Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Home to 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Royalton gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $182K, 2.5 years of the Buffalo metro’s $72K median household income. It grades A− overall, ranked 185th of 745 in New York. On the plus side, natural-hazard risk is low. Royalton’s average trip to work is 33 minutes, above both the New York town median (25 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). Tonawanda Wildlife Management Area, at 2,861 acres with 2.1 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. Royalton has 2 places on the National Register.
Where Royalton beats most towns.
Where Royalton’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New York), ordered by how far Royalton is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 1,849 in 1820, 7,660 in 2010. The archive holds 3 old photos and papers going back to 1875 and 6 maps from 1897 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Royalton, 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 Royalton.
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 81% of U.S. communities. Since 1998, 10 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Royalton.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Its public schools are run by the Royalton-Hartland Central School District. Two of its 3 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Royalton-Hartland High School, with 337 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royalton-Hartland Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–4 | Grades PK–4 | 439 | C+ |
| Royalton-Hartland High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 337 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NY on state tests and graduation
Most working residents leave Royalton for work: only 11% work in town. 4.1% of residents live below the poverty line in Royalton. The top destinations are Amherst (12%), Buffalo (9%) and Lockport (8%).
| Royalton | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 4.1% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $92,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 13% | 12% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 11% | 10% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The Buffalo weather station, 17 miles away, records that 95 inches of snow fall in a normal winter, more than in 97% of U.S. towns.
Royalton has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. Royalton’s July high is 81°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Royalton beats the New York average on 7 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 6. 38% of Royalton adults have obesity.
| Royalton | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 33% | 35% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 32% | 33% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 82% | 81% | 79% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 17% | 16% |
| What stands out | Royalton | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 11.7% | 17.2% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5.4% | 7.9% |
| More adults with obesity | 37.5% | 28.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
7.1 miles of trail in 4 parks and preserves. The trail density in Royalton is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Royalton | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 8% | 5.2% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Royalton Ravine County Park | 3.5 mi | 157 |
| 2. Tonawanda Wildlife Management Area | 2.1 mi | 2,861 |
| 3. Royalton Veterans Park | — | 5 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Royalton. Close and well known come first.
Big draw27 mi WaterfallNiagara Falls
Big draw29 mi Stadium & arenaHighmark Stadium
Big draw29 mi Stadium & arenaRalph Wilson Stadium
27 mi WaterfallHorseshoe Falls18 mi Theme parkSix Flags Darien Lake1.5M visitors a year
25 mi Stadium & arenaKeyBank CenterNiagara Falls: Robert F. Tobler, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Highmark Stadium: James161723, CC0 · Ralph Wilson Stadium: User Evilarry on en.wikipedia, Public domain · Horseshoe Falls: Ujjwal Kumar, Public domain · KeyBank Center: Andre Carrotflower, CC BY-SA 4.0
None within 15 miles of Royalton; the nearest are
About 4 of every 100 Royalton residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
2 places in Royalton on the National Register of Historic Places.
3 notable people were born in Royalton.
Town in New York, United States
Royalton is a town in Niagara County, New York, United States. The population was 7,660 at the 2010 census. The Town of Royalton is in the southeast corner of the county and is east of the City of Niagara Falls.
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7 towns share a border with Royalton.
Clarence next door grades higher for schools (A to Royalton’s B) and lower for cost of living (C− to B+).
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Royalton | #185 | A− | B+ | — | B | B |
| Newstead | #216 | B+ | B− | — | A− | B+ |
| Clarence | #116 | A | C− | — | A | A |
| Lockport | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Hartland | #224 | B+ | A− | — | C+ | B |
| Shelby | #376 | B− | A− | — | C+ | B− |
| Alabama | — | — | A− | — | B− | B |
| Rapids | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Alabama has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Royalton, Newstead, Clarence, Hartland, Shelby and Alabama report no FBI crime data of their own. Lockport and Rapids aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Royalton with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Royalton grades A− overall, better than 77% of U.S. towns and #185 of 745 in New York. It grades B for health and B for schools.
Not for the area. The typical home is worth about $182,000, 65% 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+.
3 notable people were born here, including Belva Ann Lockwood and Charles G. Williams.
