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Athens is a small town of 1,943 people in Greene County, New York. It's about 25 miles from Kingston, NY and 68 miles from Hartford, CT, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 85°F and winter highs 35°F, with about 32 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $326k and rent runs about $1k a month.
1,943people
$326kTypical home
$1,146/moRent
85° / 35°Summer / winter
32"Snow
208Sunny days
116Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,943
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 568 people per sq mi
- 68 mi to Hartford, CT
- 25 mi to Kingston, NY
- 25 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $326k (≈$2,053/mo)
- Median rent $1,146/mo
- Median household income $84k
- Property tax about 1.7% of value
- 5.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 85°F
- Winter highs around 35°F
- Somewhat humid summers (dew point 60°F)
- 208 sunny days a year (54 totally clear)
- 157 cloudy days a year
- 50 of 90 winter days are gray
- 116 days a year with rain or snow
- 32" of snow a year
- 7 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 19 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (53 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (281 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 45
- 21% of households have kids
- 25% are 65 or older
- 38% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 30 min
- 5% walk or take transit to work
- 33 mi to ALB airport
- 33 mi to ALB (major hub)
- 2 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 80% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1954
- 86% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 92 ft
- 67 mi to the ocean
- 105 mi to a big lake
- 6 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 17 mi to the nearest ski area
- 12 mi to the nearest campground
- 25 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 356 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 25 bars within 25 mi
- 84 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 2 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 27 museums within 25 mi
- 21 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 13 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 17% of New York districts (reading)
- 2 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 4 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 24 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 4 mi to the nearest vet
- 2 mi to the nearest dog park
- 5 congregations per 10k people
- 23 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Greene County: R+17 in 2024
- New York: D+13 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Low hurricane risk
- Low tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- Moderate flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- High winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk