Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The best of Hartwick’s subject grades are an A+ for history and an A for civic life; the weakest is a C− for hazard risk. 13% of residents are under 18 in Hartwick, below both New York’s towns (20%) and U.S. towns (22%). Its National Register listings include Mathewson-Bice Farmhouse and Mathewson Family Cemetery and Hartwick Historic District. Hartwick has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Hartwick beats most towns.
Hartwick Historic DistrictWhere Hartwick’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 Hartwick is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 2,579 in 1820, 1,952 in 2020. The archive holds 2 old photos and papers going back to 1910 and 3 maps from 1910 on.
5 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Hartwick, 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 Hartwick.
Hartwick beats the New York average on 10 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 4. 30% of adults have obesity in Hartwick, against 33% in New York’s towns and 35% across U.S. towns. 15% of Hartwick adults report frequent mental distress.
| Hartwick | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 33% | 35% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 16% | 17% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 32% | 33% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 13% | 14% |
| What stands out | Hartwick | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 10.6% | 17.2% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 9.3% | 14.5% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.9% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Most working residents leave Hartwick for work: only 9% work in town. The average trip to work in Hartwick is 18 minutes. Jobs based in Hartwick grew to 620 in 2023, 99 more than in 2013.
| Hartwick | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 18 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 7.5% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 71% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Hartwick since 2006.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Hartwick’s July high is 78°F. Hartwick has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Children under 18 are 13% of residents (21% statewide); adults 35 to 64 are 44% of residents (39% statewide). 41% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Hartwick.
| Hartwick | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 49.3 years | 43 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 41% | 32% | 29% |
| Aged 65 or older | 21% | 20% | 18% |
49% women, 51% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±9.1 points. Across New York, 51.2% of residents are women.
| Hartwick | NY | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 5.1% | 11% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 7.9% | 9.5% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 18.7% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 3.9% | 14.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 10.3% | 13% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 9.8% | 12.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 23.7% | 13.3% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 11.9% | 10.3% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 8.6% | 7.6% | 7% |
| No diploma | 8% | 12% | 10.4% |
| High school | 29% | 24.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 9.7% | 14.6% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 12.1% | 8.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 30.7% | 22.4% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 10.5% | 17.9% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,900, single groups can be off by several points
2.8 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Arnold Lake State Forest, at 759 acres.
| Hartwick | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 6.4% | 5.2% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Arnold Lake State Forest | — | 759 |
| 2. Hartwick State Forest | — | 21 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Hartwick. Close and well known come first.
Big draw6 mi MuseumNational Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum315K visitors a year27 mi LandmarkFort Dayton32 mi CaveHowe Caverns
34 mi Stadium & arenaUtica Memorial Auditorium
7 mi MuseumFenimore Art Museum
33 mi MuseumMunson-Williams-Proctor Arts InstituteNational Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum: Beyond My Ken, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Utica Memorial Auditorium: Doug Kerr, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Fenimore Art Museum: Ser Amantio di Nicolao, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute: Kenneth C. Zirkel, CC BY-SA 4.0
2 within 15 miles of the center of Hartwick
About 4 of every 100 Hartwick residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
5 notable people were born in Hartwick.
Town in New York, United States
Hartwick is a town located in Otsego County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, the town had a population of 1,952. The Town of Hartwick is located in the middle of the county, southwest of the Village of Cooperstown.
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6 towns share a border with Hartwick.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hartwick | — | — | B+ | — | B | A− |
| Middlefield | — | — | C+ | — | B− | A− |
| Otsego | #446 | C+ | D | — | B | A− |
| Hartwick Seminary | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Milford | #439 | C+ | B+ | — | C− | B+ |
| New Lisbon | — | — | B− | — | C+ | B |
| Burlington | — | — | B | — | B+ | B |
Hartwick, Middlefield, New Lisbon and Burlington have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Hartwick, Middlefield, Otsego, Milford, New Lisbon and Burlington report no FBI crime data of their own. Hartwick Seminary isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Hartwick with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Not for the area. The typical home is worth about $174,000, 67% 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+.
5 notable people were born here, including William Henry Bissell and Isaac Newton Arnold.
