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A town of 8,232, settled in 1833.
Marcy's standout: natural-hazard risk is low. Overall it grades A−, ranked 175th of 745 in New York. The median household earns $93K. Only 59 of New York’s 1,187 towns score lower on civic life. Marcy is home to SUNY Polytechnic Institute. Marcy’s median age is 34.8 years, below both New York’s towns (43 years) and U.S. towns (40.5 years).
Where Marcy beats most towns.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Marcy Elementary School | K–5 | 288 |
| Whitesboro High School | 9–12 | 914 |
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New York), ordered by how far Marcy is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 1,799 in 1840, a low of 1,191 in 1920, 8,777 in 2020. The archive holds 5 old photos and papers going back to 1987 and 3 maps from 1895 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Marcy, 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 Marcy.
Marcy carries less natural-hazard risk than nearly all of New York (mostly inland flooding) and draws workers from Utica and beyond.
5,419 jobs are based in Marcy, 1.9 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in. The average commute takes 21.8 minutes, against 32.6 across New York.
Most working residents leave Marcy for work: only 8% work in town. Since 2013, Marcy has added 1,210 jobs, to 5,419 in 2023. The average trip to work in Marcy is 22 minutes.
| Marcy | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $93,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 8.3% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Its public schools are run by the Whitesboro Central School District. Its two schools are below. The largest public high school is Whitesboro High School, with 914 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marcy Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 288 | B |
| Whitesboro High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 914 | A+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NY on state tests and graduation
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk lower than 99% of New York towns, with expected losses of about $174 per resident a year; that rating is what its A+ for hazard risk is built on.
Marcy’s FEMA risk score is 1 of 100. Since 2011, 2 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Marcy.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Marcy beats the New York average on 3 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 6. 20% of adults binge drink in Marcy.
| Marcy | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 17% | 16% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 21% | 23% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 37% | 36% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 35% | 32% | 33% |
| What stands out | Marcy | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 9.8% | 12.8% |
| Fewer adults with diabetes | 9.4% | 11.5% |
| More binge drinkers | 20.4% | 16.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Marcy has cold winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 81° and January nights drop to 12°.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
4.0 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Utica Marsh Wildlife Management Area, at 83 acres.
| Marcy | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 8.7% | 5.2% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Utica Marsh Wildlife Management Area | — | 83 |
| 2. Oriskany Flats Wildlife Management Area | — | 52 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Marcy. Close and well known come first.
Big draw37 mi MuseumNational Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum315K visitors a year
10 mi National MonumentFort Stanwix National Monument78K visitors a year17 mi LandmarkFort Dayton
5 mi Stadium & arenaUtica Memorial Auditorium
5 mi MuseumMunson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute
5 mi TheatreStanley TheaterNational Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum: Beyond My Ken, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fort Stanwix National Monument: NPS photo, Public domain · Utica Memorial Auditorium: Doug Kerr, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute: Kenneth C. Zirkel, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Stanley Theater: Doug Kerr from Albany, New York, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0
5 within 15 miles of the center of Marcy
About 13 of every 100 Marcy residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
Where Marcy’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Town in New York, United States
Marcy is a town in Oneida County, New York, United States. The population was 8,777 at the 2020 census. The town was named after Governor William L. Marcy. It lies between the cities of Rome and Utica. The Erie Canal passes through the southern part of the town. The town is home to the SUNY Polytechnic Institute, a four-year public research university in the southeastern part of town.
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6 towns share a border with Marcy.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcy | #175 | A− | C | — | B+ | B+ |
| Whitestown | #67 | A | B− | A+ | B+ | B+ |
| Utica | #720 | D | C+ | D | C− | D |
| Trenton | #231 | B+ | B− | — | B | B+ |
| Floyd | #398 | B− | C+ | — | B | B− |
| Deerfield | #144 | A− | B | — | B+ | C+ |
| Stittville | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Marcy, Trenton, Floyd and Deerfield report no FBI crime data of their own. Stittville isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Marcy with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Marcy grades A− overall, better than 78% of U.S. towns and #175 of 745 in New York. It grades B+ for health and B+ for schools.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.
