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Newark Valley is a small town of 1,051 people in Tioga County, New York. It's about 17 miles from Binghamton, NY and 98 miles from Rochester, NY, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 81°F and winter highs 33°F, with about 67 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $120k and rent runs about $822 a month.
1,051people
$120kTypical home
$822/moRent
81° / 33°Summer / winter
67"Snow
185Sunny days
127Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,051
- Part of a metro area
- About 1,064 people per sq mi
- 98 mi to Rochester, NY
- 17 mi to Binghamton, NY
- 11 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $120k (≈$758/mo)
- Median rent $822/mo
- Median household income $71k
- Property tax about 3.2% of value
- 6.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 81°F
- Winter highs around 33°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
- 127 days a year with rain or snow
- 67" of snow a year
- 21 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 28 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (50 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (299 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 38
- 31% of households have kids
- 18% are 65 or older
- 24% 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
- 11 mi to BGM airport
- 62 mi to SYR (major hub)
- 59 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 69% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1938
- 94% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 965 ft
- 131 mi to the ocean
- 25 mi to a big lake
- 22 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 19 mi to the nearest ski area
- 4 mi to the nearest campground
- 31 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 291 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 89 bars within 25 mi
- 95 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 5 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 18 museums within 25 mi
- 7 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 16 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 26% of New York districts (reading)
- 9 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 13 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 84 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 12 mi to the nearest vet
- 9 mi to the nearest dog park
- 8 congregations per 10k people
- 14 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Tioga County: R+23 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