Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Pittstown is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades C+ overall, 450th among New York's 745 graded towns, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is health: it is healthier than 67% of U.S. towns. A typical home there costs about $257K, 2.9 years of the Albany metro’s $88K median household income. History is its standout character grade: an A, better than 91% of U.S. towns, with 14 places on the National Register. Only 111 of New York’s 1,216 towns score lower on walkability. Its National Register listings include Sherman Farm and Brownell-Cornell-Gibbs Farmstead. Pittstown's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 86% of U.S. towns.
Where Pittstown beats most towns.
Census counts: 3,772 in 1820, a low of 2,342 in 1920, 5,540 in 2020. The archive holds 10 old photos and papers going back to 1910 and 4 maps from 1897 on.
14 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New York), ordered by how far Pittstown is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Pittstown. Close and well known come first.
24 mi MountainMount Greylock
19 mi MuseumClark Art Institute
40 mi LandmarkFort William Henry
35 mi Theme parkGreat Escape
20 mi MuseumNational Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame
19 mi Stadium & arenaMVP ArenaMount Greylock: Jstergis, CC BY 3.0 · Clark Art Institute: Daderot, Public domain · Fort William Henry: IrisKawling at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Great Escape: Jared and Corin, CC BY-SA 2.0 · National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame: Peter Flass, CC BY 3.0 · MVP Arena: This image or media was taken or created by Matt H. Wade. To see his entire port, CC BY-SA 3.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Pittstown, 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 Pittstown.
Pittstown has 199 jobs for its 2,520 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Most working residents leave Pittstown for work: only 3% work in town. At 29 minutes, Pittstown’s average trip to work is above both New York’s towns (25 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes). 13% of residents live below the poverty line in Pittstown.
| Pittstown | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.3% | 10% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 13% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $92,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
40% of Pittstown adults sleep under 7 hours, where New York’s towns sit at 37% and U.S. towns at 36%. Pittstown beats the New York average on 5 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 5. 17% of Pittstown adults binge drink.
| Pittstown | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 37% | 36% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 17% | 16% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 21% | 23% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 33% | 35% |
| What stands out | Pittstown | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5.6% | 7.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 12.6% | 17.2% |
| More adults with COPD | 7.6% | 6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Pittstown has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 82°, January nights drop to 14° and about 64 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
8.2 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves. Pittstown State Forest, at 540 acres with 6.8 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. Pittstown’s trail density is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Pittstown State Forest | 6.8 mi | 540 |
| 2. Lanford Wood Community Forest | — | 108 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 57% of U.S. communities. Since 1998, 5 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Pittstown.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
5 within 15 miles of the center of Pittstown
About 3 of every 100 Pittstown residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
Where Pittstown’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Town in New York, United States
Pittstown is a town in Rensselaer County, New York, United States. The population was 5,540 at the 2020 census. It is in the northern part of the county. A small part of the northern town line is Rensselaer County's border with Washington County. Moving west, the Hoosic River defines the town's northwestern line to the crux of its border with the town of Schaghticoke, which juts south to form the western town line. The towns of Brunswick and Grafton border to the southwest and southeast, respectively, with the town of Hoosick to the east. The majority of the town is served by the Hoosic Valley Central School District, while the southern part of the town is serviced by Brunswick (Brittonkill…
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5 towns share a border with Pittstown.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittstown | #450 | C+ | B | — | B− | B+ |
| Schaghticoke | #222 | B+ | B | — | B− | B+ |
| Hoosick | #504 | C+ | B | — | C | B− |
| Grafton | — | — | A− | — | C+ | A− |
| Cambridge | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Brunswick | #276 | B+ | C+ | — | B− | B+ |
Grafton has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Pittstown, Schaghticoke, Hoosick, Grafton and Brunswick report no FBI crime data of their own. Cambridge isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Pittstown with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Pittstown grades C+ overall, better than 42% of U.S. towns and #450 of 745 in New York. It grades B+ for health and B− for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D.
The typical home is worth about $257,000, 51% below the New York typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.
2 notable people were born here, including Isaac Singer and Hiram P. Hunt.
