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Philmont is a small town of 1,439 people in Columbia County, New York. It's about 24 miles from Pittsfield, MA and 60 miles from Hartford, CT, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 84°F and winter highs 34°F, with about 38 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $225k and rent runs about $1k a month.
1,439people
$225kTypical home
$1,193/moRent
84° / 34°Summer / winter
38"Snow
208Sunny days
122Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,439
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 1,183 people per sq mi
- 60 mi to Hartford, CT
- 24 mi to Pittsfield, MA
- 24 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $225k (≈$1,419/mo)
- Median rent $1,193/mo
- Median household income $57k
- Property tax about 1.7% of value
- 7.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 84°F
- Winter highs around 34°F
- Somewhat humid summers (dew point 61°F)
- 208 sunny days a year (54 totally clear)
- 157 cloudy days a year
- 50 of 90 winter days are gray
- 122 days a year with rain or snow
- 38" of snow a year
- 9 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 24 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (176 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (1,212 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 37
- 32% of households have kids
- 19% are 65 or older
- 25% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 2% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 24 min
- 2% walk or take transit to work
- 35 mi to ALB airport
- 35 mi to ALB (major hub)
- 8 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 58% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1938
- 87% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 443 ft
- 67 mi to the ocean
- 105 mi to a big lake
- 10 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 10 mi to the nearest ski area
- 8 mi to the nearest campground
- 25 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 326 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 13 bars within 25 mi
- 71 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 3 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 40 museums within 25 mi
- 20 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 13 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 47% of New York districts (reading)
- 3 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 6 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 23 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 8 mi to the nearest vet
- 7 mi to the nearest dog park
- 6 congregations per 10k people
- 14 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Columbia County: D+15 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