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Phelps is a small town of 2,254 people in Ontario County, New York. It's about 32 miles from Rochester, NY. Summer highs average 80°F and winter highs 31°F, with about 60 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $170k and rent runs about $1k a month.
2,254people
$170kTypical home
$1,111/moRent
80° / 31°Summer / winter
60"Snow
182Sunny days
138Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 2,254
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 1,948 people per sq mi
- 32 mi to Rochester, NY
- 32 mi to Rochester, NY
- 8 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $170k (≈$1,075/mo)
- Median rent $1,111/mo
- Median household income $71k
- Property tax about 2.3% of value
- 7.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 80°F
- Winter highs around 31°F
- Somewhat humid summers (dew point 59°F)
- 182 sunny days a year (45 totally clear)
- 183 cloudy days a year
- 64 of 90 winter days are gray
- 138 days a year with rain or snow
- 60" of snow a year
- 23 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 22 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (78 per 100k)
- Very low property crime (451 per 100k)
People
- Median age 39
- 35% of households have kids
- 19% are 65 or older
- 29% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 5% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 22 min
- 4% walk or take transit to work
- 33 mi to ROC airport
- 33 mi to ROC (major hub)
- 31 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 77% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1938
- 89% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 528 ft
- 183 mi to the ocean
- 7 mi to a big lake
- 2 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 23 mi to the nearest ski area
- 4 mi to the nearest campground
- 39 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 243 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 35 bars within 25 mi
- 74 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 34 museums within 25 mi
- 14 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 7 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 11% of New York districts (reading)
- 4 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 4 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 75 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 15 mi to the nearest vet
- 8 mi to the nearest dog park
- 5 congregations per 10k people
- 6 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Ontario County: Purple — split almost evenly
- 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
- High winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk