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A town of 1,813. 5.2 times the nonprofits per person than the typical New York town.
Webb’s best subject grades are an A for safety and the outdoors and an A+ for civic life; its weakest is a C for cost of living. 39% of working residents work locally in Webb, above both the New York town median (10%) and the median of U.S. towns (8%). Only 2 of the 759 New York towns we compare have a lower July high than Webb. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 70% of U.S. towns. 82% of the land in Webb is conserved, against 5.2% in New York’s towns and 4.3% across U.S. towns. The biggest place to walk is Five Ponds Wilderness, 59,449 acres with 19.3 miles of trail. On civic life, just 46 of New York’s 1,187 towns do better. Webb has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Webb beats most towns.
Covewood Lodge81.6% of the town is conserved land, across 16 parks and preserves.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New York), ordered by how far Webb is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 920 in 1900, 1,797 in 2020. The archive holds 2 old photos and papers going back to 1931 and 3 maps from 1912 on.
6 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Who provides power, water and the rest in Webb, 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 Webb.
184 miles of trail wind through 16 parks and preserves. The density of trails in Webb is 0.4 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Black River Wild Forest | 29.1 mi | 28,911 |
| 2. Five Ponds Wilderness | 19.3 mi | 59,449 |
| 3. Ha-De-Ron-Dah Wilderness | 18.9 mi | 21,276 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its one school is below. The Town Of Webb Union Free School District runs its public schools. 236 students attend the town’s public school.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Town of Webb SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades PK–12 | Grades PK–12 | 236 | B |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NY on state tests and graduation
Webb recorded no violent offenses. For Webb, the level of property crime is 7.7 per 1,000 residents.
| Webb | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0 per 1,000 residents | 0.8 | 1.6 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 7.7 per 1,000 residents | 7.5 | 9.9 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
The seasons in Webb: cold, snowy winters, cool summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 75°, January nights drop to 5° and about 158 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The typical journey to work for Webb comes to 30 minutes. Roughly one working resident in three has a job in Webb itself. Between 2013 and 2023, jobs here rose by 95, to 868. For half of commuters, work is under 35 miles away.
| Webb | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 1.4% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 30 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $108,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Webb: 34% of adults sleep under 7 hours. Of 32 CDC measures, Webb beats the New York average on 10 and trails it on 8. Two figures for adults here: 83% had a checkup this year, 14% report frequent mental distress.
| Webb | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 32% | 33% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 83% | 81% | 79% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 16% | 17% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 21% | 23% |
| What stands out | Webb | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 8.8% | 14.5% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 4.9% | 7.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 12.3% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
FEMA puts 92% of Webb’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding. Compared with 53% of U.S. communities, expected storm and flood damage in the town is lower. Households here have drawn federal disaster aid in 2 declared disasters, most recently in 2017.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
None within 15 miles of Webb; the nearest are
About 6 of every 100 Webb residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New York.
6 places in Webb on the National Register of Historic Places.
Town in New York, United States
Webb (sometimes referred to as Webb Town) is the northernmost town in Herkimer County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 Census it had a population of 1,797. It is named after William Seward Webb, president of the Raquette Lake Transportation Company, the Fulton Chain Railway Company, Fulton Navigation Company, and the Mohawk and Malone Railway. The railroads in Webb were instrumental in opening the Adirondacks to the tourism rush of the mid-to-late 19th century. The Adirondack Railroad resumed tourist passenger service through the town in 2022.
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8 towns share a border with Webb.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Webb | — | — | C | A | B | B |
| Ohio | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Long Lake | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Fine | — | — | A− | — | D | C− |
| Watson | — | — | A− | — | B− | B− |
| Greig | — | — | B | — | B− | C |
| Inlet | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Forestport | — | — | A− | — | C | B |
Webb, Fine, Watson, Greig and Forestport have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Fine, Watson, Greig and Forestport report no FBI crime data of their own. Ohio, Long Lake and Inlet aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Webb with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
5.2 times the nonprofits per person than the typical New York town.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.
