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For most people who can afford it, yes. Tuxedo grades B overall, ranked 317th of 745 in New York. It has 140 miles of trail and 74% conserved land. Residents are healthier than 87% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates and the median household earns $130K. What holds it back is price: the typical home is worth about $688K, 7 years of the Kiryas Joel metro’s $98K median household income. Tuxedo’s average trip to work is 40 minutes, above both the New York town median (25 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). Harriman State Park, at 12,577 acres with 81.6 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. Tuxedo has 3 places on the National Register.
Where Tuxedo beats most towns.
Southfield Furnace Ruin| Widest gap | Tuxedo | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 11.9% | 17.2% |
73.8% of the town is conserved land, across 5 parks and preserves.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New York), ordered by how far Tuxedo is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 1,678 in 1890, 3,811 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1897 and 2 maps from 1931 on.
3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Tuxedo. Close and well known come first.
Big draw15 mi MuseumUnited States Military Academy
Big draw34 mi City parkCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw35 mi Stadium & arenaMadison Square Garden
Big draw30 mi Stadium & arenaMetLife Stadium
Big draw34 mi TheatreStudio 54
Big draw34 mi MuseumMetropolitan Museum of Art2.0M visitors a yearUnited States Military Academy: USMA Public Affairs Office, Public domain · Central Park: Ed Yourdon from New York City, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Madison Square Garden: Ajay Suresh from New York, NY, USA, CC BY 2.0 · MetLife Stadium: babyknight, CC BY 2.0 · Studio 54: Americasroof (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Metropolitan Museum of Art: Hugo Schneider, CC BY-SA 2.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Tuxedo, 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 Tuxedo.
Tuxedo keeps more of its land conserved than most of New York and owes part of its health edge to its incomes, but it has commutes longer than most of New York.
Its 23,051 conserved acres are a larger share of the town than in any other New York town. Its A+ for the outdoors ranks #12 of 758 in New York.
Across 5 parks and preserves: 140 miles of trail. Parks and preserves in Tuxedo: 5, covering 21,915 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Harriman State Park | 81.6 mi | 12,577 |
| 2. Sterling Forest State Park | 38.9 mi | 8,833 |
| 3. Appalachian National Scenic Trail | 3.9 mi | 495 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Two of its 4 schools are below, each with the reason it’s listed. The public schools here belong to the Tuxedo Union Free School District. 2 public schools serve Tuxedo, with 182 students in all.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| George Grant Mason Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 86 | C |
| George F Baker High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 6–12 | Grades 6–12 | 96 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NY on state tests and graduation
Against the 4,587 U.S. towns with household incomes like Tuxedo’s, it is healthier than 64%, a smaller edge than it has nationally: part of it comes with its incomes.
In Tuxedo, 22% of adults get no exercise outside work. Among adults in the town, 14% report frequent mental distress and 29% feel lonely.
| Tuxedo | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 21% | 23% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 16% | 17% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 32% | 33% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 13% | 14% |
| What stands out | Tuxedo | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 11.9% | 17.2% |
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 8.9% | 12.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The average commute for its 1,335 working residents takes 40.3 minutes, against 32.6 across New York.
Most people who work leave Tuxedo to do it: just 8% work in town. The top destinations are New York (25%), Ramapo (11%) and Orangetown (4%). For half of commuters, work is under 21 miles away.
| Tuxedo | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $130,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 7.7% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 19° and about 36 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
74% of Tuxedo’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by hurricanes at 9%. On expected storm and flood damage, Tuxedo sits below 52% of U.S. communities. Paid flood insurance claims in the town since 1983: 29.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
19 within 15 miles of the center of Tuxedo
About 6 of every 100 Tuxedo residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New York.
Where Tuxedo’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
3 places in Tuxedo on the National Register of Historic Places.
Town in New York, United States
Tuxedo is a town and village in Orange County, New York, United States, along the Ramapo River. As of the 2020 census, the town had a total population of 3,811. The village was incorporated in 2021 and comprises all of the town that is not part of the village of Tuxedo Park. As of the 2020 Census, the village has a population of 3,169. The town is in the southeastern part of the county in the Ramapo Mountains. New York State Route 17 and the New York State Thruway (Interstate 87) pass through the town. The name is derived from a Lenape word tucseto, which has several known meanings.
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7 towns share a border with Tuxedo.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuxedo | #317 | B | D | — | B | A |
| Tuxedo | — | — | D | — | B | — |
| Woodbury · Woodbury | #305 | B | D | — | B | A |
| Warwick | #198 | A− | D | — | A− | A |
| Ramapo | #503 | C+ | D− | A− | D | B+ |
| Monroe | #496 | C+ | D− | — | B | C+ |
| Sloatsburg | #288 | B | D | — | B+ | A |
Tuxedo, Tuxedo, Woodbury, Warwick, Monroe and Sloatsburg report no FBI crime data of their own. Tuxedo isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Woodbury and Woodbury are one community, graded once. Compare Tuxedo with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Tuxedo grades B overall, better than 60% of U.S. towns and #317 of 745 in New York. It grades A for health and B for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D.
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