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Cayuga Heights is a small town of 4,000 people in Tompkins County, New York. It's part of the Ithaca, NY area. Summer highs average 81°F and winter highs 32°F, with about 63 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $433k and rent runs about $2k a month.
4,000people
$433kTypical home
$1,700/moRent
81° / 32°Summer / winter
63"Snow
185Sunny days
166Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 4,000
- Part of a metro area
- About 2,264 people per sq mi
- 75 mi to Rochester, NY
- In the Ithaca, NY area
- 2 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $433k (≈$2,730/mo)
- Median rent $1,700/mo
- Median household income $167k
- Property tax about 2.3% of value
- 4.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 81°F
- Winter highs around 32°F
- Somewhat humid summers (dew point 59°F)
- 185 sunny days a year (45 totally clear)
- 180 cloudy days a year
- 60 of 90 winter days are gray
- 166 days a year with rain or snow
- 63" of snow a year
- 20 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 (46 per 100k)
- Very low property crime (482 per 100k)
People
- Median age 34
- 20% of households have kids
- 30% are 65 or older
- 79% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 31% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 16 min
- 25% walk or take transit to work
- 2 mi to ITH airport
- 49 mi to SYR (major hub)
- 45 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 62% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1966
- 83% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 787 ft
- 153 mi to the ocean
- 2 mi to a big lake
- Trailhead in town
- 18 mi to the nearest ski area
- 4 mi to the nearest campground
- 19 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 142 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 34 bars within 25 mi
- 60 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 2 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 16 museums within 25 mi
- 15 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- Farmers market in town
Everyday
- Schools in the top 31% of New York districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 3 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 79 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- Vet in town
- 2 mi to the nearest dog park
- 6 congregations per 10k people
- 2 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Tompkins County: D+51 in 2024
- New York: D+13 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very 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