Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 3,999.
Whitehall grades D− overall, 723rd of 745 graded towns in New York, mostly because of incomes and schools. The median household income is $54K, and 21% of residents live below the poverty line. Its schools rank behind 90% of the state's. One bright spot: it has 25 miles of trail. History is its standout character grade: an A+, better than 98% of U.S. towns, with 6 places on the National Register. 16% of the land in Whitehall is conserved, against 5.2% in New York’s towns and 4.3% across U.S. towns. On health, just 53 of New York’s 1,213 towns do worse. The biggest place to walk is The Saddles State Forest, 2,448 acres with 12.6 miles of trail.
Where Whitehall beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Where Whitehall’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 Whitehall is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 2,341 in 1820, a peak of 6,008 in 1920, 4,023 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1874 and 3 maps from 1893 on.
6 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Who provides power, water and the rest in Whitehall, 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 Whitehall.
Whitehall has commutes shorter than most of New York, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of New York (mostly inland flooding) and is a long drive from an emergency room.
Its public schools are run by the Whitehall Central School District. Its two schools are below. The largest public high school is Whitehall Junior-Senior High School, with 325 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whitehall Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–6 | Grades PK–6 | 332 | D |
| Whitehall Junior-Senior High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 7–12 | Grades 7–12 | 325 | B− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NY on state tests and graduation
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. The Saddles State Forest | 12.6 mi | 2,448 |
| 2. Dolph Pond State Forest | 4.7 mi | 720 |
| 3. Riverside Park | 0.4 mi | 7 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
The nearest emergency room, Glens Falls Hospital, is 20.7 miles away in a straight line. Against the 7,201 U.S. towns with household incomes like Whitehall’s, it is less healthy than 60%, so its C− isn’t only a matter of income.
19% of adults smoke cigarettes in Whitehall, where New York’s towns sit at 13% and U.S. towns at 14%. 32% of Whitehall adults get no exercise outside work. Whitehall beats the New York average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 20.
| Whitehall | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 13% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 14% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 25% | 25% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 17% | 19% |
| What stands out | Whitehall | NY |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 10.6% | 6% |
| More smokers | 19.4% | 11.3% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 19% | 12.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The average commute for its 1,660 working residents takes 25.6 minutes, against 32.6 across New York.
Most working residents leave Whitehall for work: only 16% work in town. Jobs based in Whitehall fell to 719 in 2023, 39 fewer than in 2013. The top destinations are Rutland (9%), Glens Falls (5%) and Granville (5%).
| Whitehall | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $54,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 26 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 89% of New York towns, with expected losses of about $520 per resident a year; that rating is what its C for hazard risk is built on.
Whitehall’s FEMA risk score is 68 of 100. Since 1979, 8 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Whitehall.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Whitehall has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 11° and about 75 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Whitehall. Close and well known come first.
Big draw21 mi LandmarkFort Ticonderoga
10 mi LakeLake George
18 mi LandmarkFort William Henry
20 mi Theme parkGreat Escape
30 mi Ski areaKillington Resort184 runs · 3,031 ft vertical
30 mi State parkGrant Cottage State Historic SiteFort Ticonderoga: Mwanner, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lake George: Sixlocal, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fort William Henry: IrisKawling at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Great Escape: Jared and Corin, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Killington Resort: NHRHS2010, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Grant Cottage State Historic Site: Coingeek at English Wikipedia, Public domain
None within 15 miles of Whitehall; the nearest are
About 2 of every 100 Whitehall residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
6 places in Whitehall on the National Register of Historic Places.
10 notable people were born in Whitehall.
Town in New York, United States
Whitehall is a town in Washington County, New York, United States. It is part of the Glens Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area. The town population was 4,023 at the 2020 census. The Town of Whitehall contains a village also named Whitehall.
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6 towns share a border with Whitehall.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitehall | #723 | D− | B | — | D | C− |
| Whitehall | — | — | B− | — | D | C− |
| Dresden | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Hampton | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Fort Ann | #367 | B− | B | — | B | B− |
| Granville | #527 | C | B+ | — | C− | C+ |
Whitehall has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Whitehall, Whitehall, Fort Ann and Granville report no FBI crime data of their own. Dresden and Hampton aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Whitehall with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Whitehall grades D− overall, better than 4% of U.S. towns and #723 of 745 in New York. It grades C− for health and D for schools. Jobs & income is its weak spot, with a D−.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.
10 notable people were born here, including Harold J. Arthur and George Frederick Wright.
