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Elba is a tiny town of 485 people in Genesee County, New York. It's about 30 miles from Rochester, NY. Summer highs average 80°F and winter highs 31°F, with about 73 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $143k and rent runs about $763 a month.
485people
$143kTypical home
$763/moRent
80° / 31°Summer / winter
73"Snow
139Sunny days
150Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Tiny town of 485
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 477 people per sq mi
- 30 mi to Rochester, NY
- 30 mi to Rochester, NY
- 5 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $143k (≈$904/mo)
- Median rent $763/mo
- Median household income $66k
- Property tax about 2.5% of value
- 3.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 80°F
- Winter highs around 31°F
- Somewhat humid summers (dew point 58°F)
- 139 sunny days a year (18 totally clear)
- 226 cloudy days a year
- 73 of 90 winter days are gray
- 150 days a year with rain or snow
- 73" of snow a year
- 22 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 21 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (138 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (855 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 41
- 25% of households have kids
- 18% are 65 or older
- 22% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 4% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 23 min
- 3% walk or take transit to work
- 26 mi to ROC airport
- 26 mi to ROC (major hub)
- 30 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 81% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1938
- 89% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 761 ft
- 218 mi to the ocean
- 21 mi to a big lake
- 8 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 38 mi to the nearest ski area
- 14 mi to the nearest campground
- 45 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 176 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 14 bars within 25 mi
- 48 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 15 museums within 25 mi
- 4 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 14 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 44% of New York districts (reading)
- 5 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 6 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 70 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 23 mi to the nearest vet
- 14 mi to the nearest dog park
- 8 congregations per 10k people
- 5 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Genesee County: R+34 in 2024
- 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