New BremenNY
A town of 2,786, laid out in 1826. Home to 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Is New Bremen a good place to live?
New Bremen gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $163K for a typical one, or 2.4 years of the county’s $68K median household income. It grades C overall, 545th among New York's 745 graded towns. 31% of residents are under 18 in New Bremen, above both New York’s towns (20%) and U.S. towns (22%). New Bremen has 2 places on the National Register. The biggest park or preserve is Indian Pipe State Forest, at 509 acres.
What makes New Bremen stand out
Where New Bremen beats most towns.
96% of working residents leave New Bremen for work
Where New Bremen’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How New Bremen grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New York), ordered by how far New Bremen is from typical.
Its best grade is an A for history (laid out 1826; 2 places on the National Register), which describes the town but isn’t part of the overall grade; its C comes from the livability subjects above.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to New Bremen: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in New Bremen, 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 New Bremen.
New Bremen gets more snow than nearly all U.S. towns, is healthier than towns with similar incomes and sends most of its workers to Lowville and beyond.
Most working residents commute out of New Bremen
New Bremen has 188 jobs for its 962 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. The average commute takes 23.5 minutes, against 32.6 across New York.
Most working residents leave New Bremen for work: only 4% work in town. Since 2013, New Bremen has added 27 jobs, to 188 in 2023. The median household income in New Bremen is $61,000.
| New Bremen | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $61,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.6% | 10% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 6.3% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 8.8% | 12% | 11% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
On state tests, New Bremen’s schools trail 73% of New York districts
Its public schools are run by the Beaver River Central School District. Two of its 3 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaver River Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 413 | C− |
| Beaver River Senior High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 254 | A+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NY on state tests and graduation
New Bremen has set aside 3.9% of its land for conservation
10 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve.
| New Bremen | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 3.9% | 5.2% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Indian Pipe State Forest | — | 509 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
New Bremen has snowy winters and pleasant summers
The Lowville weather station, 7 miles away, records that 127 inches of snow fall in a normal winter, more than in 99% of U.S. towns. The Lowville weather station, 7 miles away, records that about 2 days a year reach 90°, fewer than in 96% of U.S. towns.
New Bremen has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. New Bremen’s July high is 78°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Inland flooding leads a low hazard risk in New Bremen
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 65% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in New Bremen since 2024.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
New Bremen is less healthy than 56% of U.S. towns
Against the 9,248 U.S. towns with household incomes like New Bremen’s, it is healthier than 67%, so its C+ isn’t only a matter of income.
New Bremen beats the New York average on 5 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 9. 40% of New Bremen adults have obesity.
| New Bremen | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 33% | 35% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 14% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 25% | 25% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 17% | 16% |
| What stands out | New Bremen | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.1% | 7.9% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 11.2% | 14.5% |
| More adults with obesity | 40.4% | 28.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Everything we know about New Bremen
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of New Bremen; the nearest are
About 2 of every 100 New Bremen residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
About New Bremen
Town in New York, United States
New Bremen is a town in Lewis County, New York, United States. The population was 2,785 at the 2020 census. The town is named after the German city of Bremen. The town is on the eastern side of the county. It is northeast of Lowville, the county seat.
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- Area
- 56 sq mi
- Elevation
- 919 ft
New Bremen’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with New Bremen.
Denmark next door grades higher for schools (B to New Bremen’s C) and lower for cost of living (C+ to B+).
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Bremen | #545 | C | B+ | — | C | C+ |
| Croghan | #550 | C | B+ | — | C | C+ |
| Lowville | #382 | B− | B | — | B+ | B− |
| Denmark | #557 | C | C+ | — | B | C+ |
| Watson | — | — | A− | — | B− | B− |
Watson has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. New Bremen, Croghan, Lowville, Denmark and Watson report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare New Bremen with a neighbor →
Questions about New Bremen
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is New Bremen, NY a good place to live?
New Bremen grades C overall, better than 31% of U.S. towns and #545 of 745 in New York. It grades C+ for health and C for schools.
Is New Bremen, NY expensive?
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B+.