Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Roxbury’s best subject grades are an A+ for civic life and history; its weakest is a C− for hazard risk. 39% of residents are 65 or older in Roxbury, above both the New York town median (20%) and the median of U.S. towns (18%). Only 53 of New York’s 1,216 towns score lower on hazard risk. Homes are expensive, about $271K for a typical one and 4.3 times the county’s $63K median household income. 19% of the land in Roxbury is conserved, above both New York’s towns (5.2%) and U.S. towns (4.3%). On civic life, just 10 of New York’s 1,187 towns do better. The biggest park or preserve is West Settlement Unit, at 2,819 acres. Roxbury has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Roxbury beats most towns.
John Woodchuck Lodge (Burroughs Home)
Census counts: 2,488 in 1820, a peak of 3,214 in 1830, 2,247 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1869 and 2 maps from 1904 on.
9 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New York), ordered by how far Roxbury is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Who provides power, water and the rest in Roxbury, 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 Roxbury.
One of its 2 schools is below, with the reason it’s listed. The public schools here belong to the Roxbury Central School District.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roxbury Central SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades PK–12 | Grades PK–12 | 224 | C |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NY on state tests and graduation
The median commute is under 35 miles. In Roxbury, 17% of working residents work locally. Between 2013 and 2023, jobs here rose by 121, to 489. The typical household income here is $58,000.
| Roxbury | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 17% | 10% | 8% |
| Median household income | $58,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 5.4% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 23 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Roxbury’s natural-hazard score from FEMA stands at 78 of 100. Of the losses FEMA expects here, 87% come from inland flooding. Flood insurance has paid out on 7 claims here since 1980.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
In 32 parks and preserves, walkers have 32 miles of trail. Parks and preserves in Roxbury: 32, covering 9,831 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Plattekill State Forest | 6.1 mi | 925 |
| 2. Buffalo Hollow Unit | 2.9 mi | 340 |
| 3. Bearpen Mountain State Forest | 1.8 mi | 820 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
For adults in Roxbury, the share who have diabetes is 12%. This New York town does better than the New York average on 9 of 32 CDC measures and worse on 6. Among adults here, 84% had a checkup this year and 14% report frequent mental distress.
| Roxbury | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 34% | 35% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 84% | 81% | 79% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 16% | 17% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 32% | 33% |
| What stands out | Roxbury | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 8.7% | 14.5% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 10.6% | 17.2% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 12.3% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The seasons in Roxbury: cold, snowy winters, cool summers. July afternoons reach 76°, January nights drop to 12° and about 95 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Roxbury. Close and well known come first.
Big draw33 mi MuseumNational Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum315K visitors a year
16 mi Park & preserveCatskill Park
25 mi WaterfallKaaterskill Falls
36 mi MuseumOlana State Historic Site
18 mi Ski areaHunter Mountain62 runs · 1,532 ft vertical27 mi CaveHowe CavernsNational Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum: Beyond My Ken, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Catskill Park: The original uploader was Daniel Case at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Kaaterskill Falls: Mwanner, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Olana State Historic Site: Netniks, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Hunter Mountain: The original uploader was Daniel Case at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0
None within 15 miles of Roxbury; the nearest are
About 3 of every 100 Roxbury residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
2,502 counted in 2010 and 2,247 in 2020; an estimated 2,203 in 2025.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
9 places in Roxbury on the National Register of Historic Places.
3 notable people were born in Roxbury.
Town in New York, United States
Roxbury is a town in Delaware County, New York, United States. The population was 2,247 at the 2020 census. The town is at the eastern end of the county.
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5 towns share a border with Roxbury.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roxbury | — | — | C | — | B+ | B+ |
| Stamford | — | — | B− | — | D | B− |
| Middletown | #633 | C− | C+ | — | C+ | B− |
| Prattsville | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Halcott | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Bovina | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Roxbury and Stamford have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Roxbury, Stamford and Middletown report no FBI crime data of their own. Prattsville, Halcott and Bovina aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Roxbury with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
2.1 times the library visits per person than the typical New York town.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.
3 notable people were born here, including Jay Gould and John Burroughs.
