IntelliMoveTake the quiz →Living in Alexander, NY
Alexander is a tiny town of 404 people in Genesee County, New York. It's about 30 miles from Buffalo, NY. Summer highs average 79°F and winter highs 32°F, with about 83 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $170k and rent runs about $1k a month.
404people
$170kTypical home
$1,094/moRent
79° / 32°Summer / winter
83"Snow
172Sunny days
153Rain/snow days
Is Alexander right for you?
Take the 5-minute quiz and see your match — and how it stacks up against 34,000 other places.
Size & setting
- Tiny town of 404
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 924 people per sq mi
- 30 mi to Buffalo, NY
- 30 mi to Buffalo, NY
- 8 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $170k (≈$1,069/mo)
- Median rent $1,094/mo
- Median household income $92k
- Property tax about 2.3% of value
- 4.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 79°F
- Winter highs around 32°F
- Somewhat humid summers (dew point 58°F)
- 172 sunny days a year (44 totally clear)
- 193 cloudy days a year
- 71 of 90 winter days are gray
- 153 days a year with rain or snow
- 83" of snow a year
- 24 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 26 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (138 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (855 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 40
- 27% of households have kids
- 18% are 65 or older
- 28% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 5% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 25 min
- 4% walk or take transit to work
- 24 mi to BUF airport
- 24 mi to BUF (major hub)
- 24 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 73% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1951
- 91% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 965 ft
- 228 mi to the ocean
- 31 mi to a big lake
- 8 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 27 mi to the nearest ski area
- 6 mi to the nearest campground
- 42 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 328 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 26 bars within 25 mi
- 89 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 1 music venue or club within 25 mi
- 22 museums within 25 mi
- 4 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 12 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 47% of New York districts (reading)
- 2 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 7 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 59 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 22 mi to the nearest vet
- 23 mi to the nearest dog park
- 8 congregations per 10k people
- 10 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Genesee County: R+34 in 2024
- New York: D+13 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Low hurricane risk
- Low tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- High winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk