Living in Rushville, NY
Rushville is a tiny town of 603 people in Yates County, New York. It's about 34 miles from Rochester, NY. Summer highs average 81°F and winter highs 33°F, with about 54 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $147k and rent runs about $656 a month.
603people
$147kTypical home
$656/moRent
81° / 33°Summer / winter
54"Snow
182Sunny days
163Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Tiny town of 603
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 891 people per sq mi
- 34 mi to Rochester, NY
- 34 mi to Rochester, NY
- 9 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $147k (≈$928/mo)
- Median rent $656/mo
- Median household income $42k
- Property tax about 2.0% of value
- 4.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 81°F
- Winter highs around 33°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
- 163 days a year with rain or snow
- 54" of snow a year
- 20 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 20 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (65 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (546 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 45
- 32% of households have kids
- 23% are 65 or older
- 17% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 4% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 24 min
- 2% walk or take transit to work
- 33 mi to ROC airport
- 33 mi to ROC (major hub)
- 34 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 75% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1940
- 85% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 879 ft
- 195 mi to the ocean
- 4 mi to a big lake
- 11 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 9 mi to the nearest ski area
- 12 mi to the nearest campground
- 30 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 216 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 27 bars within 25 mi
- 69 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 32 museums within 25 mi
- 21 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 15 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 32% of New York districts (reading)
- 8 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 8 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 59 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 15 mi to the nearest vet
- 14 mi to the nearest dog park
- 8 congregations per 10k people
- 14 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Yates County: R+16 in 2024
- 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
- Moderate winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk