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Philmont’s best subject grades are an A+ for the outdoors and civic life and an A for history; its weakest is a D for incomes. 22% of residents live below the poverty line in Philmont, against 9.5% in New York’s towns and 9.6% across U.S. towns. Only 65 of New York’s 1,216 towns score lower on incomes. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 80% of U.S. towns. 18% of the land in Philmont is conserved, above both the New York town median (5.2%) and the median of U.S. towns (4.3%). On the outdoors, just 35 of New York’s 1,216 towns do better. The biggest park or preserve is Harlem Valley Rail Trail, at 54 acres. Philmont has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Philmont beats most towns.
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Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New York), ordered by how far Philmont is from typical.
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The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1873.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Philmont. Close and well known come first.
10 mi MuseumOlana State Historic Site
36 mi National Historic SiteHome of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site102K visitors a year
36 mi MountainMount Greylock
19 mi TheatreTanglewood
16 mi MuseumNorman Rockwell Museum
34 mi National Historic SiteVanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site295K visitors a yearOlana State Historic Site: Netniks, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site: Crunch, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Mount Greylock: Jstergis, CC BY 3.0 · Tanglewood: Daderot., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Norman Rockwell Museum: User:Rmrfstar, CC BY 2.5 · Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site: Daderot, Public domain
Who provides power, water and the rest in Philmont, 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 Philmont.
The typical Philmont home is worth about $336,000, up 2.9% in a year, 36% below the New York typical home. 61% of households own their home in Philmont.
| Philmont | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 61% | 75% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,193 a month | $1,101 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Philmont beats the New York average on 5 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 3. 31% of Philmont adults have obesity.
| Philmont | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 33% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 11% | 12% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 34% | 35% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 17% | 19% |
| What stands out | Philmont | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5.5% | 7.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 12% | 17.2% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.5% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
1.3 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves. The trail density in Philmont is 1.0 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. High Falls | 1.3 mi | 50 |
| 2. Harlem Valley Rail Trail | — | 54 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Philmont has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 16° and about 50 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Since 2013, Philmont has added 171 jobs, to 461 in 2023. Philmont’s median household income is $57,000. Most working residents leave Philmont for work: only 2% work in town.
| Philmont | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $57,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 21 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.3% | 10% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Philmont's reported crime rate is well below New York's. Most reported incidents are property crimes, mainly thefts. No violent crimes were reported in 2024.
| Philmont | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2024) | 0.7 per 1,000 residents | 9.3 | 11.5 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2024) | 0 per 1,000 residents | 0.8 | 1.7 |
FBI crime data, 2024 · crimes reported to police
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 57% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
2 within 15 miles of the center of Philmont
About 2 of every 100 Philmont residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
Village in New York, United States
Philmont is a village in Columbia County, New York, United States. The population was 1,377 at the 2020 census. The village is located in the northeastern part of the town of Claverack on New York State Route 217.
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That is 4.1 years of the area's median household income ($81,528 across the Hudson, 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 C+.
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