Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Knox gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $300K for a typical one, or 3.4 years of the Albany metro’s $88K median household income. It grades A− overall, 195th of 745 graded towns in New York. On the plus side, it is healthier than 88% of U.S. towns. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 96% of U.S. towns. Knox has 3 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Sternbergh House and New Scotland Avenue (Troop B) Armory. Only 5 of the 758 New York towns we compare have a lower share of working residents who work in town than Knox.
Where Knox beats most towns.
Where Knox’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 Knox is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 2,189 in 1830, a low of 863 in 1930, 2,635 in 2020. The archive holds 9 old photos and papers going back to 1866 and 3 maps from 1900 on.
3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Knox. Close and well known come first.
18 mi Stadium & arenaMVP Arena
18 mi MuseumUSS Slater
35 mi MuseumOlana State Historic Site15 mi CaveHowe Caverns
18 mi Ancient siteFort Orange
18 mi MuseumSchuyler MansionMVP Arena: This image or media was taken or created by Matt H. Wade. To see his entire port, CC BY-SA 3.0 · USS Slater: UpstateNYer, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Olana State Historic Site: Netniks, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fort Orange: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Schuyler Mansion: This image or media was taken or created by Matt H. Wade. To see his entire port, CC BY-SA 3.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Knox, 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 Knox.
Knox has less food insecurity than most of New York and sends most of its workers to Albany and beyond.
25 miles of trail in 8 parks and preserves. Thacher State Park, at 736 acres with 9.9 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Thacher State Park | 9.9 mi | 736 |
| 2. Thompson's Lake State Park | 3.6 mi | 307 |
| 3. Hudson and Nancy Winn Preserve | 3.3 mi | 211 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its widest gap with New York is food insecurity: 9.2% of its 4,098 adults worry about having enough food, against 17.2% statewide. Against the 5,155 U.S. towns with household incomes like Knox’s, it is healthier than 70%, a smaller edge than it has nationally: part of it comes with its incomes.
15% of Knox adults report frequent mental distress, against 16% in New York’s towns and 17% across U.S. towns. 18% of adults binge drink in Knox. Knox beats the New York average on 13 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 3.
| Knox | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 16% | 17% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 17% | 16% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 25% | 25% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 17% | 19% |
| What stands out | Knox | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.2% | 17.2% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 4.3% | 7.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.1% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 83% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Knox has 65 jobs for its 1,204 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Most working residents leave Knox for work: only 1% work in town. Knox’s average trip to work is 33 minutes, where New York’s towns sit at 25 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. The median household income in Knox is $124,000.
| Knox | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 33 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $124,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 6.3% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Knox has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. Knox’s July high is 80°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Adults 35 to 64 are 46% of residents (39% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 17% of residents (23% statewide). 36% of Knox adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more.
| Knox | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 49.8 years | 42.9 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 17% | 20% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 36% | 32% | 29% |
50% women, 50% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3.2 points. Across New York, 51.2% of residents are women.
| Knox | NY | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 8.9% | 11% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 8.3% | 9.5% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 5% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 11.7% | 14.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 10.3% | 13% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 11.9% | 12.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 23.6% | 13.3% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 12.8% | 10.3% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 7.5% | 7.6% | 7% |
| No diploma | 0.3% | 12% | 10.4% |
| High school | 30.5% | 24.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 16% | 14.6% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 16.8% | 8.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 20.3% | 22.4% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 16.1% | 17.9% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,600, single groups can be off by several points
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
4 within 15 miles of the center of Knox
About 5 of every 100 Knox residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
3 places in Knox on the National Register of Historic Places.
Town in New York, United States
Knox is a town in Albany County, New York, United States. The population was 2,635 at the 2020 census. The town is in the northwestern part of Albany County and is west of Albany, the state capital.
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4 towns share a border with Knox.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knox | #195 | A− | B | — | B | A |
| Guilderland | #166 | A− | C− | B− | A− | A |
| Wright | — | — | B+ | — | B− | B+ |
| Berne | #343 | B | B− | — | B | A− |
| Duanesburg | #309 | B | C+ | — | B | A− |
Wright has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Knox, Wright, Berne and Duanesburg report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Knox with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Knox grades A− overall, better than 76% of U.S. towns and #195 of 745 in New York. It grades A for health and B for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D−.
The typical home is worth about $300,000, 43% 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.
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