Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 2,572, settled in 1889.
Yorkville grades B overall, 322nd among New York's 745 graded towns, with clear strengths and some subjects that lag. The median household earns $73K and it is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 87% of U.S. towns. On the other side, its police reported 5 violent crimes reported to the FBI in 2025, a higher rate per resident than 94% of U.S. towns. Yorkville’s property offense rate is 46.2 per 1,000 residents, against 7.5 in New York’s towns and 9.9 across U.S. towns. Only 11 of New York’s 1,187 towns score lower on civic life. Yorkville's schools outperform 69% of the state's.
Where Yorkville beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New York), ordered by how far Yorkville is from typical.
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Census counts: 213 in 1870, a peak of 3,749 in 1960, 2,657 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1987 and 3 maps from 1895 on.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Yorkville, 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 Yorkville.
Yorkville trades workers with Utica and other neighbors, but it reports more crime than Utica and its other graded neighbors.
Home values are up 7% over the year to September 2026. Yorkville’s median rent stands at $985 a month. 67% of Yorkville households are owner-occupiers.
| Yorkville | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 67% | 75% | 73% |
| Median rent | $985 a month | $1,103 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Each of the 4 graded towns on its borders reports less crime per resident, from Utica (D) to Whitestown (A+). Property crime runs at 46.2 per 1,000 residents, 3 times the New York rate, most of it theft.
In Yorkville, the violent offense rate is 1.9 per 1,000 residents.
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
July afternoons reach 82° and January nights drop to 13°.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
18% of adults report frequent mental distress in Yorkville. CDC measures, 32 in all: Yorkville beats New York on 4 and trails on 5. Two figures for adults here: 39% sleep under 7 hours, 9.7% have diabetes.
| Yorkville | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 17% | 16% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 37% | 36% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 9.7% | 11% | 12% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 16% | 17% |
| What stands out | Yorkville | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 13.5% | 17.2% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.3% | 7.9% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 17.5% | 12.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Yorkville has about as many jobs (1,049) as working residents, but only 27 people both live and work here. Jobs based here fell from 1,376 in 2013 to 1,049.
Half commute less than 4 miles. Jobs in Yorkville fell by 327 from 2013 to 2023, to 1,049. In Yorkville, the average trip to work is 20 minutes. The top destinations are Utica (28%), New Hartford (15%) and Whitestown (11%).
| Yorkville | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 20 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 4.2% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.4% | 10% | 8% |
| Median household income | $73,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
FEMA expects less storm and flood damage in Yorkville than in just over three fifths of U.S. communities. Since 1978, 21 flood insurance claims have been paid out locally. Federal disaster aid has reached households in Yorkville after 9 declared disasters, most recently in 2019.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Since 2020, Yorkville has lost 3.7% of its people, to 2,572 in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. No broad age group is more than 4 points off the New York average. The town’s age of the median resident comes in at 36.6 years. New York has 40% of adults 25 and older with a bachelor’s degree or more; here it is 32%.
| Yorkville | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 36.6 years | 43 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 19% | 20% | 18% |
47% women, 53% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±5.7 points. Across New York, 51.2% of residents are women.
| Yorkville | NY | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 10.2% | 11% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 7.9% | 9.5% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 9.1% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 16% | 14.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 13.9% | 13% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 8.7% | 12.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 14.6% | 13.3% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 10.4% | 10.3% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 9% | 7.6% | 7% |
| No diploma | 8.1% | 12% | 10.4% |
| High school | 27.9% | 24.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 19.8% | 14.6% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 11.9% | 8.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 17.3% | 22.4% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 15.1% | 17.9% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,600, single groups can be off by several points
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Yorkville. Close and well known come first.
Big draw34 mi MuseumNational Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum315K visitors a year
2 mi Stadium & arenaUtica Memorial Auditorium
11 mi National MonumentFort Stanwix National Monument78K visitors a year15 mi LandmarkFort Dayton
2 mi MuseumMunson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute
2 mi TheatreStanley TheaterNational Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum: Beyond My Ken, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Utica Memorial Auditorium: Doug Kerr, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Fort Stanwix National Monument: NPS photo, Public domain · 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
6 within 15 miles of the center of Yorkville
About 4 of every 100 Yorkville residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
Village in New York, United States
Yorkville is a village in Oneida County, New York, United States. The population was 2,689 at the 2010 census. The village of Yorkville is in the southeastern part of the town of Whitestown, adjacent to the city of Utica.
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4 towns share a border with Yorkville.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yorkville | #322 | B | B | D | B+ | B |
| New York Mills | #297 | B | B | B− | C | A− |
| Whitesboro | #405 | B− | C+ | A− | A− | C+ |
| Utica | #720 | D | C+ | D | C− | D |
| Whitestown | #67 | A | B− | A+ | B+ | B+ |
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Yorkville grades B overall, better than 59% of U.S. towns and #322 of 745 in New York. It grades B for health, D for safety and B+ for schools. Safety is its weak spot, with a D.
That is 3 years of the area's median household income ($69,779 across the Utica-Rome, NY metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.
