Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Tyrone’s best subject grade is an A− for history; its weakest is a D for incomes. Only 121 of New York’s 1,216 towns score lower on incomes. Tyrone's public schools trail 75% of New York towns on state tests and graduation. Its National Register listings include Weston Schoolhouse and Second Baptist Church of Wayne. Tyrone has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Tyrone beats most towns.
Where Tyrone’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New York), ordered by how far Tyrone is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 1,880 in 1830, 1,650 in 2020. The archive holds 4 old photos and papers going back to 1874 and 2 maps from 1903 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Tyrone, 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 Tyrone.
2.5% of working residents work locally in Tyrone, below both New York’s towns (10%) and U.S. towns (8%). Since 2013, Tyrone has added 28 jobs, to 67 in 2023. 21% of residents live below the poverty line in Tyrone.
| Tyrone | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 21% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.5% | 10% | 8% |
| Median household income | $72,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 24 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Tyrone has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. Tyrone’s July high is 80°F, against 81°F in New York’s towns and 85°F across U.S. towns.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Tyrone beats the New York average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 15. 16% of Tyrone adults report frequent physical distress.
| Tyrone | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 14% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 13% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 25% | 25% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 17% | 19% |
| What stands out | Tyrone | NY |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 10% | 6% |
| More smokers | 16.9% | 11.3% |
| More adults with heart disease | 8.5% | 6.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 57% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
8.7 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves. The biggest place to walk is Sugar Hill State Forest, 448 acres with 1.4 miles of trail.
| Tyrone | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 2.5% | 5.2% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Sugar Hill State Forest | 1.4 mi | 448 |
| 2. Waneta Lamoka Wildlife Management Area | — | 156 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Tyrone. Close and well known come first.
17 mi LakeSeneca Lake
10 mi State parkWatkins Glen State Park
24 mi LakeCayuga Lake
20 mi MuseumCorning Museum of Glass400K visitors a year
24 mi State parkTaughannock Falls State Park
39 mi MountainCumorahSeneca Lake: RochesterNY, Public domain · Watkins Glen State Park: Flickr user: Peter Rivera Stamford, Connecticut https://www.flickr.com/people/ri, CC BY 2.0 · Cayuga Lake: The original uploader was Cornellrockey at English Wikipedia. Later versions we, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Corning Museum of Glass: User:Stilfehler, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Taughannock Falls State Park: Michael C. Rygel, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Cumorah: Hillcumorahpageantstage.jpg: la salebete derivative work: Eustress (talk), CC BY-SA 2.0
1 within 15 miles of the center of Tyrone
About 3 of every 100 Tyrone residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
2 places in Tyrone on the National Register of Historic Places.
Town in New York, United States
Tyrone is a town in Schuyler County, New York, United States. The population was 1,650 at the 2020 census. The town of Tyrone is in the northwest part of the county and is east of Bath.
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4 towns share a border with Tyrone.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyrone | — | — | B− | — | C | C+ |
| Wayne | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Orange | — | — | A− | — | C+ | B |
| Barrington | — | — | C | — | D | C |
| Reading | — | — | C+ | — | C+ | B |
Tyrone, Orange, Barrington and Reading have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Tyrone, Orange, Barrington and Reading report no FBI crime data of their own. Wayne isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Tyrone with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Home to 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.
