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Ovid is a tiny town of 402 people in Seneca County, New York. It's about 23 miles from Ithaca, NY and 53 miles from Rochester, NY, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 80°F and winter highs 32°F, with about 62 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $121k and rent runs about $1k a month.
402people
$121kTypical home
$1,182/moRent
80° / 32°Summer / winter
62"Snow
185Sunny days
150Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Tiny town of 402
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 1,010 people per sq mi
- 53 mi to Rochester, NY
- 23 mi to Ithaca, NY
- 15 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $121k (≈$766/mo)
- Median rent $1,182/mo
- Median household income $74k
- Property tax about 2.0% of value
- 4.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 80°F
- Winter highs around 32°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
- 150 days a year with rain or snow
- 62" of snow a year
- 23 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 23 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (125 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (878 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 39
- 19% of households have kids
- 24% are 65 or older
- 24% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 6% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 27 min
- 3% walk or take transit to work
- 23 mi to ITH airport
- 47 mi to SYR (major hub)
- 43 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 73% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1951
- 86% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 968 ft
- 175 mi to the ocean
- 2 mi to a big lake
- 7 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 30 mi to the nearest ski area
- 6 mi to the nearest campground
- 26 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 217 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 53 bars within 25 mi
- 70 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 2 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 27 museums within 25 mi
- 18 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 13 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 2% of New York districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 12 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 70 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 18 mi to the nearest vet
- 15 mi to the nearest dog park
- 8 congregations per 10k people
- 8 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Seneca County: R+12 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
- Moderate 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.