Living in Gasport, NY
Gasport is a small town of 1,212 people in Niagara County, New York. It's about 25 miles from Buffalo, NY. Summer highs average 82°F and winter highs 33°F, with about 81 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $167k and rent runs about $899 a month.
1,212people
$167kTypical home
$899/moRent
82° / 33°Summer / winter
81"Snow
139Sunny days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,212
- Part of a metro area
- About 389 people per sq mi
- 25 mi to Buffalo, NY
- 25 mi to Buffalo, NY
- 6 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $167k (≈$1,051/mo)
- Median rent $899/mo
- Median household income $75k
- Property tax about 2.6% of value
- 5.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 82°F
- Winter highs around 33°F
- Somewhat humid summers (dew point 59°F)
- 139 sunny days a year (18 totally clear)
- 226 cloudy days a year
- 73 of 90 winter days are gray
- 81" of snow a year
- 25 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 20 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (140 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (924 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 35
- 35% of households have kids
- 18% are 65 or older
- 25% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 4% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 33 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 19 mi to BUF airport
- 19 mi to BUF (major hub)
- 21 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 80% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1946
- 95% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 577 ft
- 229 mi to the ocean
- 13 mi to a big lake
- Trailhead in town
- 36 mi to the nearest ski area
- 14 mi to the nearest campground
- 48 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 665 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 127 bars within 25 mi
- 195 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 2 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 31% of New York districts (reading)
- 3 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 11 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 83 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 5 mi to the nearest vet
- 12 mi to the nearest dog park
- 6 congregations per 10k people
- 17 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Niagara County: R+15 in 2024
- New York: D+13 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Low hurricane risk
- Low tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- Moderate flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- High winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk
Some of this place's Census numbers are blended with county figures because its survey sample is small.