Living in Elbridge, NY
Elbridge is a small town of 1,224 people in Onondaga County, New York. It's about 15 miles from Syracuse, NY and 60 miles from Rochester, NY, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 81°F and winter highs 31°F, with about 100 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $160k and rent runs about $1k a month.
1,224people
$160kTypical home
$1,034/moRent
81° / 31°Summer / winter
100"Snow
119Sunny days
179Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,224
- Part of a metro area
- About 1,231 people per sq mi
- 60 mi to Rochester, NY
- 15 mi to Syracuse, NY
- 10 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $160k (≈$1,010/mo)
- Median rent $1,034/mo
- Median household income $64k
- Property tax about 2.7% of value
- 6.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 81°F
- Winter highs around 31°F
- Somewhat humid summers (dew point 59°F)
- 119 sunny days a year (13 totally clear)
- 246 cloudy days a year
- 76 of 90 winter days are gray
- 179 days a year with rain or snow
- 100" of snow a year
- 30 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 28 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Low violent crime (228 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (1,282 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 41
- 29% of households have kids
- 22% are 65 or older
- 26% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 4% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 22 min
- 3% walk or take transit to work
- 18 mi to SYR airport
- 18 mi to SYR (major hub)
- 14 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 78% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1967
- 92% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 604 ft
- 160 mi to the ocean
- 6 mi to a big lake
- 5 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 23 mi to the nearest ski area
- 6 mi to the nearest campground
- 49 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 387 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 102 bars within 25 mi
- 176 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 6 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 37 museums within 25 mi
- 12 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 6 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 46% of New York districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 10 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 101 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 7 mi to the nearest vet
- 7 mi to the nearest dog park
- 5 congregations per 10k people
- 15 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Onondaga County: D+17 in 2024
- New York: D+13 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very 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