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The town, settled in 1788, counts 21,945 residents. A regional job hub with 15,873 jobs.
Trash & recyclingA solid town with one catch. Its best grade is for health: it is healthier than 86% of U.S. towns. New Hartford grades B+ overall, better than 67% of U.S. towns. The ranking puts it 269th of 745 in New York. It also does well on schools — its public schools beat 85% of New York towns on state tests and graduation. What holds it back is safety: its crime rate is higher than 78% of U.S. towns, with 14 violent crimes reported to the FBI in 2025. Cost of living is weaker too — the typical home is worth about $224K, 3.2 years of the Utica metro’s $70K median household income. On history, just 106 of New York’s 1,216 towns do worse.
Figures: health, CDC PLACES · schools, state test and graduation results · FBI crime data, 2025 · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · National Register of Historic Places.
Where New Hartford beats most towns.
| Widest gap | New Hartford | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.2% | 17.2% |
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Hughes Elementary School | K–6 | 486 |
| Robert L Bradley Elementary School | K–6 | 471 |
| Myles Elementary School | K–6 | 357 |
Where New Hartford’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 New Hartford is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 3,599 in 1830, 21,874 in 2020. The archive holds 11 old photos and papers going back to 1825 and 3 maps from 1895 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in New Hartford, 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 New Hartford.
New Hartford draws workers from Utica and beyond, has less food insecurity than most of New York and has better schools than Kirkland or any other neighbor.
15,873 jobs are based in New Hartford, 1.8 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in. The average commute takes 17.7 minutes, against 32.6 across New York.
New Hartford’s average commute comes in at 18 minutes. The top destinations are Utica (25%), Whitestown (7%) and Rome (4%). The median commute is under 5 miles.
| New Hartford | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 18 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 23% | 10% | 8% |
| Work from home | 15% | 12% | 11% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
That grade is the best School Grade on its borders; Kirkland (A−) is next.
Below: Three of its 7 schools, each with why it was picked. The largest public high school is Oneida-Herkimer-Madison Boces, with 690 students. The New Hartford Central School District runs its public schools.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hughes Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–6 | Grades K–6 | 486 | B+ |
| Oneida-Herkimer-Madison BocesLargest public high schoolGrades K–12 | Grades K–12 | 690 | – |
| New Hartford Senior High SchoolTop results in townGrades 10–12 | Grades 10–12 | 575 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NY on state tests and graduation
Its widest gap with New York is food insecurity: 9.2% of its 11,120 adults worry about having enough food, against 17.2% statewide.
For adults in New Hartford, the share who smoke cigarettes is 10%. New Hartford: 14% of adults report frequent mental distress, where New York’s towns sit at 16% and U.S. towns at 17%.
| New Hartford | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 16% | 17% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 13% | 14% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 21% | 23% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | New Hartford | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.2% | 17.2% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 4.5% | 7.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 11% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
For New Hartford, the property crime rate is 28 per 1,000 residents. Its level of violent crime is 0.7 per 1,000 residents, close to New York’s towns (0.8) and below U.S. towns (1.6).
| New Hartford | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 28 per 1,000 residents | 7.5 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.7 per 1,000 residents | 0.8 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
The biggest park or preserve is Sherril Brook Town Park, at 56 acres. Trails run 8.0 miles in 2 parks and preserves. Parks and preserves in New Hartford: 2, covering 58 acres.
| New Hartford | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 2.6% | 5.2% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Sherril Brook Town Park | 0.3 mi | 56 |
| 2. Roscoe Conkling Park | — | 2 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
FEMA puts 73% of New Hartford’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 8% to cold waves. On expected storm and flood damage, New Hartford sits below 78% of U.S. communities. This New York town has had 33 paid flood insurance claims since 1999.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
In New Hartford, 45% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more. The midpoint age locally is 50 years.
| New Hartford | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 29% | 20% | 18% |
| Median age | 50 years | 42.9 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 45% | 32% | 29% |
| Under 18 | 20% | 20% | 22% |
54% women, 46% men
About 86 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±1.6 points). Across New York, 51.2% of residents are women. Median age: women 54.5, men 43.7.
| New Hartford | NY | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 9.3% | 11% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 10.6% | 9.5% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 5.8% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 8.5% | 14.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 13.2% | 13% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 7.6% | 12.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 16% | 13.3% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 15.3% | 10.3% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 13.6% | 7.6% | 7% |
| No diploma | 4.6% | 12% | 10.4% |
| High school | 21.9% | 24.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 16.1% | 14.6% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 12.9% | 8.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 24.7% | 22.4% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 19.8% | 17.9% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
July afternoons reach 81° and January nights drop to 13°.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Among households in New Hartford, 76% are owner-occupiers. For New Hartford, the median rent is $1,094 a month.
| New Hartford | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 76% | 75% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,094 a month | $1,103 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around New Hartford. Close and well known come first.
Big draw31 mi MuseumNational Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum315K visitors a year15 mi LandmarkFort Dayton
4 mi Stadium & arenaUtica Memorial Auditorium
14 mi National MonumentFort Stanwix National Monument78K visitors a year
3 mi MuseumMunson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute
4 mi TheatreStanley TheaterNational Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum: Beyond My Ken, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Utica Memorial Auditorium: Doug Kerr, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Fort Stanwix National Monument: NPS photo, Public domain · 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
6 within 15 miles of the center of New Hartford
About 3 of every 100 New Hartford residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
14 notable people were born in New Hartford.
Town in New York, United States
New Hartford is a town in Oneida County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, the town population was 21,874. The name of New Hartford was provided by a settler family from Hartford, Connecticut. The Town of New Hartford contains a village of New Hartford. The town of New Hartford is the largest suburb of Utica, which is located 5 miles northeast of the town and village.
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9 towns share a border with New Hartford.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Hartford | #269 | B+ | C+ | C− | A | A |
| Utica | #720 | D | C+ | D | C− | D |
| Paris | #239 | B+ | C+ | — | A− | B+ |
| Whitestown | #67 | A | B− | A+ | B+ | B+ |
| New Hartford | — | — | C− | — | A | A |
| New York Mills | #297 | B | B | B− | C | A− |
| Kirkland | #127 | A | C− | — | A− | A |
| Frankfort | #407 | B− | B− | B+ | C | B |
New Hartford has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Paris, New Hartford and Kirkland report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare New Hartford with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. New Hartford grades B+ overall, better than 67% of U.S. towns and #269 of 745 in New York. It grades A for health, C− for safety and A for schools. Safety is its weak spot, with a C−.
The typical home is worth about $224,000, 57% 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 C+.
14 notable people were born here, including Joe Bonamassa and Joel de la Fuente.
