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Peru is a small town of 1,965 people in Clinton County, New York. It's about 16 miles from Burlington, VT and 199 miles from Hartford, CT, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 82°F and winter highs 28°F, with about 64 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $217k and rent runs about $1k a month.
1,965people
$217kTypical home
$1,023/moRent
82° / 28°Summer / winter
64"Snow
182Sunny days
145Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,965
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 1,021 people per sq mi
- 199 mi to Hartford, CT
- 16 mi to Burlington, VT
- 9 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $217k (≈$1,366/mo)
- Median rent $1,023/mo
- Median household income $67k
- Property tax about 2.1% of value
- 3.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 82°F
- Winter highs around 28°F
- Somewhat humid summers (dew point 58°F)
- 182 sunny days a year (40 totally clear)
- 183 cloudy days a year
- 58 of 90 winter days are gray
- 145 days a year with rain or snow
- 64" of snow a year
- 18 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 42 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (47 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (487 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 38
- 35% of households have kids
- 19% are 65 or older
- 33% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 5% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 19 min
- 6% walk or take transit to work
- 6 mi to PBG airport
- 127 mi to ALB (major hub)
- 8 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 66% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1957
- 94% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 364 ft
- 51 mi to the ocean
- 5 mi to a big lake
- 14 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 18 mi to the nearest ski area
- 4 mi to the nearest campground
- 15 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 200 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 44 bars within 25 mi
- 60 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 4 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 21 museums within 25 mi
- 16 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 9 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 24% of New York districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 9 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 17 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 8 mi to the nearest vet
- Dog park in town
- 4 congregations per 10k people
- 8 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Clinton County: Purple — split almost evenly
- New York: D+13 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Very low tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Low earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- High winter storm risk
- Very 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.