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Cold Spring Harbor is a small town of 3,220 people in Suffolk County, New York. It's about 26 miles from Bridgeport, CT and 29 miles from New York, NY, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 83°F and winter highs 38°F, with about 24 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $1.6M and rent runs about $2k a month.
3,220people
$1.6MTypical home
$2,255/moRent
83° / 38°Summer / winter
24"Snow
238Sunny days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 3,220
- Part of a metro area
- About 944 people per sq mi
- 29 mi to New York, NY
- 26 mi to Bridgeport, CT
- 3 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $1.6M (≈$10k/mo)
- Median rent $2,255/mo
- Median household income $250k
- Property tax about 0.6% of value
- 2.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 83°F
- Winter highs around 38°F
- Somewhat humid summers (dew point 63°F)
- 238 sunny days a year (78 totally clear)
- 127 cloudy days a year
- 43 of 90 winter days are gray
- 24" of snow a year
- 7 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 4 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (9 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (98 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 40
- 46% of households have kids
- 14% are 65 or older
- 72% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 7% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 36 min
- 12% walk or take transit to work
- 19 mi to ISP airport
- 23 mi to LGA (major hub)
- 13 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 96% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1960
- 97% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 187 ft
- Right on the coast
- 193 mi to a big lake
- 7 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 32 mi to the nearest ski area
- Campground in town
- 165 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 5,977 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 474 bars within 25 mi
- 2,168 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 41 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 140 museums within 25 mi
- 28 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 9 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 30% of New York districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 2 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 2 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 2 mi to the nearest vet
- 4 mi to the nearest dog park
- 3 congregations per 10k people
- College in town
Politics
- Suffolk County: R+10 in 2024
- New York: D+13 in 2024
Natural hazards
- High hurricane risk
- Moderate tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Low earthquake risk
- Moderate flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- Moderate 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.