Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Home to 3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Salisbury’s best subject grades are an A for cost of living and an A− for history and the outdoors; its weakest is a D− for walkability. Salisbury’s average trip to work is 37 minutes, above both New York’s towns (25 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes). Only 1 of New York’s 1,216 towns score lower on walkability. Salisbury's schools rank behind 85% of the state's. 46% of the land in Salisbury is conserved, above both New York’s towns (5.2%) and U.S. towns (4.3%). Ferris Lake Wild Forest, at 27,584 acres with 23.9 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. Salisbury has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Salisbury beats most towns.
Where Salisbury’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 Salisbury is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 1,458 in 1820, 1,958 in 2010. The archive holds 8 old photos and papers going back to 2005 and 3 maps from 1900 on.
3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Salisbury, 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 Salisbury.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Ferris Lake Wild Forest | 23.9 mi | 27,584 |
| 2. Herkimer Forest Preserve Detached Parcel | — | 454 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
1.3% of working residents work locally in Salisbury. The top destinations are Little Falls (11%), Manheim (10%) and Herkimer (8%). 18% of residents live below the poverty line in Salisbury.
| Salisbury | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 18% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.3% | 10% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Salisbury beats the New York average on 2 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 14. 16% of Salisbury adults report frequent physical distress.
| Salisbury | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 14% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 25% | 25% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 13% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 34% | 35% |
| What stands out | Salisbury | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.2% | 7.9% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 12.1% | 14.5% |
| More adults with COPD | 9.7% | 6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Salisbury’s July high is 77°F. Salisbury has cold winters and pleasant summers, with plenty of rain.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 63% of U.S. communities. Since 2019, 4 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Salisbury.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The median rent in Salisbury is $851 a month.
| Salisbury | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 91% | 75% | 73% |
| Median rent | $851 a month | $1,101 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
None within 15 miles of Salisbury; the nearest are
About 2 of every 100 Salisbury residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
3 places in Salisbury on the National Register of Historic Places.
Town in New York, United States
Salisbury is a town in Herkimer County, New York, United States. The population was 1,958 at the 2010 census. The town is on the eastern edge of the county, north of the city of Little Falls. The northern part of the town is in the Adirondack Park.
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7 towns share a border with Salisbury.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salisbury | — | — | A | — | C− | C |
| Stratford | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Oppenheim | — | — | B+ | — | C− | C |
| Norway | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Fairfield | — | — | B | — | B− | C |
| Manheim | #441 | C+ | A− | — | C− | C |
| Morehouse | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ohio | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Salisbury, Oppenheim and Fairfield have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Salisbury, Oppenheim, Fairfield and Manheim report no FBI crime data of their own. Stratford, Norway, Morehouse and Ohio aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Salisbury with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Home to 3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Not for the area. The typical home is worth about $124,000, 76% 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 A.
2 notable people were born here, including Hamilton Ward Sr. and Walter S. Greene.
