Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Home to 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Windsor is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades C+ overall, 498th of 745 graded towns in New York, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is health: it is healthier than 66% of U.S. towns. It also does better than most on schools: its schools rank ahead of 64% of New York towns. Its lowest everyday mark is in incomes: the median household income is $73K, and 11% of residents live below the poverty line. A typical home there costs about $190K, 2.9 years of the Binghamton metro’s $65K median household income. Only 75 of New York’s 1,216 towns score lower on hazard risk. Its National Register listings include Windsor Village Historic District and Jedediah Hotchkiss House. Windsor’s July high is 80°F, below both New York’s towns (81°F) and U.S. towns (85°F).
Where Windsor beats most towns.
Where Windsor’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 Windsor is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 3,354 in 1820, a low of 2,137 in 1920, 5,804 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1876 and 2 maps from 1905 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Windsor, 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 Windsor.
Windsor is healthier than Sanford and its other neighbors and has commutes shorter than most of New York, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of New York (mostly inland flooding).
90% of households own their home in Windsor. Typical home values rose 10% in the year to September 2026. Windsor’s median rent is $874 a month.
| Windsor | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 90% | 75% | 73% |
| Median rent | $874 a month | $1,103 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Its public schools are run by the Windsor Central School District. Its two schools are below. The largest public high school is Windsor Central High School, with 437 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| A F Palmer Elementary School / Windsor Central Middle SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 542 | B− |
| Windsor Central High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 437 | A+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NY on state tests and graduation
The average commute for its 2,298 working residents takes 25.5 minutes, against 32.6 across New York.
Most working residents leave Windsor for work: only 10% work in town. 5.6% of Windsor workers work from home. Since 2013, Windsor has added 55 jobs, to 681 in 2023.
| Windsor | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 5.6% | 12% | 11% |
| Median household income | $73,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 95% of New York towns, with expected losses of about $462 per resident a year; that rating is what its C− for hazard risk is built on.
The FEMA risk score in Windsor is 76 of 100. Since 1978, 43 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Windsor.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
17 miles of trail in 5 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Cascade Valley State Forest, at 531 acres.
| Windsor | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 4.7% | 5.2% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Skyline Drive State Forest | 1.7 mi | 336 |
| 2. Hawkins Pond State Forest | 1.4 mi | 525 |
| 3. Klumpp Park | 0.7 mi | 16 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its B+ for health tops all 3 graded neighbors; Sanford (B−) comes closest.
Windsor beats the New York average on 5 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 9.
| Windsor | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 82% | 81% | 79% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 32% | 33% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 35% | 37% | 36% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 34% | 35% |
| What stands out | Windsor | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5.4% | 7.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 12.2% | 17.2% |
| More adults with arthritis | 32.4% | 24% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Windsor has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 80°, January nights drop to 14° and about 69 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Windsor. Close and well known come first.
13 mi Stadium & arenaBroome County Veterans Memorial Arena39 mi Ski areaGreek Peak Mountain Resort43 runs · 828 ft vertical24 mi Ski areaElk Mountain Ski Resort28 runs · 908 ft vertical12 mi Zoo & aquariumBinghamton Zoo at Ross Park
22 mi National park siteUpper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River380K visitors a year
13 mi GardenCutler Botanic GardenBroome County Veterans Memorial Arena: Bmoore2009 at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River: Jet Lowe (edited by Mitchazenia), Public domain · Cutler Botanic Garden: Jennifer, CC BY-SA 2.0
1 within 15 miles of the center of Windsor
About 3 of every 100 Windsor residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
6 notable people were born in Windsor.
Town in New York, United States
Windsor is a town in Broome County, New York, United States. The population was 5,804 at the 2020 census. The town is on the southern border of the county and is east of Binghamton. The town includes the village of Windsor, located on the Susquehanna River.
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3 towns share a border with Windsor.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windsor | #498 | C+ | C+ | — | B | B+ |
| Colesville | #717 | D | C | — | C | C+ |
| Kirkwood | #518 | C | C+ | — | B | B− |
| Sanford | — | — | A− | — | C | B− |
Sanford has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Windsor, Colesville, Kirkwood and Sanford report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Windsor with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Windsor grades C+ overall, better than 36% of U.S. towns and #498 of 745 in New York. It grades B+ for health and B for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a C−.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.
6 notable people were born here, including Jedediah Hotchkiss and Francis S. Edwards.
