Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 1,990, laid out in 1809. 2.6 times the nonprofits per person than the typical New York town.
The best of Parishville’s subject grades are an A for civic life and the outdoors and an A− for history; the weakest is a D− for walkability. On walkability, just 23 of New York’s 1,216 towns do worse. 32% of the land in Parishville is conserved, where New York’s towns sit at 5.2% and U.S. towns at 4.3%. White Hill Wild Forest, at 9,285 acres with 6.2 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. Only 85 of New York’s 1,187 towns score higher on civic life. Parishville has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Parishville beats most towns.
Where Parishville’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 Parishville is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 594 in 1820, 2,038 in 2020. The archive holds 3 old photos and papers going back to 1850 and 3 maps from 1908 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Parishville, 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 Parishville.
The typical Parishville home is worth about $125,000, up 6.7% in a year, 76% below the New York typical home. 83% of Parishville households own their home, above both New York’s towns (75%) and U.S. towns (73%).
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Its public schools are run by the Parishville-Hopkinton Central School District. Its two schools are below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parishville-Hopkinton Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–6 | Grades PK–6 | 177 | C+ |
| Parishville-Hopkinton Junior-Senior High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 7–12 | Grades 7–12 | 159 | B− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NY on state tests and graduation
36 miles of trail in 5 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. White Hill Wild Forest | 6.2 mi | 9,285 |
| 2. Whiskey Flats State Forest | 0.6 mi | 993 |
| 3. High Flats State Forest | — | 1,856 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Most working residents leave Parishville for work: only 8% work in town. Since 2013, Parishville has lost 422 jobs, to 326 in 2023. 14% of Parishville residents live below the poverty line.
| Parishville | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 14% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 23 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Parishville’s July high is 78°F. Parishville has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 63% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Parishville beats the New York average on 6 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 7. 40% of adults have obesity in Parishville.
| Parishville | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 33% | 35% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 83% | 81% | 79% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 17% | 16% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 37% | 36% |
| What stands out | Parishville | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5.1% | 7.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 12.1% | 17.2% |
| More adults with obesity | 39.9% | 28.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
2 within 15 miles of the center of Parishville
About 6 of every 100 Parishville residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New York.
Town in New York, United States
Parishville is a town in the east-central part of St. Lawrence County, east of Potsdam, in the state of New York, United States. The population was 2,038 at the 2020 census.
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5 towns share a border with Parishville.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parishville | — | — | B | — | B+ | B− |
| Colton | — | — | A− | — | C+ | C+ |
| Pierrepont | #438 | C+ | B | — | B− | B |
| Hopkinton | — | — | B | — | C+ | B− |
| Stockholm | #635 | C− | C+ | — | B | C+ |
| Potsdam | #404 | B− | C+ | — | B+ | B |
Parishville, Colton and Hopkinton have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Parishville, Colton, Pierrepont, Hopkinton, Stockholm and Potsdam report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Parishville with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
2.6 times the nonprofits per person than the typical New York town.
That is 2 years of the area's median household income ($62,850 across the Massena-Ogdensburg, NY 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.