PottersvilleNY
Today 140 people live in this town, first settled in 1839.
Is Pottersville a good place to live?
Pottersville’s average commute is 42 minutes, where New York’s towns sit at 25 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. Pottersville has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
140 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Moving to Pottersville: who provides what
Pottersville is unincorporated, so Warren County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Pottersville.
Pottersville has 1.6 jobs for every working resident, and 235 people commute in
The share of residents in Pottersville who live below the poverty line: 17%. Commuting out is the norm here: 8% of working residents work locally. Between 2013 and 2023, jobs locally rose by 223, to 248. The top destinations are Chester (17%), Glens Falls (9%) and Queensbury (7%).
| Pottersville | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 17% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 8.4% | 10% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The typical home in Pottersville: about $335K
Home values are up 9.2% over the year to September 2026. Among households in Pottersville, 78% own their home.
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Snowy winters and pleasant summers: that is Pottersville’s year
July afternoons reach 80°, January nights drop to 9° and about 78 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Pottersville faces a high natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
FEMA puts nearly three quarters of Pottersville’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 16% to cold waves. Expected damage from storms and floods is higher here than in nearly two thirds of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
How healthy Pottersville is
For adults in Pottersville, the share who report frequent mental distress is 18%. Two figures for adults locally: 15% report frequent physical distress, 15% smoke cigarettes.
| Pottersville | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 16% | 17% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 14% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 13% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 17% | 19% |
| What stands out | Pottersville | NY |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 20.6% | 12.8% |
| More adults with COPD | 8% | 6% |
| More smokers | 14.9% | 11.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
In Pottersville, 1.2% of the land is conserved
Across 1 park or preserve: 0.9 miles of trail. One park or preserve covers 8 acres in Pottersville.
| Pottersville | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 1.2% | 5.2% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.4 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Vanderwhacker Mountain Wild Forest | — | 8 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Fort Ticonderoga and 22 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Pottersville. Close and well known come first.
Big draw23 mi LandmarkFort Ticonderoga
16 mi LakeLake George
26 mi MountainMount Marcy
23 mi LandmarkFort William Henry
31 mi State parkAdirondack Park
28 mi Theme parkGreat EscapePhoto credits
Fort Ticonderoga: Mwanner, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lake George: Sixlocal, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Mount Marcy: Daniel Tripp, Public domain · Fort William Henry: IrisKawling at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Adirondack Park: Original uploader was Mwanner at en.wikipedia Later version(s) were uploaded by, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Great Escape: Jared and Corin, CC BY-SA 2.0
Everything we know about Pottersville
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Pottersville
About 6 of every 100 Pottersville residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New York.
Every workday, about 235 people come to Pottersville for work
Where Pottersville’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Questions about Pottersville
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Pottersville, NY a good place to live?
Pottersville has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.