South EdmestonNY
A town of 107, settled in 1840.
Is South Edmeston a good place to live?
South Edmeston has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
107 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Moving to South Edmeston: who provides what
South Edmeston is unincorporated, so Otsego County and regional agencies provide most services.
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 South Edmeston.
South Edmeston faces a high natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
The natural-hazard score from FEMA for South Edmeston comes to 79 of 100. FEMA puts 79% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 14% to cold waves.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most of South Edmeston’s workers commute out: the town has 0.1 jobs for each of them
In South Edmeston, 28% of residents live below the poverty line. The town’s mean commuting time is 32 minutes, against 25 minutes in New York’s towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns. The top destinations are Edmeston (25%), Norwich (8%) and Otsego (7%). The median commute is under 18 miles.
| South Edmeston | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 28% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 32 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expect snowy winters and pleasant summers in South Edmeston
South Edmeston’s typical July afternoon high comes in at 79°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
A larger share of adults smoke cigarettes in South Edmeston than in most of New York or the rest of the country
38% of South Edmeston adults have high blood pressure, where New York’s towns sit at 34% and U.S. towns at 35%. For adults in the town, the share who binge drink is 15%. The town does better than the New York average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and worse on 20. Among 756 New York towns, just 6 have a higher share of adults who have diabetes than South Edmeston.
| South Edmeston | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 14% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 13% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 16% | 17% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 17% | 19% |
| What stands out | South Edmeston | NY |
|---|---|---|
| More adults screened for colon cancer | 72.9% | 66.8% |
| More adults with COPD | 12.2% | 6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum and 13 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around South Edmeston. Close and well known come first.
Big draw20 mi MuseumNational Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum315K visitors a year29 mi LandmarkFort Dayton
37 mi National MonumentFort Stanwix National Monument78K visitors a year
29 mi Stadium & arenaUtica Memorial Auditorium
30 mi MuseumOneida Community Mansion House
29 mi MuseumMunson-Williams-Proctor Arts InstitutePhoto credits
National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum: Beyond My Ken, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fort Stanwix National Monument: NPS photo, Public domain · Utica Memorial Auditorium: Doug Kerr, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Oneida Community Mansion House: scanned by Dave Parker, Public domain · Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute: Kenneth C. Zirkel, CC BY-SA 4.0
Everything we know about South Edmeston
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of South Edmeston
About 10 of every 100 South Edmeston residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
100% of working residents leave South Edmeston for work
Where South Edmeston’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About South Edmeston
Hamlet and CDP in New York, United States
South Edmeston is a hamlet (and census-designated place) on the Unadilla River in the Town of Edmeston in Otsego County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, South Edmeston had a population of 137. This area had been a center of dairy farming and cheese production since the nineteenth century. Kraft Foods had operated a cheese plant in South Edmeston starting in the year 1920. They originally produced Philadelphia brand cream cheese. Later they switched over to Breyers yogurt, and the plant employed about 55 workers. In December 2004, Kraft announced that the plant would close on April 8, 2005. Following its closure, the plant was bought by the company Agro Farma under Turkish en…
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- Area
- 0.9 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,224 ft
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Is South Edmeston, NY a good place to live?
South Edmeston has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.