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Ticonderoga gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $176K for a typical one, or 2.5 years of the county’s $72K median household income. It grades C overall, 517th among New York's 745 graded towns. The low prices come with trade-offs. The median household income is $65K, and 17% of residents live below the poverty line. On the plus side, it has 55 miles of trail and 44% conserved land. History is its standout character grade: an A, better than 95% of U.S. towns, with 22 places on the National Register. 38% of working residents work locally in Ticonderoga, above both the New York town median (10%) and the median of U.S. towns (8%). Its National Register listings include Fort Ticonderoga and US Post Office-Ticonderoga. Ticonderoga is more walkable than 71% of U.S. towns.
Where Ticonderoga beats most towns.
Fort Ticonderoga is a National Historic Landmark, the National Register’s top tier.
Census counts: 1,493 in 1820, 4,789 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1754 and 3 maps from 1894 on.
22 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New York), ordered by how far Ticonderoga is from typical.
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Who provides power, water and the rest in Ticonderoga, 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 Ticonderoga.
Ticonderoga is a second-home town, but it is a long drive from an emergency room and carries more natural-hazard risk than most of New York (mostly inland flooding).
Its 24,788 conserved acres are a larger share of the town than in 99% of New York towns.
55 miles of trail in 16 parks and preserves. The biggest place to walk is Pharaoh Lake Wilderness, 14,154 acres with 28.8 miles of trail.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Pharaoh Lake Wilderness | 28.8 mi | 14,154 |
| 2. Fort Ticonderoga | 1.9 mi | 1,785 |
| 3. Cook mountain | 1.7 mi | 149 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its public schools are run by the Ticonderoga Central School District. Its two schools are below. The largest public high school is Ticonderoga Junior-Senior High School, with 325 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ticonderoga Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–6 | Grades PK–6 | 396 | C |
| Ticonderoga Junior-Senior High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 7–12 | Grades 7–12 | 325 | C |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NY on state tests and graduation
July afternoons average 78°, cooler than in 95% of U.S. towns; January nights average 7.9°.
Ticonderoga’s July high is 78°F. Ticonderoga has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. Ticonderoga’s January low is 8°F.
| Ticonderoga | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 78°F | 81°F | 85°F |
| January low | 8°F | 16°F | 22°F |
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The average commute for its 1,868 working residents takes 19.4 minutes, against 32.6 across New York.
About one in 3 of Ticonderoga’s working residents works in town. The average trip to work in Ticonderoga is 19 minutes. Jobs based in Ticonderoga fell to 1,882 in 2023, 276 fewer than in 2013.
| Ticonderoga | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 19 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $65,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 82% of New York towns, with expected losses of about $657 per resident a year; that rating is what its C for hazard risk is built on.
Since 2005, 4 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Ticonderoga.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Ticonderoga's reported crime rate is below New York's. Most reported incidents are property crimes, mainly thefts. 9 violent crimes were reported in 2025.
| Ticonderoga | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 2 per 1,000 residents | 0.8 | 1.6 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 8.7 per 1,000 residents | 7.5 | 9.9 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
The nearest emergency room, Porter Hospital, is 22.2 miles away in a straight line. Against the 10,019 U.S. towns with household incomes like Ticonderoga’s, it is healthier than 69%, so its B− isn’t only a matter of income.
Ticonderoga beats the New York average on 5 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 9. 15% of Ticonderoga adults report frequent physical distress.
| Ticonderoga | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 14% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 25% | 25% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 13% | 14% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 35% | 37% | 36% |
| What stands out | Ticonderoga | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 10.8% | 14.5% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.2% | 7.9% |
| More adults with COPD | 9% | 6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Ticonderoga. Close and well known come first.
Big drawin town LandmarkFort Ticonderoga
15 mi LakeLake George
27 mi MountainMount Marcy
30 mi LandmarkFort William Henry
in town LandmarkFort Carillon
34 mi Theme parkGreat EscapeFort Ticonderoga: Mwanner, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lake George: Sixlocal, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Mount Marcy: Daniel Tripp, Public domain · Fort William Henry: IrisKawling at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Fort Carillon: Charny, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Great Escape: Jared and Corin, CC BY-SA 2.0
1 within 15 miles of the center of Ticonderoga
About 4 of every 100 Ticonderoga residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
44.1% of the town is conserved land, across 16 parks and preserves.
22 places in Ticonderoga on the National Register of Historic Places.
9 notable people were born in Ticonderoga.
Town in New York, United States
Ticonderoga () is a town in Essex County, New York, United States. The population was 5,042 at the 2010 census. The name comes from the Mohawk tekontaró:ken, meaning "it is at the junction of two waterways". The Town of Ticonderoga is in the southeastern corner of the county and is south of Plattsburgh. Its downtown and surrounding built up areas in the southeastern part of town comprise the Ticonderoga census designated place, which contains two thirds of the town’s population.
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6 towns share a border with Ticonderoga.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ticonderoga | #517 | C | B | — | C+ | B− |
| Schroon | — | — | B− | — | C− | B+ |
| Crown Point | — | — | B− | — | C− | B |
| Putnam | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Hague | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Schroon and Crown Point have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Ticonderoga, Schroon and Crown Point report no FBI crime data of their own. Putnam and Hague aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Ticonderoga with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Ticonderoga grades C overall, better than 33% of U.S. towns and #517 of 745 in New York. It grades B− for health and C+ for schools. Jobs & income is its weak spot, with a C−.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.
9 notable people were born here, including Michael Witney and Samuel C. Hyde.
