Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Whitestown is one of the best-graded places in America: an A, 67th among New York's 745 graded towns. Crime is low: it reports less per resident than 96% of U.S. towns. Its lowest mark, a B−, is in cost of living. Whitestown’s average trip to work is 17 minutes, where New York’s towns sit at 25 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. On civic life, just 112 of New York’s 1,187 towns do worse. Whitestown has 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Middle Mill Historic District and Whitestown Town Hall.
Where Whitestown beats most towns.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New York), ordered by how far Whitestown is from typical.
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Census counts: 1,891 in 1790, 18,118 in 2020. The archive holds 4 old photos and papers going back to 2018 and 3 maps from 1895 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Whitestown, 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 Whitestown.
Whitestown reports less crime than Rome or any other graded neighbor and trades workers with Utica and other neighbors.
Its A+ tops all 4 graded towns on its borders; Rome (C) comes closest. Violent crime is rare: 0 reported in 2025, 0 per 1,000 residents.
Whitestown’s property crime rate is 3 per 1,000 residents.
| Whitestown | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 3 per 1,000 residents | 7.6 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0 per 1,000 residents | 0.8 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Its public schools are run by the Whitesboro Central School District. Three of its 7 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whitesboro Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 7–8 | Grades 7–8 | 474 | B |
| Oriskany Junior-Senior High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 7–12 | Grades 7–12 | 229 | B |
| Harts Hill SchoolTop results in townGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 321 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NY on state tests and graduation
Whitestown beats the New York average on 7 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 3. 18% of Whitestown adults binge drink.
| Whitestown | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 17% | 16% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 21% | 23% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 17% | 19% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 11% | 12% |
| What stands out | Whitestown | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 11.5% | 17.2% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5.3% | 7.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.9% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Whitestown has cold winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 82° and January nights drop to 13°.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 66% of U.S. communities. Since 2000, 14 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Whitestown.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Whitestown has about as many jobs (8,549) as working residents, but only 1,135 people both live and work here. The average commute takes 17 minutes, against 32.6 across New York.
Most working residents leave Whitestown for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Utica (23%), New Hartford (16%) and Rome (6%). Half commute less than 5 miles.
| Whitestown | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 15% | 10% | 8% |
| Work from home | 9% | 12% | 11% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the New York average. Whitestown has lost 2.4% of its people since 2020, down to 17,697 in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. 35% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 40% across New York.
| Whitestown | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 21% | 20% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 35% | 32% | 29% |
| Under 18 | 21% | 20% | 22% |
| Median age | 41.1 years | 43 years | 40.5 years |
51% women, 49% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±2 points. Across New York, 51.2% of residents are women.
| Whitestown | NY | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 9.6% | 11% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 10.9% | 9.5% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7.7% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 13.2% | 14.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 13% | 13% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 12% | 12.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 12.5% | 13.3% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 11.6% | 10.3% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 9.5% | 7.6% | 7% |
| No diploma | 5.6% | 12% | 10.4% |
| High school | 28.8% | 24.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 19.1% | 14.6% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 11.8% | 8.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 19.2% | 22.4% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 15.6% | 17.9% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
2.0 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Oriskany Flats Wildlife Management Area, at 412 acres. The trail density in Whitestown is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Whitestown | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 4.2% | 5.2% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Oriskany Flats Wildlife Management Area | — | 412 |
| 2. Oriskany Battlefield State Historic Site | — | 36 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Whitestown. Close and well known come first.
Big draw37 mi MuseumNational Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum315K visitors a year
8 mi National MonumentFort Stanwix National Monument78K visitors a year
6 mi Stadium & arenaUtica Memorial Auditorium19 mi LandmarkFort Dayton
6 mi MuseumMunson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute
6 mi TheatreStanley TheaterNational Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum: Beyond My Ken, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fort Stanwix National Monument: NPS photo, Public domain · Utica Memorial Auditorium: Doug Kerr, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute: Kenneth C. Zirkel, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Stanley Theater: Doug Kerr from Albany, New York, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0
5 within 15 miles of the center of Whitestown
About 4 of every 100 Whitestown residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
6 notable people were born in Whitestown.
Town in New York, United States
Whitestown is a town in Oneida County, New York, United States. The population was 18,667 at the 2010 census. The name is derived from Judge Hugh White, an early settler. The town is immediately west of Utica and the New York State Thruway (Interstate 90) passes across the town.
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9 towns share a border with Whitestown.
At #67 in NY, it grades higher overall than all 6 graded towns on its borders; Westmoreland (A−) comes closest.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitestown | #67 | A | B− | A+ | B+ | B+ |
| Marcy | #175 | A− | C | — | B+ | B+ |
| Westmoreland | #150 | A− | B− | — | A− | B |
| New Hartford | #269 | B+ | C+ | C− | A | A |
| Utica | #720 | D | C+ | D | C− | D |
| Yorkville | #322 | B | B | D | B+ | B |
| Rome | #687 | D | B− | C | D | C− |
| Clark Mills | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Marcy and Westmoreland report no FBI crime data of their own. Clark Mills isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Whitestown with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Yes, by almost any measure. Whitestown grades A overall, better than 93% of U.S. towns and #67 of 745 in New York. It grades B+ for health, A+ for safety and B+ for schools.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.
6 notable people were born here, including Hugh White and John Parsons Cook.
