Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A good place to live, if you can afford it. Where it does best is health: residents are healthier than 88% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. Warwick grades A− overall, better than 76% of U.S. towns, and ranks 198th of 745 in New York. What holds it back is cost of living: the typical home is worth about $583K, 5.9 years of the Kiryas Joel metro’s $98K median household income. Sterling Forest State Park, at 8,725 acres with 38.8 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. Only 107 of New York’s 1,187 towns score higher on civic life. The town’s mean commuting time is 40 minutes, against 25 minutes in New York’s towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns. This New York town is more walkable than 78% of U.S. towns.
Figures: health, CDC PLACES · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · OpenStreetMap.
Where Warwick beats most towns.
Warwick Village Historic District
Census counts: 4,506 in 1820, 32,027 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1867 and 3 maps from 1906 on.
8 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New York), ordered by how far Warwick is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Warwick. Close and well known come first.
Big draw23 mi MuseumUnited States Military Academy
Big draw39 mi City parkCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw34 mi Stadium & arenaMetLife Stadium
Big draw40 mi TheatreStudio 54
Big draw39 mi MuseumMetropolitan Museum of Art2.0M visitors a year
Big draw37 mi Stadium & arenaYankee StadiumUnited States Military Academy: USMA Public Affairs Office, Public domain · Central Park: Ed Yourdon from New York City, USA, CC BY-SA 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 · Yankee Stadium: Matt Boulton, CC BY-SA 2.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Warwick, 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 Warwick.
Warwick has better schools than Florida or any other neighbor and has less food insecurity than most of New York, but it has commutes longer than most of New York.
Warwick’s trail network density comes in at 0.8 miles per square mile. Walkers can cover 87 miles of trail in 15 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Sterling Forest State Park | 38.8 mi | 8,725 |
| 2. Appalachian National Scenic Trail | 11.3 mi | 1,698 |
| 3. Cascade Lake Park | 3.4 mi | 509 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its A− is the best School Grade on its borders; Florida (B+) is next. Its A− for schools comes with a D for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $583K.
Its public schools are run by the Warwick Valley Central School District. Below: Two of its 9 schools, each with why it was picked. Public school enrollment in the town: 3,068 students across 6 schools.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warwick Valley Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 5–8 | Grades 5–8 | 1,069 | B− |
| Warwick Valley High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,314 | A+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NY on state tests and graduation
Its widest gap with New York is food insecurity: 10.4% of its 12,222 adults worry about having enough food, against 17.2% statewide.
14% of adults report frequent mental distress in Warwick. This New York town beats the New York average on 14 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1.
| Warwick | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 21% | 23% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 32% | 33% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 16% | 17% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 13% | 14% |
| What stands out | Warwick | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 10.4% | 17.2% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 10% | 14.5% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.8% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The average commute for its 13,127 working residents takes 39.9 minutes, against 32.6 across New York.
Warwick’s middle household income is $119,000. About one in five of the town’s working residents works in town. The share of workers in Warwick who work from home: 20%. Since 2013, Warwick has added 414 jobs, to 7,548 in 2023.
| Warwick | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 40 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 20% | 12% | 11% |
| Median household income | $119,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 21% | 10% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
14 violent crimes were reported in 2025. For Warwick, the level of property crime is 2.7 per 1,000 residents. Warwick's reported crime rate is well below New York's. Most reported incidents are property crimes, mainly thefts.
| Warwick | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 2.7 per 1,000 residents | 7.6 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.7 per 1,000 residents | 0.8 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
The median property tax bill is $9,982, against $6,582 across New York, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
For Warwick, the median rent is $1,496 a month. Zillow values the typical Warwick home at about $583,000, up 4.6% in a year, 11% above the New York typical home. Warwick: nearly four in five households live in a home they own.
| Warwick | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,496 a month | $1,098 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 79% | 75% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Federal disaster aid has reached households in Warwick after 10 declared disasters, most recently in 2021. On expected storm and flood damage, Warwick sits below 58% of U.S. communities. Since 1979, Warwick has seen 39 flood insurance claims paid out. Of the losses FEMA expects locally, 70% come from inland flooding and 10% from hurricanes.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Among residents in Warwick, 19% are under 18. No age group stands out against New York: all are within 4 points. A bachelor’s degree or higher: 43% of adults 25 and older, vs 40% across New York.
| Warwick | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 43% | 32% | 29% |
| Under 18 | 19% | 20% | 22% |
| Median age | 44 years | 42.9 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 20% | 20% | 18% |
49% women, 51% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±1.4 points. Across New York, 51.2% of residents are women. Median age: women 44.9, men 43.0.
| Warwick | NY | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 10.4% | 11% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 8.6% | 9.5% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7.6% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 12.1% | 14.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 12.1% | 13% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 13.5% | 12.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 15.3% | 13.3% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 12.1% | 10.3% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 8.3% | 7.6% | 7% |
| No diploma | 5.8% | 12% | 10.4% |
| High school | 24.5% | 24.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 17.1% | 14.6% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 9.3% | 8.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 28.1% | 22.4% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 15.1% | 17.9% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
3 within 15 miles of the center of Warwick
About 6 of every 100 Warwick residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New York.
8 places in Warwick on the National Register of Historic Places.
6 notable people were born in Warwick.
Town in the State of New York
Warwick is a town in the southwestern part of Orange County, New York, United States. Its population was 32,027 at the 2020 census. The town contains three villages (Florida, Greenwood Lake, and Warwick) and eight hamlets (Amity, Bellvale, Edenville, Little York, Wisner, New Milford, Pine Island, and Sterling Forest).
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10 towns share a border with Warwick.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warwick | #198 | A− | D | — | A− | A |
| Minisink | #444 | C+ | D | — | B | A− |
| Wawayanda | #432 | B− | D | — | B | A− |
| Goshen | #133 | A | D | A | B | A |
| Florida | #73 | A | C− | A+ | B+ | A− |
| Tuxedo | #317 | B | D | — | B | A |
| Tuxedo | — | — | D | — | B | — |
| Chester | #181 | A− | C− | — | B+ | A |
Warwick, Minisink, Wawayanda, Tuxedo, Tuxedo and Chester report no FBI crime data of their own. Tuxedo isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Warwick with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Warwick grades A− overall, better than 76% of U.S. towns and #198 of 745 in New York. It grades A for health and A− 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.
6 notable people were born here, including Gus Dapperton and Audrey MacLean.
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