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Cumberland Head is a small town of 1,535 people in Clinton County, New York. It's about 17 miles from Burlington, VT and 203 miles from Boston, MA, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 81°F and winter highs 28°F, with about 58 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $205k and rent runs about $1k a month.
1,535people
$205kTypical home
$1,423/moRent
81° / 28°Summer / winter
58"Snow
182Sunny days
139Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,535
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 398 people per sq mi
- 203 mi to Boston, MA
- 17 mi to Burlington, VT
- 3 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $205k (≈$1,294/mo)
- Median rent $1,423/mo
- Median household income $108k
- Property tax about 2.4% of value
- 4.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 81°F
- Winter highs around 28°F
- Somewhat humid summers (dew point 59°F)
- 182 sunny days a year (40 totally clear)
- 183 cloudy days a year
- 58 of 90 winter days are gray
- 139 days a year with rain or snow
- 58" of snow a year
- 17 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 41 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (47 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (487 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 47
- 27% of households have kids
- 22% are 65 or older
- 38% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 6% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 26 min
- 2% walk or take transit to work
- 6 mi to PBG airport
- 138 mi to ALB (major hub)
- 3 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 88% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1959
- 96% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 174 ft
- 47 mi to the ocean
- 0 mi to a big lake
- 10 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 29 mi to the nearest ski area
- Campground in town
- 17 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 214 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 47 bars within 25 mi
- 70 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 4 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 23 museums within 25 mi
- 16 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 3 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 34% of New York districts (reading)
- 4 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 4 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 15 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 5 mi to the nearest vet
- 3 mi to the nearest dog park
- 4 congregations per 10k people
- 4 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Clinton County: Purple — split almost evenly
- New York: D+13 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Very low tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Low earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- High winter storm risk
- Very low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk