Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Hannibal earns a D, ranked 690th of 745 in New York, mostly because of schools. Its schools rank behind 84% of the state's. What it does well: a typical home costs about $137K, 1.8 years of the Syracuse metro’s $75K median household income. On health, just 114 of New York’s 1,213 towns do worse. Hannibal's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 92% of U.S. towns. On the outdoors, just 74 of New York’s 1,216 towns do worse.
Where Hannibal beats most towns.
Where Hannibal’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 Hannibal is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 935 in 1820, a low of 935 in 1820, 4,854 in 2010. The archive holds 2 old photos and papers going back to 1867 and 5 maps from 1900 on.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Hannibal, 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 Hannibal.
Hannibal gets more snow than nearly all U.S. towns and has added half again as many jobs in ten years, but it has little public open land.
The Hannibal Central School District runs its public schools. The largest public high school is Hannibal High School, with 334 students. Two of the 3 schools are below, and why each made the list.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairley SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–4 | Grades PK–4 | 495 | C |
| Hannibal High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 334 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NY on state tests and graduation
Jobs based here grew from 330 in 2013 to 533.
The share of residents in Hannibal who live below the poverty line: 16%. Only 9% of working residents stay in Hannibal for work; the rest commute out. The town had 533 jobs in 2023, up 203 from 2013. Its typical journey to work stands at 27 minutes, against 25 minutes in New York’s towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns.
| Hannibal | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 16% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $74,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Among adults here, 18% smoke cigarettes. The share of adults in Hannibal who report frequent physical distress is 16%, where New York’s towns sit at 14% and U.S. towns at 14%. Two figures for adults in the town: 41% sleep under 7 hours, 30% get no exercise outside work.
| Hannibal | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 13% | 14% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 37% | 36% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 25% | 25% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 16% | 17% |
| What stands out | Hannibal | NY |
|---|---|---|
| More smokers | 17.8% | 11.3% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 19.5% | 12.8% |
| More adults with COPD | 9.1% | 6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The Fulton weather station, 8 miles away, records that 159 inches of snow fall in a normal winter, more than in 99% of U.S. towns.
The midsummer high for Hannibal comes to 80°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Of the losses FEMA expects in Hannibal, 82% come from inland flooding. FEMA expects less storm and flood damage here than in 60% of U.S. communities. Federal aid has come to Hannibal households in 3 declared disasters; the latest was in 2007.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Just 118 of its 28,512 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Hannibal itself; its outdoors grade is C−.
1.3 miles of trail.
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Hannibal. Close and well known come first.
28 mi Stadium & arenaJMA Wireless Dome
23 mi LakeOnondaga Lake
11 mi LandmarkFort Ontario
27 mi Stadium & arenaOncenter War Memorial Arena
25 mi Stadium & arenaAlliance Bank Stadium
34 mi State parkGreen Lakes State ParkJMA Wireless Dome: Jimhoward03, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Onondaga Lake: R. A. Nonenmacher, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fort Ontario: Ad Meskens, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Oncenter War Memorial Arena: Crazyale, Public domain · Alliance Bank Stadium: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0 · Green Lakes State Park: Ebedgert at English Wikipedia, Public domain
1 within 15 miles of the center of Hannibal
About 2 of every 100 Hannibal residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
3 notable people were born in Hannibal.
Town in New York, United States
Hannibal is a town in Oswego County, New York, United States. The population was 4,854 at the 2010 census. The name is derived from the hero of ancient Carthage, Hannibal. The Town of Hannibal also contains a village also called Hannibal. The town is located on the western border of the county.
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4 towns share a border with Hannibal.
All 3 graded towns on its borders grade higher than its D; Granby (C) is closest.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hannibal | #690 | D | B | — | C− | C |
| Granby | #559 | C | B | — | C− | C |
| Sterling | #472 | C+ | A− | — | C− | C+ |
| Ira | — | — | B+ | — | B− | C+ |
| Oswego | #501 | C+ | B− | — | C− | B |
Ira has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Hannibal, Granby, Sterling, Ira and Oswego report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Hannibal with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Hannibal grades D overall, better than 10% of U.S. towns and #690 of 745 in New York. It grades C for health and C− for schools. Schools is its weak spot, with a C−.
3 notable people were born here, including Warner Miller and Charles Blakeslee Law.
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