MinettoNY
A town of 1,613, settled in 1849.
Is Minetto a good place to live?
The best of Minetto’s subject grades are a B+ for cost of living and incomes; the weakest is a C− for walkability. 26% of residents are 65 or older in Minetto, above both the New York town median (20%) and the median of U.S. towns (18%). Minetto has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
97% of working residents leave Minetto for work
Where Minetto’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Minetto grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New York), ordered by how far Minetto is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Minetto: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Minetto, 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.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Minetto.
Minetto’s schools rank behind 76% of New York districts
Its public schools are run by the Oswego City School District. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minetto Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–6 | Grades PK–6 | 409 | C− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NY on state tests and graduation
Minetto has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Most working residents leave Minetto for work: only 3% work in town. Since 2013, Minetto has lost 30 jobs, to 78 in 2023. At $101,000, Minetto’s median household income is above both New York’s towns ($82,000) and U.S. towns ($80,000).
| Minetto | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $101,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.7% | 10% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 6.9% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 9% | 12% | 11% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Fewer young adults than New York overall
Adults 18 to 34 are 14% of residents (23% statewide); people 65 and older are 26% of residents (18% statewide). The median age in Minetto is 46.1 years. 36% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 40% across New York.
| Minetto | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 46.1 years | 43 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 36% | 32% | 29% |
| Under 18 | 21% | 20% | 22% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3.5 points. Across New York, 51.2% of residents are women. Among residents 75 and older, 61% are men (NY 40%).
| Minetto | NY | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 11.8% | 11% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 8.7% | 9.5% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 3.6% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 9.9% | 14.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 14.9% | 13% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 10.7% | 12.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 14.8% | 13.3% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 13.2% | 10.3% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 12.4% | 7.6% | 7% |
| No diploma | 5.8% | 12% | 10.4% |
| High school | 33.4% | 24.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 11.8% | 14.6% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 13.1% | 8.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 20.6% | 22.4% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 15.3% | 17.9% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,600, single groups can be off by several points
Snowy winters and pleasant summers in Minetto
Minetto has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. Minetto’s July high is 80°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Minetto faces a low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 67% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Minetto since 2007.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Minetto is healthier than 56% of U.S. towns
Minetto beats the New York average on 3 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 5. 40% of Minetto adults sleep under 7 hours.
| Minetto | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 37% | 36% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 32% | 33% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 34% | 35% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 25% | 25% |
| What stands out | Minetto | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.2% | 7.9% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 12.2% | 14.5% |
| More adults with depression | 22.1% | 17.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Homes in Minetto sell for about $250K
87% of households own their home in Minetto.
| Minetto | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 87% | 75% | 73% |
| Median rent | $848 a month | $1,101 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
JMA Wireless Dome and 18 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Minetto. Close and well known come first.
31 mi Stadium & arenaJMA Wireless Dome
26 mi LakeOnondaga Lake
5 mi LandmarkFort Ontario
30 mi Stadium & arenaOncenter War Memorial Arena
35 mi State parkGreen Lakes State Park
27 mi Stadium & arenaAlliance Bank StadiumPhoto credits
JMA Wireless Dome: Jimhoward03, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Onondaga Lake: R. A. Nonenmacher, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fort Ontario: Ad Meskens, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Oncenter War Memorial Arena: Crazyale, Public domain · Green Lakes State Park: Ebedgert at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Alliance Bank Stadium: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0
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Everything we know about Minetto
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Minetto
About 4 of every 100 Minetto residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
About Minetto
Town in New York, United States
Minetto is a town in Oswego County, New York, United States. The population was 1,659 at the 2010 census. It was formed in 1916 from the town of Oswego. The Town of Minetto is located south of the City of Oswego, which it borders. Minetto was once a company town of the now-closed Columbia Mills textile factory.
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- Area code
- 585
Minetto’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Minetto.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minetto | — | — | B+ | — | C− | B |
| Oswego | #501 | C+ | B− | — | C− | B |
| Volney | #679 | D | B | — | C− | C |
| Oswego | #668 | D | C+ | D | C− | C+ |
| Scriba | #351 | B | B+ | — | C | B |
Minetto has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Minetto, Oswego, Volney and Scriba report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Minetto with a neighbor →
Questions about Minetto
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Minetto, NY expensive?
Not for the area. The typical home is worth about $186,000, 65% 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+.