their home, against 75% in New York’s towns and 73% across U.S. towns.
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Frewsburg has 0.6 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Frewsburg’s mean commuting time stands at 20 minutes. Commuting out is the norm in the town: 7% of working residents work locally. Jobs based in Frewsburg grew to 470 in 2023, 38 more than in 2013. The top destinations are Jamestown (24%), Ellicott (16%) and Carroll (9%).
| Frewsburg | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 20 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 7% | 10% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 8.4% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $76,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Snowy winters and pleasant summers: that is Frewsburg’s year
July afternoons reach 81°, January nights drop to 16° and about 98 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The biggest natural risk in Frewsburg is inland flooding, at a high overall level
Frewsburg’s risk rating from FEMA is 62 of 100, above both the New York town median (31 of 100) and the median of U.S. towns (44 of 100). Expected losses in Frewsburg break down as 82% from inland flooding and 6% from tornadoes.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
How healthy Frewsburg is
38% of Frewsburg adults have high blood pressure. On the CDC’s 32 measures, Frewsburg is ahead of New York on 5 and behind on 10.
| Frewsburg | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 82% | 81% | 79% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 14% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 34% | 35% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 32% | 33% |
| What stands out | Frewsburg | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 6.9% | 12.8% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5.3% | 7.9% |
| More adults with COPD | 8.8% | 6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Kinzua Dam and 10 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Frewsburg. Close and well known come first.
17 mi DamKinzua Dam
15 mi LakeChautauqua Lake
29 mi National forestAllegheny National Forest
35 mi State parkKinzua Bridge State Park
22 mi State parkAllegany State Park
6 mi MuseumLucille Ball-Desi Arnaz CenterPhoto credits
Kinzua Dam: Niagara, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Chautauqua Lake: Banderas, Public domain · Allegheny National Forest: IvoShandor, CC BY 2.5 · Kinzua Bridge State Park: Nicholas from Pennsylvania, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Allegany State Park: Andre Carrotflower, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Center: G. Edward Johnson, CC BY 4.0
Everything we know about Frewsburg
Colleges nearby
3 within 15 miles of the center of Frewsburg
About 1 of every 100 Frewsburg residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
Frewsburg’s neighbors
2 towns share a border with Frewsburg.
Kiantone has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Kiantone reports no FBI crime data of its own. Frewsburg isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Frewsburg with a neighbor →
Questions about Frewsburg
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Frewsburg, NY a good place to live?
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