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Freeville is a tiny town of 458 people in Tompkins County, New York. It's about 9 miles from Ithaca, NY and 79 miles from Rochester, NY, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 79°F and winter highs 30°F, with about 64 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $200k and rent runs about $1k a month.
458people
$200kTypical home
$1,080/moRent
79° / 30°Summer / winter
64"Snow
185Sunny days
149Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Tiny town of 458
- Part of a metro area
- About 433 people per sq mi
- 79 mi to Rochester, NY
- 9 mi to Ithaca, NY
- 9 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $200k (≈$1,261/mo)
- Median rent $1,080/mo
- Median household income $77k
- Property tax about 2.4% of value
- 4.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 79°F
- Winter highs around 30°F
- Somewhat humid summers (dew point 59°F)
- 185 sunny days a year (45 totally clear)
- 180 cloudy days a year
- 60 of 90 winter days are gray
- 149 days a year with rain or snow
- 64" of snow a year
- 25 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 34 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (85 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (1,176 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 44
- 22% of households have kids
- 18% are 65 or older
- 51% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 15% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 23 min
- 11% walk or take transit to work
- 6 mi to ITH airport
- 43 mi to SYR (major hub)
- 40 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 62% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1959
- 90% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 1,037 ft
- 148 mi to the ocean
- 8 mi to a big lake
- 8 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 10 mi to the nearest ski area
- 7 mi to the nearest campground
- 19 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 124 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 31 bars within 25 mi
- 54 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 2 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 15 museums within 25 mi
- 8 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- Farmers market in town
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 18% of New York districts (reading)
- 2 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 9 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 87 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 4 mi to the nearest vet
- 6 mi to the nearest dog park
- 6 congregations per 10k people
- 4 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Tompkins County: D+51 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