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Montour Falls is a small town of 1,743 people in Schuyler County, New York. It's about 18 miles from Elmira, NY and 69 miles from Rochester, NY, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 84°F and winter highs 35°F, with about 51 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $124k and rent runs about $751 a month.
1,743people
$124kTypical home
$751/moRent
84° / 35°Summer / winter
51"Snow
185Sunny days
165Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,743
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 579 people per sq mi
- 69 mi to Rochester, NY
- 18 mi to Elmira, NY
- 17 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $124k (≈$781/mo)
- Median rent $751/mo
- Median household income $51k
- Property tax about 2.6% of value
- 13.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 84°F
- Winter highs around 35°F
- Somewhat humid summers (dew point 58°F)
- 185 sunny days a year (45 totally clear)
- 180 cloudy days a year
- 60 of 90 winter days are gray
- 165 days a year with rain or snow
- 51" of snow a year
- 16 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 29 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (40 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (148 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 44
- 28% of households have kids
- 20% are 65 or older
- 20% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 21 min
- 6% walk or take transit to work
- 13 mi to ELM airport
- 65 mi to SYR (major hub)
- 61 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 53% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1963
- 84% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 466 ft
- 165 mi to the ocean
- 3 mi to a big lake
- 10 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 37 mi to the nearest ski area
- 2 mi to the nearest campground
- 23 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 212 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 55 bars within 25 mi
- 66 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 2 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 29 museums within 25 mi
- 26 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 3 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 43% of New York districts (reading)
- 2 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 2 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 59 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 2 mi to the nearest vet
- 16 mi to the nearest dog park
- 6 congregations per 10k people
- 18 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Schuyler County: R+21 in 2024
- New York: D+13 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Low hurricane risk
- Low tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- Moderate winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk