South EdmestonNY
Settled in 1840, this town now has 107 residents.
Is South Edmeston a good place to live?
28% of residents live below the poverty line in South Edmeston, above both the New York town median (9.5%) and the median of U.S. towns (9.6%). Among 759 New York towns, just one has a lower share of adults with a bachelor’s degree than South Edmeston. 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
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The data
Ordered by what stands out in South Edmeston.
South Edmeston faces a high natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
FEMA expects more storm and flood damage in South Edmeston than in 79% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most of South Edmeston’s workers commute out: the town has 0.1 jobs for each of them
The mean commuting time for South Edmeston comes to 32 minutes. The top destinations are Edmeston (25%), Norwich (8%) and Otsego (7%). The median commute is under 18 miles.
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
In South Edmeston, just over a quarter of adults say their health is fair or poor. This New York 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
A larger share of households in South Edmeston live in a home they own than in the typical New York or U.S. town
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about South Edmeston
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
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.
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
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.
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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