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Seneca Falls

A town of 8,982 people in Seneca County, New York
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About Seneca Falls

Town in New York, United States
1829Established
9,027Population
27.4 sq miArea
453 ftElevation

Seneca Falls is a town in Seneca County, New York, United States. The population was 9,027 at the 2020 census. The Town of Seneca Falls contains the former village also called Seneca Falls. The town is east of Geneva, New York, in the northern part of the Finger Lakes District. Seneca Falls is a historic location along a branch of the Erie Canal and is often association with women's rights in the United States due to the 1848 Seneca Falls convention, which produced the Declaration of Rights and Sentiments. This event was looked back upon by women's rights activists in the later 19th and early 20th centuries as a "birth" or "beginning" of women's rights in the United States. Modern historian…

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Housing in Seneca Falls

$210K▲ 6.4% in a year Typical home value · Zillow

The typical Seneca Falls home is worth about $210,000, up 6.4% in a year, 60% below the New York typical home.

Only 4 sales in May 2026, too few for a market read. The typical value is the steadier guide.

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Safety in Seneca Falls

C

Safety Grade C

Seneca Falls reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 67% report less.

Violent crime per 1,000
Seneca Falls 1.9
New York 3.7
U.S. 3.3
Property crime per 1,000
Seneca Falls 20.4
New York 15.7
U.S. 15.5
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School Grade C-

The public schools Seneca Falls’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 78% of New York’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.

#163Best public schoolsof 484 in NY
DistrictSENECA FALLS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICTSchools5

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