Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Piermont is one of the best-graded places in America: an A, ranked 56th of 745 in New York. It is among the healthiest towns in the country on CDC estimates, crime is low: it reports less per resident than 97% of U.S. towns, and the median household earns $140K. The exception is cost of living: homes are expensive, about $856K for a typical one and 8.6 times the New York metro’s $99K median household income. 66% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Piermont, against 32% in New York’s towns and 29% across U.S. towns. Only 71 of New York’s 1,216 towns score lower on hazard risk. Piermont is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 89% of U.S. towns.
Where Piermont beats most towns.
| Widest gap | Piermont | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 6.2% | 17.2% |
Coastal flooding makes up 25% of the storm damage FEMA expects here.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA · OpenStreetMap
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New York), ordered by how far Piermont is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 1,703 in 1870, a low of 1,153 in 1900, 2,517 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1835 and 7 maps from 1892 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Piermont. Close and well known come first.
Big draw18 mi GardenCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw21 mi Stadium & arenaMadison Square Garden
Big draw18 mi Stadium & arenaMetLife Stadium
Big draw24 mi MuseumUnited States Military Academy
Big draw18 mi MuseumMetropolitan Museum of Art2.0M visitors a year
Big draw20 mi TheatreStudio 54Central Park: Ed Yourdon from New York City, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Madison Square Garden: Ajay Suresh from New York, NY, USA, CC BY 2.0 · MetLife Stadium: babyknight, CC BY 2.0 · United States Military Academy: USMA Public Affairs Office, Public domain · Metropolitan Museum of Art: Hugo Schneider, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Studio 54: Americasroof (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Piermont, 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 Piermont.
Piermont has hotter summers than almost anywhere else in New York and has less food insecurity than most of New York, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of New York (mostly inland flooding).
Its A+ for the outdoors ranks #6 of 758 in New York.
2.2 miles of trail in 3 parks and preserves. The trail density in Piermont is 2.0 miles per square mile. The biggest park or preserve is Piermont Marsh Tidal Wetland, at 42 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Piermont Marsh Tidal Wetland | — | 42 |
| 2. Tallman Mountain State Park | — | 16 |
| 3. Piermont Marsh | — | 15 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its widest gap with New York is food insecurity: 6.2% of its 2,132 adults worry about having enough food, against 17.2% statewide.
11% of adults report frequent mental distress in Piermont. Piermont beats the New York average on 19 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 9.4% of adults report frequent physical distress in Piermont.
| Piermont | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 16% | 17% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 6.6% | 13% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 9.4% | 14% | 14% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 21% | 23% |
| What stands out | Piermont | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 6.2% | 17.2% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 3.6% | 8.2% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.8% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
At 8.6 years of the New York metro’s $99K median household income, the typical home (about $856K) costs more against local pay than in 91% of New York towns; that ratio is one input to its D for cost of living.
Piermont’s median rent is $1,910 a month. Typical home values rose 8.4% in the year to September 2026.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Violent crime is rare: 1 reported in 2025, 0.4 per 1,000 residents.
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
The average commute for its 1,058 working residents takes 43 minutes, against 32.6 across New York.
1.1% of Piermont residents live below the poverty line. Since 2013, Piermont has added 33 jobs, to 342 in 2023. Most working residents leave Piermont for work: only 5% work in town.
| Piermont | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 43 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $140,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 1.1% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 5.1% | 10% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 95% of New York towns, with expected losses of about $506 per resident a year; that rating is what its C− for hazard risk is built on. 107 flood insurance claims have been filed here, and 15 properties have flooded more than once.
Since 1979, 107 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Piermont.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
July afternoons average 86.4°, the highest of 2,223 New York places with climate records; January nights average 22.4°.
Piermont has chilly, snowy winters and warm summers. No town among the 758 in New York we compare has a higher July high than Piermont. About 33 inches of snow falls in a winter.
| Piermont | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 86°F | 81°F | 85°F |
| January low | 22°F | 16°F | 22°F |
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
43 within 15 miles of the center of Piermont
About 8 of every 100 Piermont residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New York.
17.9% of the town is conserved land, across 3 parks and preserves.
Village in New York, United States
Piermont (English pronunciation: /ˈpiːɹmɒnt/ ) is a village incorporated in 1847 in Rockland County, New York, United States. Piermont is in the town of Orangetown, located north of the hamlet of Palisades, east of Sparkill, and south of Grand View-on-Hudson, on the west bank of the Hudson River. The population was 2,517 at the 2020 census. Woody Allen set The Purple Rose of Cairo (1984) in Piermont. The village's name, in earlier years known as Tappan Landing, was given by Dr. Eleazar Lord, author, educator, deacon of the First Protestant Dutch Church and first president of the Erie Railroad. It was derived by combining a local natural feature – Tallman Mountain – and the most prominent ma…
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3 towns share a border with Piermont.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Piermont | #56 | A | D | A+ | A− | A+ |
| Orangeburg | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Grand View-on-Hudson | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sparkill | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Orangeburg, Grand View-on-Hudson and Sparkill aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Piermont with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Yes, by almost any measure. Piermont grades A overall, better than 95% of U.S. towns and #56 of 745 in New York. It grades A+ for health, A+ for safety and A− for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D.
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