SchuylerNY
A town of 3,263, settled in 1825.
Is Schuyler a good place to live?
Schuyler is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades B− overall, 411th of 745 graded towns in New York, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is schools: its schools outperform 66% of the state's. A typical home there costs about $116K, 1.7 years of the Utica metro’s $70K median household income. Schuyler’s median age is 55.2 years, where New York’s towns sit at 42.9 years and U.S. towns at 40.5 years. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 92% of U.S. towns. On civic life, just 12 of New York’s 1,187 towns do worse.
What makes Schuyler stand out
Where Schuyler beats most towns.
97% of working residents leave Schuyler for work
Where Schuyler’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Schuyler grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New York), ordered by how far Schuyler is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Schuyler: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Schuyler, 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.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Schuyler.
Schuyler is healthier than towns with similar incomes and sends most of its workers to Utica and beyond.
Very low risk in Schuyler, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 90% of U.S. communities. Since 2000, 3 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Schuyler.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Heritage School PrivateLargest high schoolGrades PK–10 | Grades PK–10 | 89 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NY on state tests and graduation
Most working residents commute out of Schuyler
Schuyler has 270 jobs for its 1,484 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. Jobs based here fell from 357 in 2013 to 270.
Most working residents leave Schuyler for work: only 3% work in town. Since 2013, Schuyler has lost 87 jobs, to 270 in 2023. Schuyler’s average trip to work is 21 minutes.
| Schuyler | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 21 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.1% | 10% | 8% |
| Median household income | $65,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 7.8% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Four seasons and pleasant summers in Schuyler
Schuyler has cold winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 82° and January nights drop to 13°.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
5.6% of Schuyler is conserved land
1.3 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. The biggest park or preserve is Steuben Hill State Forest, at 544 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Steuben Hill State Forest | — | 544 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Residents of Schuyler are less healthy than 51% of U.S. towns
Against the 10,020 U.S. towns with household incomes like Schuyler’s, it is healthier than 68%, so its B− isn’t only a matter of income.
Schuyler beats the New York average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 9. 18% of Schuyler adults binge drink.
| Schuyler | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 17% | 16% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 25% | 25% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 33% | 35% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 21% | 23% |
| What stands out | Schuyler | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.6% | 7.9% |
| More adults with COPD | 8% | 6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum and 11 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Schuyler. Close and well known come first.
Big draw30 mi MuseumNational Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum315K visitors a year8 mi LandmarkFort Dayton
7 mi Stadium & arenaUtica Memorial Auditorium
19 mi National MonumentFort Stanwix National Monument78K visitors a year
7 mi MuseumMunson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute
7 mi TheatreStanley TheaterPhoto credits
National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum: Beyond My Ken, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Utica Memorial Auditorium: Doug Kerr, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Fort Stanwix National Monument: NPS photo, Public domain · Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute: Kenneth C. Zirkel, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Stanley Theater: Doug Kerr from Albany, New York, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0
Everything we know about Schuyler
Colleges nearby
5 within 15 miles of the center of Schuyler
About 2 of every 100 Schuyler residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
About Schuyler
Town in Herkimer County, New York, US
There is also a Schuyler County, New York. Schuyler is a town in Herkimer County, New York, United States. The population was 3,420 at the 2010 census. The town is in the western part of Herkimer County and is east of Utica.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 40 sq mi
- Elevation
- 669 ft
- Area code
- 402
Schuyler’s neighbors
6 towns share a border with Schuyler.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schuyler | #411 | B− | B | — | B+ | B− |
| Frankfort | #407 | B− | B− | B+ | C | B |
| Frankfort | — | — | B− | — | C | B− |
| Newport | — | — | A− | — | B− | B |
| Herkimer | #508 | C+ | B | — | C+ | C+ |
| Deerfield | #144 | A− | B | — | B+ | C+ |
| Utica | #720 | D | C+ | D | C− | D |
Frankfort and Newport have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Schuyler, Frankfort, Newport, Herkimer and Deerfield report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Schuyler with a neighbor →
Questions about Schuyler
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Schuyler, NY a good place to live?
Schuyler grades B− overall, better than 47% of U.S. towns and #411 of 745 in New York. It grades B− for health and B+ for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Schuyler, NY expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.