Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Home to 3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Glen is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades B overall, ranked 300th of 745 in New York, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is schools: its schools outperform 73% of the state's. A typical home there costs about $199K, 3.1 years of the Amsterdam area’s $65K median household income. History is its standout character grade: an A+, better than 99% of U.S. towns, with 3 places on the National Register. Only 22 of New York’s 1,187 towns score lower on civic life. Glen’s average trip to work is 32 minutes, against 25 minutes in New York’s towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns. On history, just 30 of New York’s 1,216 towns do better.
Where Glen beats most towns.
Census counts: 2,451 in 1830, a peak of 3,678 in 1840, 2,536 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1868 and 4 maps from 1896 on.
3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New York), ordered by how far Glen is from typical.
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Who provides power, water and the rest in Glen, 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 Glen.
Glen 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
Most working residents leave Glen for work: only 7% work in town. 16% of residents live below the poverty line in Glen. The top destinations are Mohawk (8%), Amsterdam (6%) and Albany (6%).
| Glen | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 16% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 8.2% | 12% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 7.2% | 10% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 57% of U.S. communities. Since 1987, 7 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Glen.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
0.5 miles of trail in 4 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Rural Grove State Forest, at 90 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Rural Grove State Forest | — | 90 |
| 2. Charleston State Forest | — | 55 |
| 3. Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site | 0.1 mi | 31 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Glen beats the New York average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 7. 42% of Glen adults sleep under 7 hours.
| Glen | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 37% | 36% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 17% | 16% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 33% | 35% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 13% | 14% |
| What stands out | Glen | NY |
|---|---|---|
| More smokers | 15.5% | 11.3% |
| More adults with obesity | 38.2% | 28.8% |
| More adults with COPD | 7.8% | 6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The median rent in Glen is $872 a month.
| Glen | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 93% | 75% | 73% |
| Median rent | $872 a month | $1,103 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Glen. Close and well known come first.
Big draw32 mi MuseumNational Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum315K visitors a year14 mi CaveHowe Caverns
32 mi MuseumNational Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame
37 mi State parkGrant Cottage State Historic Site
35 mi Stadium & arenaMVP Arena
36 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 · Grant Cottage State Historic Site: Coingeek at English Wikipedia, Public domain · MVP Arena: This image or media was taken or created by Matt H. Wade. To see his entire port, CC BY-SA 3.0 · USS Slater: UpstateNYer, CC BY-SA 3.0
1 within 15 miles of the center of Glen
About 2 of every 100 Glen residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
Town in New York, United States
Glen is a town in Montgomery County, New York, United States. The population was 2,536 at the 2020 census. The town was named after Jacob Glen, an early landowner.
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7 towns share a border with Glen.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glen | #300 | B | B | — | B+ | B− |
| Florida | #686 | D | C | — | D | B− |
| Mohawk | #372 | B− | C+ | — | B+ | B− |
| Charleston | — | — | C | — | B+ | B |
| Root | — | — | B+ | — | C+ | C+ |
| Tribes Hill | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Fultonville | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Fonda | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Charleston and Root have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Glen, Florida, Mohawk, Charleston and Root report no FBI crime data of their own. Tribes Hill, Fultonville and Fonda aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Glen with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Glen grades B overall, better than 62% of U.S. towns and #300 of 745 in New York. It grades B− for health and B+ for schools.
The typical home is worth about $199,000, 62% 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.
