Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
St. Johnsville gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $88K, 1.4 years of the Amsterdam area’s $65K median household income. It grades C− overall, ranked 654th of 745 in New York. The low prices come with trade-offs. The median household income is $55K, and 21% of residents live below the poverty line, and FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 78% of U.S. communities, with inland flooding at the top. History is its standout character grade: an A+, better than 100% of U.S. towns, with 8 places on the National Register. On health, just 61 of New York’s 1,213 towns do worse. 21% of residents live below the poverty line in St. Johnsville, above both New York’s towns (9.5%) and U.S. towns (9.6%). Only 5 of New York’s 1,216 towns score higher on history.
Where St. Johnsville beats most towns.
Fort Klock is a National Historic Landmark, the National Register’s top tier.
Census counts: 1,923 in 1840, 2,598 in 2020. The archive holds 1 old photo or paper and 2 maps from 1901 on.
8 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New York), ordered by how far St. Johnsville is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Who provides power, water and the rest in St. Johnsville, 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 St. Johnsville.
St. Johnsville is healthier than towns with similar incomes and has commutes shorter than most of New York, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of New York (mostly inland flooding).
Against the 7,370 U.S. towns with household incomes like St. Johnsville’s, it is less healthy than 60%, so its C− isn’t only a matter of income.
17% of St. Johnsville adults report frequent physical distress. Johnsville beats the New York average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 18. 23% of St. Johnsville adults say their health is fair or poor.
| St. Johnsville | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 14% | 14% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 37% | 36% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 13% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 25% | 25% |
| What stands out | St. Johnsville | NY |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 80% | 77.2% |
| More adults with COPD | 10.5% | 6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Its public schools are run by Oppenheim-Ephratah-St. Johnsville CSD. The largest public high school is Oppenheim-Ephratah-St. Johnsville Junior/Senior High School, with 349 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oppenheim-Ephratah-St. Johnsville Junior/Senior High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 7–12 | Grades 7–12 | 349 | C− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NY on state tests and graduation
The average commute for its 891 working residents takes 21.9 minutes, against 32.6 across New York.
Most working residents leave St. The median household income in St. Johnsville is $55,000. Jobs based in St. Johnsville fell to 464 in 2023, 93 fewer than in 2013.
| St. Johnsville | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $55,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 7.9% | 12% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 11% | 10% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 95% of New York towns, with expected losses of about $598 per resident a year; that rating is what its C− for hazard risk is built on.
St. Since 2006, 3 flood insurance claims have been paid out in St. Johnsville.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
| St. Johnsville | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 3.4% | 5.2% | 4.3% |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Johnsville has cold winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 82° and January nights drop to 12°.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
None within 15 miles of St. Johnsville; the nearest are
About 3 of every 100 St. Johnsville residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
Where St. Johnsville’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
8 places in St. Johnsville on the National Register of Historic Places.
Town in New York, United States
St. Johnsville is a town in Montgomery County, New York, United States. The population was 2,598 at the 2020 census. The town contains a village, also called St. Johnsville. The town and village are approximately halfway between Utica and Amsterdam. The Erie Canal, as part of the Mohawk River, is at the town's southern border.
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5 towns share a border with St. Johnsville.
All 3 graded towns on its borders grade higher than its C−; Minden (C−) is closest.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Johnsville | #654 | C− | A− | — | C− | C− |
| Minden | #599 | C− | B | — | B− | C |
| Manheim | #441 | C+ | A− | — | C− | C |
| Oppenheim | — | — | B+ | — | C− | C |
| Palatine | #520 | C | B+ | — | B− | C |
| Danube | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Oppenheim has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. St. Johnsville, Minden, Manheim, Oppenheim and Palatine report no FBI crime data of their own. Danube isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare St. Johnsville with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
St. Johnsville grades C− overall, better than 15% of U.S. towns and #654 of 745 in New York. It grades C− for health and C− for schools. Jobs & income is its weak spot, with a D.
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A−.
St. 2 notable people were born here, including James S. Copley and Myron Grimshaw.
