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Castleton-on-Hudson is a small town of 1,591 people in Rensselaer County, New York. It's about 9 miles from Albany, NY and 76 miles from Hartford, CT, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 83°F and winter highs 34°F, with about 51 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $223k and rent runs about $1k a month.
1,591people
$223kTypical home
$1,166/moRent
83° / 34°Summer / winter
51"Snow
208Sunny days
117Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,591
- Part of a metro area
- About 2,228 people per sq mi
- 76 mi to Hartford, CT
- 9 mi to Albany, NY
- 9 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $223k (≈$1,404/mo)
- Median rent $1,166/mo
- Median household income $70k
- Property tax about 2.6% of value
- 16.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 83°F
- Winter highs around 34°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
- 117 days a year with rain or snow
- 51" of snow a year
- 13 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 29 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (124 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (1,007 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 41
- 24% of households have kids
- 19% are 65 or older
- 33% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 5% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 29 min
- 3% walk or take transit to work
- 15 mi to ALB airport
- 15 mi to ALB (major hub)
- 7 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 65% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1938
- 95% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 164 ft
- 85 mi to the ocean
- 86 mi to a big lake
- 6 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 18 mi to the nearest ski area
- 3 mi to the nearest campground
- 40 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 748 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 81 bars within 25 mi
- 224 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 6 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 51 museums within 25 mi
- 37 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 8 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 39% of New York districts (reading)
- 5 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 9 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 24 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 3 mi to the nearest vet
- 6 mi to the nearest dog park
- 5 congregations per 10k people
- 6 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Rensselaer County: Purple — split almost evenly
- 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
Some of this place's Census numbers are blended with county figures because its survey sample is small.