Jefferson HeightsNY
A town of 1,192.
Is Jefferson Heights a good place to live?
11% of the land in Jefferson Heights is conserved, where New York’s towns sit at 5.2% and U.S. towns at 4.3%. We don’t grade Jefferson Heights yet; the figures below are still real.
1,192 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Olana State Historic Site and 54 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Jefferson Heights. Close and well known come first.
3 mi MuseumOlana State Historic Site
32 mi National Historic SiteHome of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site102K visitors a year
10 mi WaterfallKaaterskill Falls
30 mi National Historic SiteVanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site295K visitors a year
30 mi TheatreTanglewood
28 mi MuseumNorman Rockwell MuseumPhoto credits
Olana State Historic Site: Netniks, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site: Crunch, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Kaaterskill Falls: Mwanner, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site: Daderot, Public domain · Tanglewood: Daderot., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Norman Rockwell Museum: User:Rmrfstar, CC BY 2.5
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Moving to Jefferson Heights: who provides what
Jefferson Heights is unincorporated, so Greene 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 Jefferson Heights.
The biggest natural risk in Jefferson Heights is inland flooding, at a low overall level
The FEMA hazard score in Jefferson Heights is 24 of 100. FEMA puts nearly two thirds of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 13% to hurricanes. Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 76% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Four seasons and pleasant summers in Jefferson Heights
July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 17° and about 31 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
A job hub: Jefferson Heights has 1.4 jobs for every working resident and draws in 588 commuters
The top destinations are Catskill (24%), New York (11%) and Hudson (7%). Most people who work leave Jefferson Heights to do it: just 6% work in town. The mean commuting time for Jefferson Heights comes to 20 minutes, below both New York’s towns (25 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes). For residents here, the share who live below the poverty line is 15%.
| Jefferson Heights | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 20 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 15% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $69,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 6% | 10% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
11.1% of Jefferson Heights is conserved land
1.0 miles of trail. Jefferson Heights’ density of trails comes in at 0.7 miles per square mile.
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Jefferson Heights stands out in New York and nationally: a smaller share of its adults binge drink
Among adults in Jefferson Heights, 35% sleep under 7 hours. The town beats the New York average on 10 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 6. 84% of adults here had a checkup this year; 14% report frequent mental distress.
| Jefferson Heights | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 17% | 16% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 84% | 81% | 79% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 16% | 17% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 34% | 35% |
| What stands out | Jefferson Heights | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 7.5% | 12.8% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 9.2% | 14.5% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 13.7% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Everything we know about Jefferson Heights
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Jefferson Heights
About 1 of every 100 Jefferson Heights residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
About Jefferson Heights
Census-designated place in New York, United States
Jefferson Heights is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in Greene County, New York, United States. The population was 1,122 at the 2020 census. The community of Jefferson Heights is in the town of Catskill, northwest of the village of Catskill. The building that once housed the community hospital is now a medical arts facility.
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- Area
- 1.5 sq mi
- Elevation
- 177 ft
Questions about Jefferson Heights
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Is Jefferson Heights, NY a good place to live?
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