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For most people who can afford it, yes. Saugerties grades B overall, ranked 299th of 745 in New York. Crime is low: it reports less per resident than 83% of U.S. towns. CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 76% of the country. What holds it back is price: the typical home is worth about $335K, 3.9 years of the Kingston metro’s $86K median household income. History is its standout character grade: an A, better than 92% of U.S. towns, with 12 places on the National Register. Its National Register listings include Saugerties Lighthouse and Opus 40. 23% of working residents work locally in Saugerties, against 10% in New York’s towns and 8% across U.S. towns. The biggest place to walk is Kaaterskill Wild Forest, 1,023 acres with 4.8 miles of trail.
Where Saugerties beats most towns.
Census counts: 2,699 in 1820, 19,038 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1870 and 5 maps from 1895 on.
12 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New York), ordered by how far Saugerties is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Saugerties. Close and well known come first.
22 mi National Historic SiteHome of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site102K visitors a year
12 mi MuseumOlana State Historic Site
8 mi WaterfallKaaterskill Falls
20 mi National Historic SiteVanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site295K visitors a year
39 mi TheatreTanglewood
36 mi MuseumNorman Rockwell MuseumHome of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site: Crunch, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Olana State Historic Site: Netniks, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Kaaterskill Falls: Mwanner, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site: Daderot, Public domain · Tanglewood: Daderot., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Norman Rockwell Museum: User:Rmrfstar, CC BY 2.5
Who provides power, water and the rest in Saugerties, 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 Saugerties.
Saugerties has commutes shorter than most of New York and is safe by national standards but not by New York’s.
There are 32 miles of trail across 17 parks and preserves. In Saugerties, the trail network density is 0.5 miles per square mile.
| Saugerties | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 6.2% | 5.2% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.5 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Kaaterskill Wild Forest | 4.8 mi | 1,023 |
| 2. Esopus Bend Nature Preserve | 4.3 mi | 177 |
| 3. Indian Head Wilderness | 3.1 mi | 338 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Two of its 7 schools are below, each with the reason it’s listed. Its public schools are run by the Saugerties Central School District. The largest public high school is Saugerties Senior High School, with 800 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cahill SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–6 | Grades K–6 | 432 | C− |
| Saugerties Senior High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 800 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NY on state tests and graduation
At 7.4 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports less crime than 69% of New York’s graded towns. Violent crime is rare: 9 reported in 2025, 0.5 per 1,000 residents.
The rate of reported violence for Saugerties comes to 0.5 per 1,000 residents. The level of property crime for Saugerties comes to 5.5 per 1,000 residents.
| Saugerties | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.5 per 1,000 residents | 0.8 | 1.6 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 5.5 per 1,000 residents | 7.6 | 9.9 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
The share of adults in Saugerties who have been diagnosed with depression: 20%. Of 32 CDC measures, Saugerties beats the New York average on 7 and trails it on 5. 30% of adults locally have obesity; 15% binge drink.
| Saugerties | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 32% | 33% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 33% | 35% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 17% | 16% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 82% | 81% | 79% |
| What stands out | Saugerties | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 11.5% | 17.2% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 10.4% | 14.5% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.4% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The average commute for its 8,173 working residents takes 23.2 minutes, against 32.6 across New York.
For half of commuters, work is under 12 miles away. Since 2013, Saugerties has added 393 jobs, to 4,174 in 2023. About one worker in four stays in Saugerties for work. The top destinations are Kingston (14%), New York (13%) and Ulster (7%).
| Saugerties | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 14% | 12% | 11% |
| Average trip to work | 23 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Households in Saugerties have drawn federal disaster aid in 8 declared disasters, most recently in 2011. Compared with 63% of U.S. communities, expected storm and flood damage locally is lower. Since 1980, 50 flood insurance claims have been paid out locally. Expected losses in Saugerties break down as 68% from inland flooding and 10% from tornadoes.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The age of the median resident in Saugerties is 47.8 years. Adults 18 to 34 are 18% of residents (23% statewide); people 65 and older are 23% of residents (18% statewide). Saugerties: 17% of residents are under 18. New York has two in five adults 25 and older with a bachelor’s degree or more; here it is 35%.
| Saugerties | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 47.8 years | 42.9 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 17% | 20% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 35% | 32% | 29% |
51% women, 49% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±1.7 points. Across New York, 51.2% of residents are women.
| Saugerties | NY | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 8.8% | 11% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 8.6% | 9.5% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 10.9% | 14.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 12.3% | 13% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 14% | 12.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 15.5% | 13.3% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 10.6% | 10.3% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 12.2% | 7.6% | 7% |
| No diploma | 8.6% | 12% | 10.4% |
| High school | 27.1% | 24.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 17.1% | 14.6% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 12.2% | 8.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 18.1% | 22.4% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 16.9% | 17.9% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Among households in Saugerties, 68% live in a home they own. In Saugerties, the median rent is $1,208 a month.
| Saugerties | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 68% | 75% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,208 a month | $1,098 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
2 within 15 miles of the center of Saugerties
About 5 of every 100 Saugerties residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
12 places in Saugerties on the National Register of Historic Places.
11 notable people were born in Saugerties.
Town in Ulster County, New York, US
Saugerties () is a town in southeastern New York State, on the west bank of the Hudson River between Albany and New York City. It is in the northeastern corner of Ulster County. The population was 19,038 at the time of the 2020 census, a decline from 19,482 in 2010. The village of the same name is located entirely within the town. Part of the town is inside Catskill Park. U.S. Route 9W and New York State Route 32 pass through the town, converging at the center of the village and overlapping to the south. These routes parallel the New York State Thruway (Interstate 87), which passes through the town just west of the village of Saugerties.
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10 towns share a border with Saugerties.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saugerties | #299 | B | C− | A− | B− | A− |
| Red Hook | #188 | A− | D | — | B+ | A |
| Ulster | #643 | C− | C− | C+ | C− | B+ |
| Glasco | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Catskill | #629 | C− | C | — | C | B− |
| Saugerties | #680 | D | D | — | B− | C |
| Saugerties South | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Clermont | — | — | C− | — | B+ | A− |
Clermont has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Red Hook, Catskill, Saugerties and Clermont report no FBI crime data of their own. Glasco and Saugerties South aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Saugerties with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Saugerties grades B overall, better than 62% of U.S. towns and #299 of 745 in New York. It grades A− for health, A− for safety and B− for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a C−.
Yes. The typical home is worth about $335,000, 36% 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 C−.
11 notable people were born here, including Irving Fisher and Dennis Bermudez.
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