Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Home to 1,519 people, this town lies in New York.
The best of Wright’s subject grades is an A for history; the weakest is a C− for walkability. Wright’s mean commuting time is 33 minutes, against 25 minutes in New York’s towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns. Its National Register listings include Gallupville House and Becker Stone House. Wright has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Wright beats most towns.
Where Wright’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 Wright is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 1,716 in 1850, a low of 755 in 1930, 1,516 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1866 and 2 maps from 1900 on.
6 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Who provides power, water and the rest in Wright, 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 Wright.
Among workers in Wright, 5.9% work remotely from home. Jobs in Wright grew by 45 from 2013 to 2023, reaching 88. For half of commuters, work is under 19 miles away. The top destinations are Middleburgh (12%), Cobleskill (10%) and Schoharie (9%).
| Wright | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 5.9% | 12% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.8% | 10% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 7% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $86,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
FEMA puts 87% of Wright’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding. Compared with 72% of U.S. communities, expected storm and flood damage in the town is higher. Flood insurance has paid out on 9 claims here since 1996.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Wright does better than the New York average on 7 of 32 CDC measures and worse on 7. In Wright, 81% of adults had a checkup this year.
| Wright | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 17% | 16% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 81% | 81% | 79% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 34% | 35% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 5.2% | 5.9% | 8.1% |
| What stands out | Wright | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5.2% | 7.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 11.5% | 17.2% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.3% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The peak summer temperature for Wright comes to 80°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Across 1 park or preserve: 1.9 miles of trail. The biggest place to walk is Dutch Settlement State Forest, 420 acres with 1.1 miles of trail. Wright’s trail network density stands at 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Wright | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 3.1% | 5.2% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Dutch Settlement State Forest | 1.1 mi | 420 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
For households in Wright, the share who own their home is 81%. The town’s median rent comes in at $953 a month.
| Wright | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 81% | 75% | 73% |
| Median rent | $953 a month | $1,101 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Wright. Close and well known come first.
Big draw36 mi MuseumNational Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum315K visitors a year10 mi CaveHowe Caverns
37 mi MuseumOlana State Historic Site
23 mi Stadium & arenaMVP Arena
23 mi MuseumUSS Slater
34 mi WaterfallKaaterskill FallsNational Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum: Beyond My Ken, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Olana State Historic Site: Netniks, CC BY-SA 4.0 · MVP Arena: This image or media was taken or created by Matt H. Wade. To see his entire port, CC BY-SA 3.0 · USS Slater: UpstateNYer, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Kaaterskill Falls: Mwanner, CC BY-SA 3.0
1 within 15 miles of the center of Wright
About 2 of every 100 Wright residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
6 places in Wright on the National Register of Historic Places.
5 towns share a border with Wright.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wright | — | — | B+ | — | B− | B+ |
| Schoharie | #569 | C | B− | — | B− | B |
| Knox | #195 | A− | B | — | B | A |
| Middleburgh | #519 | C | B− | — | B− | B |
| Duanesburg | #309 | B | C+ | — | B | A− |
| Berne | #343 | B | B− | — | B | A− |
Wright has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Wright, Schoharie, Knox, Middleburgh, Duanesburg and Berne report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Wright with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Not for the area. The typical home is worth about $242,000, 54% below the New York typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B+.
