Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Home to 3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Kingsbury is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades C overall, 573rd among New York's 745 graded towns, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is health: CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 56% of the country. Its lowest everyday mark is in schools: its public schools trail 89% of New York towns on state tests and graduation. A typical home there costs about $179K, 2.4 years of the Glens Falls metro’s $76K median household income. History is its standout character grade: an A, better than 94% of U.S. towns, with 3 places on the National Register. Its National Register listings include US Post Office-Hudson Falls and Hudson Falls Historic District. 16% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Kingsbury, where New York’s towns sit at 32% and U.S. towns at 29%.
Where Kingsbury beats most towns.
Where Kingsbury’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 Kingsbury is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 2,203 in 1820, 12,968 in 2020. The archive holds 1 old photo or paper and 5 maps from 1895 on.
3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Kingsbury. Close and well known come first.
10 mi LandmarkFort William Henry
Big draw36 mi LandmarkFort Ticonderoga
7 mi Theme parkGreat Escape
20 mi LakeLake George
14 mi State parkGrant Cottage State Historic Site
21 mi MuseumNational Museum of Racing and Hall of FameFort William Henry: IrisKawling at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Fort Ticonderoga: Mwanner, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Great Escape: Jared and Corin, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Lake George: Sixlocal, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Grant Cottage State Historic Site: Coingeek at English Wikipedia, Public domain · National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame: Peter Flass, CC BY 3.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Kingsbury, 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 Kingsbury.
Kingsbury has homes that are cheap against local pay and has commutes shorter than most of New York.
Its public schools are run by the Hudson Falls Central School District. Two of its 7 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Hudson Falls High School, with 652 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hudson Falls Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 472 | C− |
| Hudson Falls High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 652 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NY on state tests and graduation
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 89% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The average commute for its 5,722 working residents takes 20.6 minutes, against 32.6 across New York.
Most working residents leave Kingsbury for work: only 9% work in town. The average trip to work in Kingsbury is 21 minutes. The top destinations are Queensbury (17%), Glens Falls (15%) and Fort Edward (7%).
| Kingsbury | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 5.4% | 12% | 11% |
| Average trip to work | 21 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 11% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $72,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Kingsbury has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 11° and about 60 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
6.4 miles of trail in 5 parks and preserves.
| Kingsbury | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 4.5% | 5.2% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Five Combines | 0.1 mi | 9 |
| 2. Derby Park | — | 6 |
| 3. Juckett Park | 0.1 mi | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Kingsbury beats the New York average on 3 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 8. 18% of adults report frequent mental distress in Kingsbury.
| Kingsbury | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 16% | 17% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 14% | 14% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 17% | 16% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 25% | 25% |
| What stands out | Kingsbury | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.2% | 7.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 13.8% | 17.2% |
| More smokers | 15.5% | 11.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
At 2.4 years of the Glens Falls metro’s $76K median household income, the typical home costs less against local pay than in 77% of New York towns; that ratio is one input to its B− for cost of living.
63% of Kingsbury households own their home.
| Kingsbury | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 63% | 75% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,063 a month | $1,103 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
1 within 15 miles of the center of Kingsbury
About 3 of every 100 Kingsbury residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
3 places in Kingsbury on the National Register of Historic Places.
Hamlet in the state of New York, United States
Kingsbury is a town in western Washington County, New York, United States. It is part of the Glens Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area. The town population was 12,968 at the 2020 census, up from 12,671 at the 2010 census.
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7 towns share a border with Kingsbury.
Queensbury next door grades higher for schools (B+ to Kingsbury’s D) and lower for cost of living (C− to B−).
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingsbury | #573 | C | B− | — | D | B |
| Queensbury | #257 | B+ | C− | — | B+ | A− |
| Hudson Falls | #401 | B− | B | B+ | D | B |
| Fort Ann | #367 | B− | B | — | B | B− |
| Hartford | — | — | B− | — | C+ | B− |
| Moreau | #340 | B | B− | — | B− | A− |
| Fort Edward | #641 | C− | B− | — | C− | B+ |
| Argyle | #434 | B− | B− | — | B− | B |
Hartford has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Kingsbury, Queensbury, Fort Ann, Hartford, Moreau, Fort Edward and Argyle report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Kingsbury with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Kingsbury grades C overall, better than 27% of U.S. towns and #573 of 745 in New York. It grades B for health and D for schools. Schools is its weak spot, with a D.
The typical home is worth about $179,000, 66% 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−.
2 notable people were born here, including John A. Bentley and Adolphus F. Hitchcock.
