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Adams Center is a small town of 1,075 people in Jefferson County, New York. It's about 8 miles from Watertown, NY and 95 miles from Rochester, NY, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 79°F and winter highs 28°F, with about 150 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $178k and rent runs about $1k a month.
1,075people
$178kTypical home
$1,213/moRent
79° / 28°Summer / winter
150"Snow
176Sunny days
163Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,075
- Part of a metro area
- About 221 people per sq mi
- 95 mi to Rochester, NY
- 8 mi to Watertown, NY
- 8 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $178k (≈$1,123/mo)
- Median rent $1,213/mo
- Median household income $88k
- Property tax about 1.7% of value
- 2.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 79°F
- Winter highs around 28°F
- Somewhat humid summers (dew point 60°F)
- 176 sunny days a year (44 totally clear)
- 189 cloudy days a year
- 65 of 90 winter days are gray
- 163 days a year with rain or snow
- 150" of snow a year
- 38 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 41 nights a year below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Very low violent crime (133 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (963 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 55
- 23% of households have kids
- 16% are 65 or older
- 32% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 5% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 19 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 9 mi to ART airport
- 53 mi to SYR (major hub)
- 54 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 67% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1975
- 93% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 656 ft
- 100 mi to the ocean
- 8 mi to a big lake
- 10 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 6 mi to the nearest ski area
- 7 mi to the nearest campground
- 12 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 86 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 10 bars within 25 mi
- 21 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 7 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 48 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 34% of New York districts (reading)
- 3 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 8 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 97 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 7 mi to the nearest vet
- 8 mi to the nearest dog park
- 5 congregations per 10k people
- 23 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Jefferson County: R+24 in 2024
- New York: D+13 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Low tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Low earthquake risk
- Very low flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- High winter storm risk
- Very low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk
Some of this place's Census numbers are blended with county figures because its survey sample is small.