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Cohoes is a small city of 18,159 people in Albany County, New York. It's about 9 miles from Albany, NY and 87 miles from Hartford, CT, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 85°F and winter highs 33°F, with about 58 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $223k and rent runs about $1k a month.
18,159people
$223kTypical home
$1,251/moRent
85° / 33°Summer / winter
58"Snow
208Sunny days
128Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small city of 18,159
- Part of a metro area
- About 4,813 people per sq mi
- 87 mi to Hartford, CT
- 9 mi to Albany, NY
- Has its own stores and services
Money
- Typical home $223k (≈$1,409/mo)
- Median rent $1,251/mo
- Median household income $61k
- Property tax about 2.0% of value
- 6.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 85°F
- Winter highs around 33°F
- Somewhat humid summers (dew point 61°F)
- 208 sunny days a year (54 totally clear)
- 157 cloudy days a year
- 50 of 90 winter days are gray
- 128 days a year with rain or snow
- 58" of snow a year
- 15 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 24 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Low violent crime (284 per 100k)
- Low property crime (974 per 100k)
People
- Median age 39
- 23% of households have kids
- 18% are 65 or older
- 28% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 7% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 26 min
- 5% walk or take transit to work
- 5 mi to ALB airport
- 5 mi to ALB (major hub)
- 9 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 36% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1954
- 86% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 246 ft
- 102 mi to the ocean
- 70 mi to a big lake
- 5 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 17 mi to the nearest ski area
- 10 mi to the nearest campground
- 49 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 770 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 87 bars within 25 mi
- 230 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 6 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 54 museums within 25 mi
- 42 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 3 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 38% of New York districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 6 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 31 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 2 mi to the nearest vet
- 3 mi to the nearest dog park
- 5 congregations per 10k people
- 3 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Albany County: D+26 in 2024
- New York: D+13 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Low hurricane risk
- Low tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- High flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- High winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk