Glens Falls
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About Glens Falls
City in New York, United StatesGlens Falls is a city in Warren County, New York, United States, and is the central city of the Glens Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 14,830 at the 2020 census. The name was given by Colonel Johannes Glen, the falls referring to a large waterfall in the Hudson River at the southern end of the city. Glens Falls is a city in the southeastern corner of Warren County, surrounded by the town of Queensbury to the north, east, and west, and by the Hudson River and Saratoga County to the south. Glens Falls is known as "Hometown U.S.A.," a title Look magazine gave it in 1944. The city has also referred to itself as the "Empire City."
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How Glens Falls ranks
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Housing in Glens Falls
The typical Glens Falls home is worth about $272,000, up 3.9% in a year, 48% below the New York typical home.
A seller's market
Safety in Glens Falls
Safety Grade B+
Glens Falls reports less crime per resident than 67% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade. New York has less reported crime than most states, so among its own towns Glens Falls sits closer to the middle.
Schools in Glens Falls
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The public schools Glens Falls’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 85% of New York’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within NY. Ratings are from neighbors.
Where Glens Falls is
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