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Melrose Park is a small town of 1,960 people in Cayuga County, New York. It's about 21 miles from Syracuse, NY and 59 miles from Rochester, NY, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 81°F and winter highs 31°F, with about 107 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $224k and rent runs about $942 a month.
1,960people
$224kTypical home
$942/moRent
81° / 31°Summer / winter
107"Snow
185Sunny days
182Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,960
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 525 people per sq mi
- 59 mi to Rochester, NY
- 21 mi to Syracuse, NY
- 3 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $224k (≈$1,415/mo)
- Median rent $942/mo
- Median household income $104k
- Property tax about 2.2% of value
- 1.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 81°F
- Winter highs around 31°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
- 182 days a year with rain or snow
- 107" of snow a year
- 32 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 27 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (125 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (575 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 45
- 24% of households have kids
- 24% are 65 or older
- 46% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 2% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 26 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 25 mi to SYR airport
- 25 mi to SYR (major hub)
- 21 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 88% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1955
- 95% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 840 ft
- 170 mi to the ocean
- 1 mi to a big lake
- 8 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 20 mi to the nearest ski area
- 12 mi to the nearest campground
- 37 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 348 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 94 bars within 25 mi
- 157 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 6 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 36 museums within 25 mi
- 15 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 5 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 5% of New York districts (reading)
- 3 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 2 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 92 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 10 mi to the nearest vet
- 16 mi to the nearest dog park
- 5 congregations per 10k people
- 12 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Cayuga County: R+13 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
Some of this place's Census numbers are blended with county figures because its survey sample is small.