Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 2,170.
Montour’s best subject grade is an A for history; its weakest is a D for incomes. Montour’s average trip to work is 18 minutes, below both the New York town median (25 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). Montour is more walkable than 71% of U.S. towns. Its National Register listings include Montour Falls Historic District and Brick Tavern Stand. Montour has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Montour beats most towns.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New York), ordered by how far Montour is from typical.
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Census counts: 1,828 in 1870, 2,323 in 2020. The archive holds 5 maps from 1898 on.
4 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Montour. Close and well known come first.
4 mi State parkWatkins Glen State Park
22 mi LakeSeneca Lake
25 mi LakeCayuga Lake
18 mi MuseumCorning Museum of Glass400K visitors a year
18 mi State parkTaughannock Falls State Park
19 mi Stadium & arenaSchoellkopf FieldWatkins Glen State Park: Flickr user: Peter Rivera Stamford, Connecticut https://www.flickr.com/people/ri, CC BY 2.0 · Seneca Lake: RochesterNY, Public domain · Cayuga Lake: The original uploader was Cornellrockey at English Wikipedia. Later versions we, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Corning Museum of Glass: User:Stilfehler, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Taughannock Falls State Park: Michael C. Rygel, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Schoellkopf Field: Alex Sergeev, (www.asergeev.com) Originally uploaded by en:User:Cornell010, CC BY-SA 3.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Montour, 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 Montour.
Montour has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. At 81°F, Montour’s July high is against 81°F in New York’s towns and 85°F across U.S. towns.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Its public schools are run by the Odessa-Montour Central School District. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| B C Cate Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–2 | Grades PK–2 | 183 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NY on state tests and graduation
Most working residents leave Montour for work: only 8% work in town. 17% of Montour residents live below the poverty line. Jobs based in Montour grew to 638 in 2023, 59 more than in 2013.
| Montour | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 17% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 5.9% | 12% | 11% |
| Median household income | $64,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 57% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Montour since 2018.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
8.2 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. The biggest park or preserve is Catharine Creek Wildlife Management Area, at 308 acres.
| Montour | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 4.2% | 5.2% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.4 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Catharine Creek Wildlife Management Area | 0.9 mi | 308 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Montour beats the New York average on 4 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 11. 16% of adults report frequent physical distress in Montour.
| Montour | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 14% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 34% | 35% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 33% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 11% | 12% |
| What stands out | Montour | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.1% | 7.9% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 11.2% | 14.5% |
| More adults with COPD | 9.5% | 6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
None within 15 miles of Montour; the nearest are
About 5 of every 100 Montour residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
4 places in Montour on the National Register of Historic Places.
Town in New York, United States
Montour is a town in Schuyler County, New York, United States. The population was 2,323 at the 2020 census. The town is one of two towns in the county named after Catherine Montour. The Town of Montour is in the southern part of the county and is north of Elmira.
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5 towns share a border with Montour.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montour | — | — | B | — | C+ | B− |
| Catharine | — | — | A− | — | C+ | B− |
| Dix | #509 | C | B | — | C+ | B− |
| Veteran | #355 | B− | B+ | — | B− | A− |
| Hector | #594 | C− | C | — | B− | B+ |
| Watkins Glen | — | — | C+ | — | C+ | C+ |
Montour, Catharine and Watkins Glen have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Montour, Catharine, Dix, Veteran, Hector and Watkins Glen report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Montour with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.
