Living in Deposit, NY
Deposit is a small town of 1,424 people in Broome County, New York. It's about 25 miles from Binghamton, NY and 124 miles from New York, NY, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 82°F and winter highs 33°F, with about 66 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $119k and rent runs about $717 a month.
1,424people
$119kTypical home
$717/moRent
82° / 33°Summer / winter
66"Snow
184Sunny days
166Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,424
- Part of a metro area
- About 1,127 people per sq mi
- 124 mi to New York, NY
- 25 mi to Binghamton, NY
- 25 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $119k (≈$747/mo)
- Median rent $717/mo
- Median household income $48k
- Property tax about 2.7% of value
- 4.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 82°F
- Winter highs around 33°F
- Somewhat humid summers (dew point 59°F)
- 184 sunny days a year (44 totally clear)
- 181 cloudy days a year
- 60 of 90 winter days are gray
- 166 days a year with rain or snow
- 66" of snow a year
- 21 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 28 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Low violent crime (183 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (1,178 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 48
- 28% of households have kids
- 22% are 65 or older
- 19% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 5% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 22 min
- 12% walk or take transit to work
- 30 mi to BGM airport
- 80 mi to SYR (major hub)
- 73 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 67% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1941
- 91% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 1,004 ft
- 92 mi to the ocean
- 63 mi to a big lake
- 38 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 25 mi to the nearest ski area
- 7 mi to the nearest campground
- 10 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 80 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 30 bars within 25 mi
- 27 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 5 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 26 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 39% of New York districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 12 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 65 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 28 mi to the nearest vet
- 10 mi to the nearest dog park
- 7 congregations per 10k people
- 25 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Broome 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
- High flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- High winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk