Save town Compare Needs More Love
Town guide

Jerusalem

A town of 4,278 people in Yates County, New York
Be the first to joinEarn karma for joining →
1

Now in Jerusalem

What’s happening this week

All posts →
From your neighbors

What’s happening

A preview of what neighbors share. Be the first to post in Jerusalem.

Weather

Forecast →
Coming up

Upcoming events

Nothing on the calendar yet

Put the next local happening — a market, a meeting, a concert — on the map.

Add an event →
Around town

Local news

All news →

Headlines via Google News · Articles belong to their publishers.

2

Around town

The places and views that make it Jerusalem

Explore places →

Outdoors in Jerusalem

Parks & trails →
Map of Jerusalem: conserved land, trails and the top places to walk
Conserved land4.4%1,833 of 41,617 acres
Trails3.8 mi0.1 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves3428 conserved acres per 1,000 residents

Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US

Grosser Kurfurst with delegates to World's Sunday School convention 1904 leaving New York for Jersusalem1904
From Jerusalem’s story

Grosser Kurfurst with delegates to World's Sunday School convention 1904 leaving New York for Jersusalem, 1904

Photo · Library of Congress

3

Know Jerusalem

The town at a glance, and the guide to how things work

Open the full guide →

About Jerusalem

Town in New York, United States
1789Established
4,405Population
65.4 sq miArea
735 ftElevation

Jerusalem is a town in Yates County, New York. The population was 4,405 at the 2020 census. The town is named after the city of Jerusalem. The Town of Jerusalem is on the south border of the county and is southwest of Geneva, New York.

Official town website ↗

From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)

Living in Jerusalem

Health in Jerusalem

Compared with New York

4better than NY·5worse

of 32 measures CDC estimates. The other 23 are too close to call.

BetterToo close to callWorse

What stands out

Care nearby

Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hospital of YatesPenn Yan · 6.4 mi · ER · rural critical access
Keuka College Family PlanningKeuka Park · 3.4 mi · sliding-scale fees
Primary careShortage · county-wide
DentalNo shortage
Mental healthShortage · county-wide
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · ZIP codes 14418, 14527, 14478 · CMS · HRSAHealth in Jerusalem →

Schools in Jerusalem

All Jerusalem schools →
B

School Grade B

The public schools Jerusalem’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 55% of New York’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.

Schools2

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.

Famous people from JerusalemWriters, athletes, leaders and more who were born in Jerusalem.Meet them →

How things work in Jerusalem

All explainers →
You’re browsing

Jerusalem

New York · NY · Yates County
View town boundary →
Township / city / CDP overlaps possible.
Loading boundary…

Jerusalem is your selected town. The feed includes posts assigned to this town, not a distance radius or ZIP code.

Neighborhoods narrow the feed further, while townwide announcements, events, and issues remain visible.

Boundary source: https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/rest/services/TIGERweb/Places_CouSub_ConCity_SubMCD/MapServer/15 · 2025-01-01