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With 6,133 residents, this town was settled in 1837.
The picture is mixed. Where it falls short is cost of living — the typical home is worth about $399K, 4.6 years of the Kingston metro’s $86K median household income. Incomes is another plus: the median household earns $101K. All told, that adds up to a C+ overall, better than 38% of U.S. towns. Its place in the ranking is 488th of 745 in New York. 16% of the land in Hurley is conserved, above both the New York town median (5.2%) and the median of U.S. towns (4.3%). The biggest place to walk is Bluestone Wild Forest, 938 acres with 1.8 miles of trail.
Figures: health, CDC PLACES · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · home values, Zillow · USGS PAD-US · OpenStreetMap.
Where Hurley beats most towns.
Hurley Historic District is a National Historic Landmark, the National Register’s top tier.
Census counts: 847 in 1790, a low of 846 in 1920, 6,178 in 2020. The archive holds 23 old photos and papers going back to 1875 and 5 maps from 1901 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New York), ordered by how far Hurley is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Hurley. Close and well known come first.
Big draw39 mi MuseumUnited States Military Academy
15 mi National Historic SiteHome of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site102K visitors a year
13 mi National Historic SiteVanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site295K visitors a year
25 mi MuseumOlana State Historic Site
18 mi WaterfallKaaterskill Falls17 mi Park & preserveMinnewaska State Park PreserveUnited States Military Academy: USMA Public Affairs Office, Public domain · Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site: Crunch, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site: Daderot, Public domain · Olana State Historic Site: Netniks, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Kaaterskill Falls: Mwanner, CC BY-SA 3.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Hurley, 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 Hurley.
There are 22 miles of trail across 9 parks and preserves. The trail network density for Hurley comes to 0.6 miles per square mile. Parks and preserves here: 9, covering 2,617 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Glenford Unit | 5.6 mi | 486 |
| 2. Mile Shore Unit | 3.8 mi | 449 |
| 3. Stone Road Unit | 2 mi | 386 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its one school is below. The public schools here belong to the Kingston City School District. 213 students attend Hurley’s public school.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ernest C Myer SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–4 | Grades K–4 | 213 | B |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NY on state tests and graduation
84% of Hurley adults had a checkup this year. CDC measures, 32 in all: Hurley beats New York on 14 and trails on 4.
| Hurley | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 32% | 33% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 16% | 17% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 17% | 16% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 84% | 81% | 79% |
| What stands out | Hurley | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.7% | 17.2% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 4.5% | 7.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 11.4% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Hurley’s natural-hazard score from FEMA is 14 of 100. It has had 33 paid flood insurance claims since 1981. Of the losses FEMA expects here, 56% come from inland flooding and 11% from tornadoes. Federal disaster aid has reached households in Hurley after 13 declared disasters, most recently in 2017.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Hurley has 590 jobs for its 2,745 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. The average commute takes 23.4 minutes, against 32.6 across New York.
The top destinations are Kingston (20%), New York (12%) and Ulster (7%). Just 5% of Hurley’s working residents have a job in town. Jobs in Hurley grew by 76 from 2013 to 2023, reaching 590.
| Hurley | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $101,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 5.5% | 10% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 23 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expect July afternoons of 84° and January nights of 17°, with about 59 inches of snow a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The midpoint rent in Hurley is $1,359 a month. Among households in the town, 91% own their home.
| Hurley | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 91% | 75% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,359 a month | $1,098 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
3 within 15 miles of the center of Hurley
About 3 of every 100 Hurley residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
Where Hurley’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Town in New York, United States
Hurley is a town in Ulster County, New York, United States. The population was 6,178 at the 2020 census. The town is in the northeastern part of the county, west of the city of Kingston. Much of the town is inside the Catskill Park. Located within the town is a hamlet and census-designated place, also named Hurley. The Town of Hurley comprises the hamlets of Hurley, West Hurley and Glenford.
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8 towns share a border with Hurley.
Woodstock next door grades higher for schools (B to Hurley’s C) and lower for cost of living (D− to C−).
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurley | #488 | C+ | C− | — | C | A− |
| Ulster | #643 | C− | C− | C+ | C− | B+ |
| Woodstock | #278 | B+ | D− | A+ | B | A |
| Marbletown | #512 | C | C− | — | C | A− |
| Olive | #475 | C+ | C− | — | B | A− |
| West Hurley | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Zena | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Rosendale | #442 | C+ | D | A+ | C− | A− |
Hurley, Marbletown and Olive report no FBI crime data of their own. West Hurley and Zena aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Hurley with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Hurley grades C+ overall, better than 38% of U.S. towns and #488 of 745 in New York. It grades A− for health and C for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a C−.
Yes. The typical home is worth about $399,000, 24% 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 C−.
