Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The best of Urbana’s subject grades are an A+ for history and an A− for civic life and the outdoors; the weakest is a C for hazard risk. Urbana’s midpoint age is 59.6 years, where New York’s towns sit at 43 years and U.S. towns at 40.5 years. Its National Register listings include Pleasant Valley Wine Company and Pulteney Square Historic District. Urbana has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Urbana beats most towns.
Pleasant Valley Wine Company
Census counts: 1,288 in 1830, a peak of 2,982 in 1980, 2,125 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1873 and 2 maps from 1903 on.
7 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New York), ordered by how far Urbana is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Who provides power, water and the rest in Urbana, 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 Urbana.
People 65 and older are nearly two in five residents (18% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 13% of residents (23% statewide). 14% of residents are under 18 in Urbana, below both New York’s towns (20%) and U.S. towns (22%). Here, 36% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree, against 40% in New York as a whole. The town is shrinking: down 3% since 2020, to 2,048 residents (2025 estimate).
| Urbana | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 14% | 20% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 36% | 32% | 29% |
46% women, 54% men
About 120 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±3.4 points). Across New York, 51.2% of residents are women. Among residents 65 to 74, 62% are men (NY 47%).
| Urbana | NY | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 8.3% | 11% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 5.7% | 9.5% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 2.4% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 10.3% | 14.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 7.7% | 13% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 9.2% | 12.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 17.5% | 13.3% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 28.5% | 10.3% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 10.3% | 7.6% | 7% |
| No diploma | 5.4% | 12% | 10.4% |
| High school | 32.9% | 24.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 14% | 14.6% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 11.9% | 8.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 22.3% | 22.4% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 13.5% | 17.9% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,000, single groups can be off by several points
Its two schools are below. The Hammondsport Central School District runs its public schools. The 2 public schools in Urbana teach 392 students between them.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glenn H Curtiss Memorial SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–6 | Grades PK–6 | 199 | B |
| Hammondsport Junior-Senior High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 7–12 | Grades 7–12 | 193 | B |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NY on state tests and graduation
Paid flood insurance claims in Urbana since 1978: 12. Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in just over two thirds of U.S. communities. Of the losses FEMA expects locally, 90% come from inland flooding. Federal disaster aid has reached households in Urbana after 4 declared disasters, most recently in 2014.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The range runs from 15° on a January night to 81° on a July afternoon, with about 48 inches of snow a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Since 2013, Urbana has added 329 jobs, to 1,019 in 2023. One in 5 of the town’s working residents works locally. The town’s average trip to work comes in at 22 minutes. The top destinations are Bath (14%), Corning (6%) and Milo (4%).
| Urbana | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 21% | 10% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 8.4% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Trails run 22 miles in 9 parks and preserves. The biggest place to walk is Urbana State Forest, 1,812 acres with 5.4 miles of trail. The trail network density for Urbana comes to 0.5 miles per square mile.
| Urbana | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 9.9% | 5.2% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.5 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Urbana State Forest | 5.4 mi | 1,812 |
| 2. Pigtail Hollow State Forest | 0.8 mi | 132 |
| 3. Mount Washington Multiple Use Area | — | 437 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
For adults in Urbana, the share who report frequent physical distress is 15%. Of 32 CDC measures, Urbana beats the New York average on 8 and trails it on 10. Two figures for adults locally: 83% had a checkup this year, 30% feel lonely.
| Urbana | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 34% | 35% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 83% | 81% | 79% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 32% | 33% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 11% | 12% |
| What stands out | Urbana | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5.5% | 7.9% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 10.2% | 14.5% |
| More adults with COPD | 9.2% | 6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Urbana. Close and well known come first.
24 mi LakeSeneca Lake
18 mi State parkWatkins Glen State Park
33 mi LakeCayuga Lake
20 mi MuseumCorning Museum of Glass400K visitors a year
33 mi State parkTaughannock Falls State Park
38 mi Stadium & arenaSchoellkopf FieldSeneca 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 · Schoellkopf Field: Alex Sergeev, (www.asergeev.com) Originally uploaded by en:User:Cornell010, CC BY-SA 3.0
None within 15 miles of Urbana; the nearest are
About 0 of every 100 Urbana residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
7 places in Urbana on the National Register of Historic Places.
Town in New York, United States
Urbana is a town in Steuben County, New York, United States. The population was 2,125 at the 2020 census. The Town of Urbana is in the northeastern part of the county and is northeast of Bath.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
6 towns share a border with Urbana.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Urbana | — | — | B− | — | B+ | B− |
| Wheeler | — | — | B | — | C+ | C |
| Bath | #547 | C | B+ | — | B− | C |
| Wayne | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pulteney | — | — | C | — | B | C+ |
| Bradford | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Prattsburgh | — | — | A− | — | C+ | C |
Urbana, Wheeler, Pulteney and Prattsburgh have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Urbana, Wheeler, Bath, Pulteney and Prattsburgh report no FBI crime data of their own. Wayne and Bradford aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Urbana with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.
