Is Virgil a good place to live?
Virgil’s best subject grade is an A for the outdoors; its weakest is a D for walkability. On walkability, just 106 of New York’s 1,216 towns do worse. Virgil's public schools trail 72% of New York towns on state tests and graduation. 16% of the land in Virgil is conserved, above both New York’s towns (5.2%) and U.S. towns (4.3%). Tuller Hill State Forest, at 2,487 acres with 22.2 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. On history, just 113 of New York’s 1,216 towns do worse. Virgil has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
97% of working residents leave Virgil for work
Where Virgil’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Virgil grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New York), ordered by how far Virgil is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Virgil: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Virgil, 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 Virgil.
Most of Virgil’s workers commute out: the town has 0.4 jobs for each of them
Most working residents leave Virgil for work: only 3% work in town. Since 2013, Virgil has added 42 jobs, to 450 in 2023. At 27 minutes, Virgil’s average trip to work is above both the New York town median (25 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes).
| Virgil | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 3.3% | 10% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 7.1% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $91,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Conserved land covers 16.2% of Virgil
47 miles of trail in 3 parks and preserves. Virgil’s trail density is 1.0 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Tuller Hill State Forest | 22.2 mi | 2,487 |
| 2. James Kennedy State Forest | 8 mi | 1,319 |
| 3. Hoxie Gorge State Forest | 5.5 mi | 897 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Virgil stands out in New York and nationally: a typical July afternoon there is cooler
The July high in Virgil is 78°F. Virgil has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Residents of Virgil are healthier than 64% of U.S. towns
Virgil beats the New York average on 3 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 6. 18% of Virgil adults report frequent mental distress.
| Virgil | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 16% | 17% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 17% | 16% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 34% | 35% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 33% | 35% |
| What stands out | Virgil | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.1% | 7.9% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 12.2% | 14.5% |
| More adults with depression | 23.2% | 17.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
More middle-aged adults than New York overall
Adults 35 to 64 are 46% of residents (39% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 17% of residents (23% statewide). Virgil has lost 2.1% of its people since 2020, down to 2,375 in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. 17% of residents are 65 or older in Virgil.
| Virgil | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 44.8 years | 43 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 17% | 20% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 35% | 32% | 29% |
| Under 18 | 21% | 20% | 22% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 117 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±2.3 points). Across New York, 51.2% of residents are women.
| Virgil | NY | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 7.6% | 11% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 12.8% | 9.5% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 9.6% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 7.4% | 14.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 13.3% | 13% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 18.3% | 12.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 14.1% | 13.3% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 11.2% | 10.3% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 5.8% | 7.6% | 7% |
| No diploma | 4.6% | 12% | 10.4% |
| High school | 28.8% | 24.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 15.6% | 14.6% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 15.9% | 8.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 18.1% | 22.4% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 17% | 17.9% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,400, single groups can be off by several points
Moderate risk in Virgil, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 57% of U.S. communities. Since 1981, 5 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Virgil.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
JMA Wireless Dome and 28 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Virgil. Close and well known come first.
36 mi Stadium & arenaJMA Wireless Dome
38 mi LakeSeneca Lake
30 mi LakeCayuga Lakein town Ski areaGreek Peak Mountain Resort43 runs · 828 ft vertical
22 mi State parkTaughannock Falls State Park
37 mi State parkWatkins Glen State ParkPhoto credits
JMA Wireless Dome: Jimhoward03, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Seneca Lake: RochesterNY, Public domain · Cayuga Lake: The original uploader was Cornellrockey at English Wikipedia. Later versions we, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Taughannock Falls State Park: Michael C. Rygel, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Watkins Glen State Park: Flickr user: Peter Rivera Stamford, Connecticut https://www.flickr.com/people/ri, CC BY 2.0
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Everything we know about Virgil
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Virgil
About 4 of every 100 Virgil residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
Virgil’s neighbors
6 towns share a border with Virgil.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virgil | — | — | C | — | C | B |
| Cortlandville | #445 | C+ | B− | — | C+ | B |
| Harford | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dryden | #630 | C− | C | — | C− | A− |
| Blodgett Mills | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Freetown | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Lapeer | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Virgil has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Virgil, Cortlandville and Dryden report no FBI crime data of their own. Harford, Blodgett Mills, Freetown and Lapeer aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Virgil with a neighbor →
Questions about Virgil
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Virgil, NY expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.
What is Virgil, NY known for?
2 notable people were born here, including Martha B. O'Donnell and Michael Frank.