OakfieldNY
What should you know before moving to Oakfield?
Oakfield's standout: natural-hazard risk is low. Overall it grades C+, 468th among New York's 745 graded towns. Its lowest everyday mark is in incomes: the median household income is $67K, and 23% of residents live below the poverty line. A typical home there costs about $164K, 2.2 years of the Batavia area’s $73K median household income. 23% of residents live below the poverty line in Oakfield, where New York’s towns sit at 9.5% and U.S. towns at 9.6%. Oak Orchard Wildlife Management Area, at 1,745 acres with 5.2 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 70% of U.S. towns.
What makes Oakfield stand out
Where Oakfield beats most towns.
92% of working residents leave Oakfield for work
Where Oakfield’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Oakfield grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New York), ordered by how far Oakfield is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Oakfield: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Oakfield, 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 Oakfield.
Oakfield is healthier than towns with similar incomes and has commutes shorter than most of New York.
Oakfield faces a very low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 95% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Oakfield’s public schools outperform 50% of New York districts
Its public schools are run by the Oakfield-Alabama Central School District. Its two schools are below. The largest public high school is Oakfield-Alabama Middle School High School, with 360 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oakfield-Alabama Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 324 | C |
| Oakfield-Alabama Middle School High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 6–12 | Grades 6–12 | 360 | B− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NY on state tests and graduation
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Oak Orchard Wildlife Management Area | 5.2 mi | 1,745 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Oakfield has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
The average commute for its 1,459 working residents takes 25.4 minutes, against 32.6 across New York.
Most working residents leave Oakfield for work: only 8% work in town. 5.2% of workers work from home in Oakfield. Since 2013, Oakfield has lost 88 jobs, to 616 in 2023.
| Oakfield | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 5.2% | 12% | 11% |
| Median household income | $67,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Oakfield has snowy winters and pleasant summers
Oakfield has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. The July high in Oakfield is 81°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Residents of Oakfield are healthier than 52% of U.S. towns
Against the 10,217 U.S. towns with household incomes like Oakfield’s, it is healthier than 69%, so its B− isn’t only a matter of income.
Oakfield beats the New York average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 8. 16% of Oakfield adults smoke cigarettes.
| Oakfield | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 13% | 14% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 37% | 36% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 14% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 16% | 17% |
| What stands out | Oakfield | NY |
|---|---|---|
| More smokers | 15.8% | 11.3% |
| More adults with COPD | 8% | 6% |
| More adults with depression | 22% | 17.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Everything we know about Oakfield
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Oakfield
About 4 of every 100 Oakfield residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
About Oakfield
Town in New York, United States
Oakfield is a town in Genesee County, New York, United States. The population was 3,250 at the 2010 census. The name of the town is derived from a number of trees, including the oak. The town is on the northern border of Genesee County. Within the town is a village also named Oakfield.
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- Area
- 24 sq mi
- Area code
- 585
Oakfield’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Oakfield.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakfield | #468 | C+ | B− | — | B− | B− |
| Elba | — | — | B+ | — | C+ | B− |
| Alabama | — | — | A− | — | B− | B |
| Barre | — | — | B | — | C+ | C |
| Batavia | #471 | C+ | C | — | B+ | B |
Elba, Alabama and Barre have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Oakfield, Elba, Alabama, Barre and Batavia report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Oakfield with a neighbor →
Questions about Oakfield
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Oakfield, NY a good place to live?
Oakfield grades C+ overall, better than 40% of U.S. towns and #468 of 745 in New York. It grades B− for health and B− for schools.
Is Oakfield, NY expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.