Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town settled in 2006, now home to 12,219 people.
Woodbury’s mean commuting time is 41 minutes, above both New York’s towns (25 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes). Among 266 New York towns, just 7 have a higher property crime rate than Woodbury. 46% of the land in Woodbury is conserved, above both New York’s towns (5.2%) and U.S. towns (4.3%). The biggest place to walk is Harriman State Park, 7,708 acres with 34.9 miles of trail. We don’t grade Woodbury yet; the figures below are still real.
46.4% of the town is conserved land, across 6 parks and preserves.
Census counts: 1,528 in 1890, 12,197 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1803 and 6 maps from 1902 on.
3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Woodbury. Close and well known come first.
Big draw9 mi MuseumUnited States Military Academy
Big draw38 mi City parkCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw36 mi Stadium & arenaMetLife Stadium
Big draw39 mi TheatreStudio 54
Big draw39 mi MuseumMetropolitan Museum of Art2.0M visitors a year
Big draw36 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 Woodbury, 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 Woodbury.
For Woodbury, the trail network density is 1.8 miles per square mile. Trails run 65 miles in 6 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Harriman State Park | 34.9 mi | 7,708 |
| 2. Schunnemunk State Park | 5.8 mi | 1,712 |
| 3. Earl Reservoir Park | 2.1 mi | 243 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Below: Two of its 5 schools, each with why it was picked. The public schools here belong to the Monroe-Woodbury Central School District. Also worth knowing: the largest public high school is Monroe-Woodbury High School, with 2,285 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monroe-Woodbury Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 1,559 | C− |
| Monroe-Woodbury High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 2,285 | A+ |
NCES · EDFacts
Households in Woodbury have drawn federal disaster aid in 10 declared disasters, most recently in 2023. On expected storm and flood damage, Woodbury sits below 85% of U.S. communities. The town has had 51 paid flood insurance claims since 1979. Of the losses FEMA expects in the town, 56% come from inland flooding and 14% from hurricanes.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Summer afternoons peak near 81° in July, and January nights bottom out around 18°; snowfall runs to about 36 inches a winter. Summers in Woodbury are pleasant, and winters chilly, snowy, with plenty of rain.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
College graduates make up 46% of adults 25 and older, against 40% across New York. People 65 and older are just over one in ten residents (18% statewide); children under 18 are 26% of residents (21% statewide). For Woodbury, the median age is 38.1 years.
| Woodbury | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 11% | 20% | 18% |
| Under 18 | 26% | 20% | 22% |
| Median age | 38.1 years | 43 years | 40.5 years |
49% women, 51% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3.6 points. Across New York, 51.2% of residents are women.
| Woodbury | NY | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 12.1% | 11% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 14.2% | 9.5% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 11.7% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 10.2% | 14.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 12.4% | 13% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 16.6% | 12.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 11.8% | 13.3% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 7.2% | 10.3% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 3.9% | 7.6% | 7% |
| No diploma | 7.5% | 12% | 10.4% |
| High school | 19.5% | 24.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 16% | 14.6% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 10.6% | 8.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 26.1% | 22.4% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 20.3% | 17.9% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
For residents in Woodbury, the share who live below the poverty line is 5%. Most people who work leave Woodbury to do it: just 10% work in town. Its median household income comes in at $111,000. It had 5,634 jobs in 2023, down 1,235 from 2013.
| Woodbury | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $111,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 5% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Most reported incidents are property crimes, mainly thefts. Woodbury's reported crime rate is well above New York's. In Woodbury, the rate of reported violence is 0.6 per 1,000 residents.
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Among adults in Woodbury, 9.8% smoke cigarettes. In Woodbury, 17% of adults have been diagnosed with depression.
| Woodbury | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 21% | 23% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 34% | 35% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 9.8% | 13% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | Woodbury | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 7.8% | 12.8% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 12.2% | 17.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
18 within 15 miles of the center of Woodbury
About 7 of every 100 Woodbury residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New York.
3 places in Woodbury on the National Register of Historic Places.
Town and village in New York, United States
Woodbury is a town and village in Orange County, New York, United States. The town population was 12,197 at the 2020 census. The village was incorporated in 2006 and comprises all of the town that is not part of the village of Harriman. The region was once called Woodbury Clove. It is part of the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh metropolitan area as well as the larger New York metropolitan area. Woodbury is in the southeastern part of Orange County. The town also has four schools, which are part of the Monroe-Woodbury Central school District.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
10 towns share a border with Woodbury.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodbury | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Woodbury | #305 | B | D | — | B | A |
| Blooming Grove | #319 | B | D | A− | B | B+ |
| Tuxedo | — | — | D | — | B | — |
| Tuxedo | #317 | B | D | — | B | A |
| Mountain Lodge Park | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Highlands | #173 | A− | D | A+ | B | — |
| Monroe | #496 | C+ | D− | — | B | C+ |
Woodbury, Tuxedo, Tuxedo and Monroe report no FBI crime data of their own. Woodbury, Tuxedo and Mountain Lodge Park aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Woodbury with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
We don’t grade Woodbury yet; the figures below are still real.
_-_Central_Park,_NYC.jpg){kind=link}
