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Port Dickinson is a small town of 1,635 people in Broome County, New York. It's part of the Binghamton, NY area. Summer highs average 81°F and winter highs 33°F, with about 79 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $143k and rent runs about $898 a month.
1,635people
$143kTypical home
$898/moRent
81° / 33°Summer / winter
79"Snow
184Sunny days
164Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,635
- Part of a metro area
- About 2,608 people per sq mi
- 113 mi to Rochester, NY
- In the Binghamton, NY area
- 2 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $143k (≈$900/mo)
- Median rent $898/mo
- Median household income $69k
- Property tax about 2.5% of value
- 5.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 81°F
- Winter highs around 33°F
- Somewhat humid summers (dew point 59°F)
- 184 sunny days a year (44 totally clear)
- 181 cloudy days a year
- 60 of 90 winter days are gray
- 164 days a year with rain or snow
- 79" of snow a year
- 24 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 26 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (100 per 100k)
- Very low property crime (644 per 100k)
People
- Median age 40
- 26% of households have kids
- 17% are 65 or older
- 34% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 7% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 23 min
- 3% walk or take transit to work
- 7 mi to BGM airport
- 68 mi to SYR (major hub)
- 67 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 57% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1941
- 90% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 873 ft
- 115 mi to the ocean
- 40 mi to a big lake
- 38 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 28 mi to the nearest ski area
- 12 mi to the nearest campground
- 22 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 193 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 58 bars within 25 mi
- 66 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 3 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 12 museums within 25 mi
- 1 brewery or distillery within 25 mi
- 3 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 25% of New York districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 3 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 82 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 4 mi to the nearest vet
- 2 mi to the nearest dog park
- 7 congregations per 10k people
- 3 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Broome 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
- High flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- High winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk