Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Home to 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Rathbone’s best subject grade is an A for history; its weakest is a D for incomes. 23% of residents live below the poverty line in Rathbone, against 9.5% in New York’s towns and 9.6% across U.S. towns. Only 71 of New York’s 1,216 towns score lower on incomes. A typical home costs about $122K, 1.8 years of the Corning area’s $66K median household income. Only 29 of New York’s 1,187 towns score lower on civic life. Its National Register listings include Northrup Hill School District 10 and Town Linke Church and Cemetery. Rathbone has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Rathbone beats most towns.
Census counts: 1,381 in 1860, 1,095 in 2020. The archive holds 8 old photos and papers going back to 1873 and 3 maps from 1926 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New York), ordered by how far Rathbone is from typical.
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Who provides power, water and the rest in Rathbone, 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 Rathbone.
Its public schools are run by the Addison Central School District. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valley Early Childhood SchoolLargest public school before high schoolGrades PK | Grades PK | 94 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NY on state tests and graduation
1.8% of working residents work locally in Rathbone, below both the New York town median (10%) and the median of U.S. towns (8%). The average trip to work in Rathbone is 32 minutes. The top destinations are Corning (12%), Erwin (10%) and Bath (9%).
| Rathbone | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 32 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.8% | 10% | 8% |
| Median household income | $63,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Rathbone beats the New York average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 16. 18% of adults smoke cigarettes in Rathbone.
| Rathbone | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 13% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 14% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 16% | 17% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 25% | 25% |
| What stands out | Rathbone | NY |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 9.8% | 6% |
| More smokers | 18.3% | 11.3% |
| More adults with depression | 23.4% | 17.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Rathbone has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. Rathbone’s July high is 81°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 55% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
1.5 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Tracy Creek State Forest, at 563 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Tracy Creek State Forest | — | 563 |
| 2. Helmer Creek Wildlife Management Area | — | 124 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Rathbone. Close and well known come first.
15 mi MuseumCorning Museum of Glass400K visitors a year
30 mi State parkWatkins Glen State Park
15 mi MuseumRockwell Museum23 mi MuseumNational Soaring Museum
20 mi MuseumGlenn H. Curtiss Museum
27 mi Theme parkEldridge ParkCorning Museum of Glass: User:Stilfehler, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Watkins Glen State Park: Flickr user: Peter Rivera Stamford, Connecticut https://www.flickr.com/people/ri, CC BY 2.0 · Rockwell Museum: W.rose.v, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Glenn H. Curtiss Museum: Ruhrfisch (talk), CC BY-SA 4.0 · Eldridge Park: Whitley, J. H. -- Photographer, Public domain
1 within 15 miles of the center of Rathbone
About 0 of every 100 Rathbone residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
2 places in Rathbone on the National Register of Historic Places.
Town in New York, United States
Rathbone is a town in Steuben County, New York, United States. The population was 1,095 as of the 2020 census. The name comes from early settler, General Ransom Rathbone. The Town of Rathbone is in the southern part of the county, west of Corning.
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Home to 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Not for the 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+.
