StockbridgeNY
A town of 1,961, settled in 1824.
Is Stockbridge a good place to live?
The best of Stockbridge’s subject grades are a B+ for cost of living and history; the weakest is a C for schools. 17% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Stockbridge, against 32% in New York’s towns and 29% across U.S. towns. On the outdoors, just 5 of New York’s 1,216 towns do worse. Stockbridge has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Stockbridge stand out
Where Stockbridge beats most towns.
98% of working residents leave Stockbridge for work
Where Stockbridge’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Stockbridge grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New York), ordered by how far Stockbridge is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Stockbridge: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Stockbridge, 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 Stockbridge.
A smaller share of working residents work locally in Stockbridge than in most of New York or the rest of the country
2.2% of working residents work locally in Stockbridge, where New York’s towns sit at 10% and U.S. towns at 8%. Jobs based in Stockbridge fell to 183 in 2023, 396 fewer than in 2013. 5% of Stockbridge workers work from home.
| Stockbridge | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 5% | 12% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.2% | 10% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Stockbridge’s schools rank behind 69% of New York districts
Its public schools are run by the Stockbridge Valley Central School District. Its one school is below. The largest public high school is Stockbridge Valley Central School, with 377 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stockbridge Valley Central SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades PK–12 | Grades PK–12 | 377 | C+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NY on state tests and graduation
Inland flooding leads a low hazard risk in Stockbridge
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 71% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Stockbridge has snowy winters and pleasant summers
Stockbridge has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. The July high in Stockbridge is 80°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Stockbridge is healthier than 56% of U.S. towns
Stockbridge beats the New York average on 3 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 7. 38% of adults have obesity in Stockbridge.
| Stockbridge | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 33% | 35% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 17% | 16% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 37% | 36% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 16% | 17% |
| What stands out | Stockbridge | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5.7% | 7.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 13.1% | 17.2% |
| More adults with obesity | 38.2% | 28.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Homes in Stockbridge sell for about $305K
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
0% of Stockbridge is conserved land
2.9 miles of trail in 0 parks and preserves. Stockbridge’s trail density is 0.1 miles per square mile.
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum and 24 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Stockbridge. Close and well known come first.
Big draw39 mi MuseumNational Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum315K visitors a year
28 mi Stadium & arenaJMA Wireless Dome
17 mi National MonumentFort Stanwix National Monument78K visitors a year
32 mi LakeOnondaga Lake31 mi LandmarkFort Dayton
5 mi MuseumOneida Community Mansion HousePhoto credits
National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum: Beyond My Ken, CC BY-SA 4.0 · JMA Wireless Dome: Jimhoward03, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fort Stanwix National Monument: NPS photo, Public domain · Onondaga Lake: R. A. Nonenmacher, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Oneida Community Mansion House: scanned by Dave Parker, Public domain
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Everything we know about Stockbridge
Colleges nearby
3 within 15 miles of the center of Stockbridge
About 4 of every 100 Stockbridge residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
About Stockbridge
Town in New York, United States
Stockbridge is a town in Madison County, New York, United States. The population was 1,972 at the 2020 census, down from 2,103 in 2010. The name is derived from a group of Native Americans.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 32 sq mi
- Elevation
- 633 ft
- Area code
- 315
Stockbridge’s neighbors
6 towns share a border with Stockbridge.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stockbridge | — | — | B+ | — | C | B |
| Smithfield | — | — | C+ | — | B− | B+ |
| Vernon | #293 | B | B | — | B | B |
| Oneida | #623 | C− | B | D | C | B− |
| Augusta | — | — | B+ | — | C | B− |
| Lincoln | — | — | B− | — | C | B |
| Eaton | #228 | B+ | A | — | B− | B+ |
Stockbridge, Smithfield, Augusta and Lincoln have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Stockbridge, Smithfield, Vernon, Augusta, Lincoln and Eaton report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Stockbridge with a neighbor →
Questions about Stockbridge
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Stockbridge, NY expensive?
Not for the area. The typical home is worth about $139,000, 73% below the New York typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B+.