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Northumberland gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $267K for a typical one, or 3 years of the Albany metro’s $88K median household income. It grades B+ overall, 225th among New York's 745 graded towns. On the plus side, CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 85% of the country. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 92% of U.S. towns. The biggest park or preserve is Saratoga County Forest, at 384 acres.
Where Northumberland beats most towns.
| Widest gap | Northumberland | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.7% | 17.2% |
Gansevoort MansionWhere Northumberland’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 Northumberland is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 1,279 in 1820, a low of 1,048 in 1920, 5,242 in 2020. The archive holds 4 old photos and papers going back to 2021 and 4 maps from 1900 on.
3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Northumberland. Close and well known come first.
18 mi LandmarkFort William Henry
13 mi Theme parkGreat Escape
32 mi LakeLake George
7 mi State parkGrant Cottage State Historic Site
9 mi MuseumNational Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame
12 mi TheatreSaratoga Performing Arts CenterFort William Henry: IrisKawling at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Great Escape: Jared and Corin, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Lake George: Sixlocal, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Grant Cottage State Historic Site: Coingeek at English Wikipedia, Public domain · National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame: Peter Flass, CC BY 3.0 · Saratoga Performing Arts Center: UpstateNYer., CC BY-SA 3.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Northumberland, 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 Northumberland.
Northumberland has less food insecurity than most of New York and sends most of its workers to Saratoga Springs and beyond.
Its widest gap with New York is food insecurity: 9.7% of its 12,742 adults worry about having enough food, against 17.2% statewide.
For adults in Northumberland, the share who report frequent physical distress is 12%. Northumberland: nearly a third of adults sleep under 7 hours, where New York’s towns sit at 37% and U.S. towns at 36%. 20% of adults in Northumberland get no exercise outside work; 14% say their health is fair or poor.
| Northumberland | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 37% | 36% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 25% | 25% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 17% | 19% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 9.3% | 11% | 12% |
| What stands out | Northumberland | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.7% | 17.2% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 4.8% | 7.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.3% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Federal aid has come to Northumberland households in 5 declared disasters; the latest was in 2019. Compared with 88% of U.S. communities, expected storm and flood damage locally is lower. 64% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by tornadoes at 8%. The national flood insurance program has paid 2 claims here since 2011.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
There are 11 miles of trail across 7 parks and preserves. In Northumberland, the trail density is 0.4 miles per square mile, against 0.4 in New York’s towns and 0.4 across U.S. towns.
| Northumberland | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 9.5% | 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. Kalabus - Perry County Forest | 2.5 mi | 106 |
| 2. Hudson Crossing Park | 1.1 mi | 35 |
| 3. Coldbrook Preserve | 1 mi | 63 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Northumberland has 601 jobs for its 2,427 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.
The income of the median household in Northumberland is $91,000. Most people who work leave Northumberland to do it: just 4% work in town. Between 2013 and 2023, jobs locally rose by 181, to 601. Half commute less than 13 miles.
| Northumberland | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 4.5% | 10% | 8% |
| Median household income | $91,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 7.7% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 24 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expect July afternoons of 83° and January nights of 12°, with about 64 inches of snow a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Adults 35 to 64 are 46% of residents (39% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 16% of residents (23% statewide). 19% of Northumberland residents are under 18. Among adults 25 and older, 33% have a four-year degree or more, against 40% across New York.
| Northumberland | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 46.3 years | 42.9 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 19% | 20% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 33% | 32% | 29% |
50% women, 50% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±4.2 points. Across New York, 51.2% of residents are women.
| Northumberland | NY | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 9.1% | 11% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 10% | 9.5% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 4.7% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 11.4% | 14.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 13.8% | 13% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 14.2% | 12.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 17.9% | 13.3% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 12.8% | 10.3% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 6.2% | 7.6% | 7% |
| No diploma | 12.6% | 12% | 10.4% |
| High school | 24.8% | 24.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 15.8% | 14.6% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 13.8% | 8.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 22.7% | 22.4% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 10.3% | 17.9% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
The share of households in Northumberland who live in a home they own: 91%. Its median rent is $1,213 a month.
| Northumberland | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 91% | 75% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,213 a month | $1,098 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
3 within 15 miles of the center of Northumberland
About 4 of every 100 Northumberland residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
3 places in Northumberland on the National Register of Historic Places.
Town in New York, United States
Northumberland is a town in Saratoga County, New York, United States. Immediately north of Schuylerville and northeast of Saratoga Springs the town is also located on the west bank of the Hudson River.
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5 towns share a border with Northumberland.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northumberland | #225 | B+ | B | — | B | A− |
| Fort Edward | #641 | C− | B− | — | C− | B+ |
| Greenwich | #312 | B | C+ | — | B | A− |
| Wilton | #209 | B+ | C− | — | B+ | A |
| Saratoga | #187 | A− | C+ | — | A− | A− |
| Moreau | #340 | B | B− | — | B− | A− |
Northumberland, Fort Edward, Greenwich, Wilton, Saratoga and Moreau report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Northumberland with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Northumberland grades B+ overall, better than 72% of U.S. towns and #225 of 745 in New York. It grades A− for health and B for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D.
The typical home is worth about $267,000, 49% 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.
