Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Paris's standout: natural-hazard risk is low. Overall it grades B+, ranked 239th of 745 in New York. The median household earns $93K and its public schools beat 75% of New York towns on state tests and graduation. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 87% of U.S. towns. Paris’ typical July afternoon high is 79°F, below both New York’s towns (81°F) and U.S. towns (85°F). St. Paul's Church and Cemetery is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Where Paris beats most towns.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Sauquoit Valley Elementary School | K–4 | 327 |
| Sauquoit Valley Middle School | 5–8 | 276 |
| Sauquoit Valley High School | 9–12 | 280 |
St. Paul's Church and CemeteryWhere Paris’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 Paris is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for hazard risk (better than 98% of comparable towns) to D for walkability (better than 13%), so the B+ overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 4,721 in 1800, a peak of 6,707 in 1820, 4,332 in 2020. The archive holds 3 old photos and papers going back to 1887.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Who provides power, water and the rest in Paris, 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 Paris.
Paris’ natural-hazard score from FEMA is 4 of 100. 2 flood insurance claims have been paid here since 1980. FEMA puts nearly three fifths of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 14% to cold waves. Federal aid has come to Paris households in 10 declared disasters; the latest was in 2019.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The public schools here belong to the Sauquoit Valley Central School District. Two of the 3 schools are below, and why each made the list.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sauquoit Valley Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–4 | Grades K–4 | 327 | B |
| Sauquoit Valley High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 280 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NY on state tests and graduation
The average commute for its 2,075 working residents takes 21 minutes, against 32.6 across New York. Jobs based here grew from 637 in 2013 to 883.
Jobs based in Paris grew to 883 in 2023, 246 more than in 2013. Commuting out is the norm here: 9% of working residents work locally. The typical journey to work in the town is 21 minutes. The top destinations are Utica (18%), New Hartford (18%) and Whitestown (6%).
| Paris | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 21 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 5.1% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $93,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
CDC measures, 32 in all: Paris beats New York on 8 and trails on 5. For adults here, the share who binge drink is 18%. In Paris, 16% of adults say their health is fair or poor, and 10% have diabetes.
| Paris | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 17% | 16% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 5.3% | 5.9% | 8.1% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 17% | 19% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 11% | 12% |
| What stands out | Paris | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5.3% | 7.9% |
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 8.7% | 12.8% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.7% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
For Paris, the January low is 12°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
A bachelor’s degree or higher: 32% of adults 25 and older, vs 40% across New York. Children under 18 are 25% of residents (21% statewide). The midpoint age for Paris comes to 37.7 years. Since 2020, Paris has lost 3.4% of its people, to 4,189 in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Paris | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 25% | 20% | 22% |
| Median age | 37.7 years | 43 years | 40.5 years |
50% women, 50% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3 points. Across New York, 51.2% of residents are women.
| Paris | NY | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 13.9% | 11% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 10.8% | 9.5% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 9% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 12.7% | 14.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 12.1% | 13% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 9% | 12.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 13.9% | 13.3% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 10.8% | 10.3% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 7.7% | 7.6% | 7% |
| No diploma | 3.9% | 12% | 10.4% |
| High school | 31.9% | 24.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 17.8% | 14.6% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 14.6% | 8.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 20.8% | 22.4% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 10.9% | 17.9% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 4,200, single groups can be off by several points
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Albert J. Woodford Memorial State Forest | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Paris. Close and well known come first.
Big draw26 mi MuseumNational Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum315K visitors a year15 mi LandmarkFort Dayton
19 mi National MonumentFort Stanwix National Monument78K visitors a year
9 mi Stadium & arenaUtica Memorial Auditorium
9 mi MuseumMunson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute
9 mi TheatreStanley TheaterNational Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum: Beyond My Ken, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fort Stanwix National Monument: NPS photo, Public domain · Utica Memorial Auditorium: Doug Kerr, CC BY-SA 2.0 · 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 Paris
About 3 of every 100 Paris residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
7 notable people were born in Paris.
Town in New York, United States
Paris is a town in Oneida County, New York, United States. The town is in the southeast part of the county and is south of Utica. The population was 4,332 at the 2020 census. The town was named after an early benefactor, Colonel Isaac Paris.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
6 towns share a border with Paris.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paris | #239 | B+ | C+ | — | A− | B+ |
| New Hartford | #269 | B+ | C+ | C− | A | A |
| Litchfield | — | — | B | — | B− | B |
| Marshall | — | — | B− | — | B− | B+ |
| Kirkland | #127 | A | C− | — | A− | A |
| Chadwicks | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Bridgewater | — | — | B+ | — | B− | C− |
Litchfield, Marshall and Bridgewater have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Paris, Litchfield, Marshall, Kirkland and Bridgewater report no FBI crime data of their own. Chadwicks isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Paris with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Paris grades B+ overall, better than 70% of U.S. towns and #239 of 745 in New York. It grades B+ for health and A− for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.
Paris has 1 place on the National Register of Historic Places. 7 notable people were born here, including Moses Clark White and Benjamin Alden Bidlack.
