Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Home to 3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
The best of Kortright’s subject grades is an A for history; the weakest is a D for schools. Kortright’s median age is 53.4 years, above both New York’s towns (43 years) and U.S. towns (40.5 years). Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 85% of U.S. towns. Its National Register listings include McArthur-Martin Hexadecagon Barn and West Kortright Presbyterian Church. Kortright has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Kortright beats most towns.
Where Kortright’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 Kortright is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 2,548 in 1820, 1,544 in 2020. The archive holds 4 old photos and papers going back to 1850 and 3 maps from 1909 on.
3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Kortright, 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 Kortright.
Its public schools are run by the South Kortright Central School District. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Kortright Central SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades PK–12 | Grades PK–12 | 287 | C |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NY on state tests and graduation
Most working residents leave Kortright for work: only 5% work in town. Jobs based in Kortright grew to 149 in 2023, 59 more than in 2013. The top destinations are Delhi (21%), Stamford (6%) and New York (6%).
| Kortright | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 5.2% | 10% | 8% |
| Work from home | 13% | 12% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 8.2% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Kortright beats the New York average on 6 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 5. 82% of Kortright adults had a checkup this year, above both the New York town median (81%) and the median of U.S. towns (79%). 39% of adults sleep under 7 hours in Kortright.
| Kortright | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 82% | 81% | 79% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 37% | 36% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 34% | 35% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 32% | 33% |
| What stands out | Kortright | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 9.4% | 14.5% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 11.2% | 17.2% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.9% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 68% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Kortright’s July high is 78°F. Kortright has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
8.7 miles of trail in 11 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Kiff Brook Unit, at 338 acres. The trail density in Kortright is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Kiff Brook Unit | — | 338 |
| 2. Bloomville Unit | — | 243 |
| 3. Wright Brook Unit | — | 219 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
1 within 15 miles of the center of Kortright
About 5 of every 100 Kortright residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
3 places in Kortright on the National Register of Historic Places.
3 notable people were born in Kortright.
Town in New York, United States
Kortright is a town in Delaware County, New York, United States. The population was 1,544 at the 2020 census. The town is in the northern part of the county.
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6 towns share a border with Kortright.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kortright | — | — | B− | — | D | B+ |
| Stamford | — | — | B− | — | D | B− |
| Bloomville | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Delhi | #357 | B− | C | — | B+ | A− |
| Harpersfield | — | — | C | — | C− | B− |
| Davenport | #582 | C | B− | — | C− | B+ |
| Meredith | — | — | B− | — | B+ | A− |
Kortright, Stamford, Harpersfield and Meredith have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Kortright, Stamford, Delhi, Harpersfield, Davenport and Meredith report no FBI crime data of their own. Bloomville isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Kortright with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Home to 3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.
3 notable people were born here, including James Leal Greenleaf and Clark T. Hinman.
