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Highland-on-the-Lake is a small town of 3,584 people in Erie County, New York. It's about 15 miles from Buffalo, NY. Summer highs average 80°F and winter highs 32°F, with about 168 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $186k and rent runs about $1k a month.
3,584people
$186kTypical home
$1,000/moRent
80° / 32°Summer / winter
168"Snow
172Sunny days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 3,584
- Part of a metro area
- About 1,758 people per sq mi
- 15 mi to Buffalo, NY
- 15 mi to Buffalo, NY
- 11 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $186k (≈$1,175/mo)
- Median rent $1,000/mo
- Median household income $88k
- Property tax about 2.1% of value
- 3.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 80°F
- Winter highs around 32°F
- Somewhat humid summers (dew point 58°F)
- 172 sunny days a year (44 totally clear)
- 193 cloudy days a year
- 71 of 90 winter days are gray
- 168" of snow a year
- 43 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 29 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Low violent crime (264 per 100k), county-wide
- About average property crime (1,785 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 51
- 14% of households have kids
- 23% are 65 or older
- 21% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 27 min
- 2% walk or take transit to work
- 21 mi to BUF airport
- 21 mi to BUF (major hub)
- 13 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 83% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1972
- 92% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 686 ft
- 264 mi to the ocean
- 2 mi to a big lake
- 8 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 15 mi to the nearest ski area
- 19 mi to the nearest campground
- 38 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 675 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 174 bars within 25 mi
- 187 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 4 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 43 museums within 25 mi
- 28 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 9 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 37% of New York districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 13 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 68 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 5 mi to the nearest vet
- 5 mi to the nearest dog park
- 5 congregations per 10k people
- 15 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Erie County: D+10 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