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Schuyler Falls is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades B− overall, ranked 429th of 745 in New York, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is incomes: the median household earns $104K. It also does better than most on health: it is healthier than 66% of U.S. towns. Its lowest everyday mark is in schools: its schools rank behind 61% of the state's. A typical home there costs about $182K, 2.6 years of the Plattsburgh area’s $71K median household income. 11% of residents are under 18 in Schuyler Falls, against 20% in New York’s towns and 22% across U.S. towns. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 94% of U.S. towns. The biggest place to walk is Macomb State Forest, 860 acres with 6.6 miles of trail.
Where Schuyler Falls beats most towns.
Where Schuyler Falls’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 Schuyler Falls is from typical.
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Census counts: 2,110 in 1850, a low of 1,350 in 1930, 5,181 in 2010. The archive holds 4 old photos and papers going back to 1850 and 3 maps from 1913 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Schuyler Falls, 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 Schuyler Falls.
Schuyler Falls gets more snow than nearly all U.S. towns and sends most of its workers to Plattsburgh and beyond, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of New York (mostly inland flooding).
41 miles of trail in 3 parks and preserves. Schuyler Falls’ trail density is 1.1 miles per square mile.
| Schuyler Falls | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 1.1 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 6.3% | 5.2% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Macomb State Forest | 6.6 mi | 860 |
| 2. Macomb Reservation State Park | 2.5 mi | 257 |
| 3. Jefferson Dukette Memorial Field | — | 20 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its public schools are run by the Saranac Central School District. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morrisonville Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 358 | C− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NY on state tests and graduation
90% of households own their home in Schuyler Falls. The typical Schuyler Falls home is worth about $182,000, up 1.8% in a year, 65% below the New York typical home.
| Schuyler Falls | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 90% | 75% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,081 a month | $1,103 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Schuyler Falls has 340 jobs for its 2,061 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. The average commute takes 15.5 minutes, against 32.6 across New York.
Most working residents leave Schuyler Falls for work: only 3% work in town. The average trip to work in Schuyler Falls is 16 minutes. Since 2013, Schuyler Falls has added 28 jobs, to 340 in 2023.
| Schuyler Falls | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 16 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $104,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.1% | 10% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 6.3% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Against the 7,983 U.S. towns with household incomes like Schuyler Falls’s, it is less healthy than 55%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
Schuyler Falls beats the New York average on 6 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 7. 34% of Schuyler Falls adults sleep under 7 hours.
| Schuyler Falls | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 37% | 36% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 11% | 12% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 5.5% | 5.9% | 8.1% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 21% | 23% |
| What stands out | Schuyler Falls | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5.5% | 7.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 12.5% | 17.2% |
| More adults with depression | 22.7% | 17.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The Ellenburg Depot weather station, 21 miles away, records that 107 inches of snow fall in a normal winter, more than in 98% of U.S. towns. The Ellenburg Depot weather station, 21 miles away, records that about 2 days a year reach 90°, fewer than in 96% of U.S. towns.
Schuyler Falls has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 79° and January nights drop to 9°.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 88% of New York towns, with expected losses of about $299 per resident a year; that rating is what its C for hazard risk is built on.
Since 1981, 22 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Schuyler Falls.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
2 within 15 miles of the center of Schuyler Falls
About 3 of every 100 Schuyler Falls residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
3 notable people were born in Schuyler Falls.
Town in New York, United States
Schuyler Falls is a town in Clinton County, New York, United States. The population was 5,181 at the 2010 census. The town was named after Peter Schuyler, who bought the mill on the Salmon River from Zephaniah Platt. Schuyler Falls is in the south-central part of the county and is southwest of Plattsburgh.
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6 towns share a border with Schuyler Falls.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schuyler Falls | #429 | B− | B | — | C+ | B+ |
| Plattsburgh | #474 | C+ | B− | — | C+ | B |
| Morrisonville | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cadyville | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Plattsburgh West | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Peru | #347 | B | C+ | — | B− | B+ |
| Saranac | #609 | C− | B | — | C | B− |
Schuyler Falls, Plattsburgh, Peru and Saranac report no FBI crime data of their own. Morrisonville, Cadyville and Plattsburgh West aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Schuyler Falls with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Schuyler Falls grades B− overall, better than 46% of U.S. towns and #429 of 745 in New York. It grades B+ for health and C+ for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D.
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 Calvin Bridges and Joseph Ladue.
