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Crystal Beach is a tiny town of 531 people in Ontario County, New York. It's about 31 miles from Rochester, NY. Summer highs average 81°F and winter highs 33°F, with about 55 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $182k and rent runs about $973 a month.
531people
$182kTypical home
$973/moRent
81° / 33°Summer / winter
55"Snow
182Sunny days
163Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Tiny town of 531
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 779 people per sq mi
- 31 mi to Rochester, NY
- 31 mi to Rochester, NY
- 6 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $182k (≈$1,146/mo)
- Median rent $973/mo
- Median household income $52k
- Property tax about 1.8% of value
- 5.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 81°F
- Winter highs around 33°F
- Somewhat humid summers (dew point 59°F)
- 182 sunny days a year (45 totally clear)
- 183 cloudy days a year
- 64 of 90 winter days are gray
- 163 days a year with rain or snow
- 55" of snow a year
- 21 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 (150 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (820 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 61
- 14% of households have kids
- 30% are 65 or older
- 28% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 6% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 23 min
- 2% walk or take transit to work
- 30 mi to ROC airport
- 30 mi to ROC (major hub)
- 30 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 80% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1954
- 88% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 764 ft
- 197 mi to the ocean
- 1 mi to a big lake
- 12 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 9 mi to the nearest ski area
- 15 mi to the nearest campground
- 39 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 234 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 32 bars within 25 mi
- 76 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 32 museums within 25 mi
- 21 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 14 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 32% of New York districts (reading)
- 5 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 4 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 61 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 12 mi to the nearest vet
- 10 mi to the nearest dog park
- 5 congregations per 10k people
- 14 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Ontario 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
- Low flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- High winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk