Living in Hampton Manor, NY
Hampton Manor is a big small town of 5,334 people in Rensselaer County, New York. It's about 5 miles from Albany, NY and 80 miles from Hartford, CT, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 85°F and winter highs 34°F, with about 55 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $239k and rent runs about $1k a month.
5,334people
$239kTypical home
$1,188/moRent
85° / 34°Summer / winter
55"Snow
208Sunny days
129Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Big small town of 5,334
- Part of a metro area
- About 1,779 people per sq mi
- 80 mi to Hartford, CT
- 5 mi to Albany, NY
- 5 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $239k (≈$1,510/mo)
- Median rent $1,188/mo
- Median household income $98k
- Property tax about 2.4% of value
- 2.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 85°F
- Winter highs around 34°F
- Somewhat humid summers (dew point 60°F)
- 208 sunny days a year (54 totally clear)
- 157 cloudy days a year
- 50 of 90 winter days are gray
- 129 days a year with rain or snow
- 55" of snow a year
- 15 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 25 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (124 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (1,007 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 42
- 24% of households have kids
- 17% are 65 or older
- 42% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 4% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 24 min
- 7% walk or take transit to work
- 10 mi to ALB airport
- 10 mi to ALB (major hub)
- 2 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 80% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1962
- 90% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 210 ft
- 91 mi to the ocean
- 80 mi to a big lake
- 2 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 18 mi to the nearest ski area
- 9 mi to the nearest campground
- 40 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 677 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 68 bars within 25 mi
- 200 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 4 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 48 museums within 25 mi
- 34 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 2 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 37% of New York districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 5 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 26 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 2 mi to the nearest vet
- 3 mi to the nearest dog park
- 5 congregations per 10k people
- College in town
Politics
- Rensselaer 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
- Moderate flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- High winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk