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Waterville is a small town of 1,731 people in Oneida County, New York. It's about 14 miles from Utica, NY and 114 miles from Rochester, NY, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 80°F and winter highs 29°F, with about 79 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $170k and rent runs about $820 a month.
1,731people
$170kTypical home
$820/moRent
80° / 29°Summer / winter
79"Snow
184Sunny days
174Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,731
- Part of a metro area
- About 1,222 people per sq mi
- 114 mi to Rochester, NY
- 14 mi to Utica, NY
- 14 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $170k (≈$1,073/mo)
- Median rent $820/mo
- Median household income $82k
- Property tax about 2.0% of value
- 2.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 80°F
- Winter highs around 29°F
- Somewhat humid summers (dew point 60°F)
- 184 sunny days a year (44 totally clear)
- 181 cloudy days a year
- 60 of 90 winter days are gray
- 174 days a year with rain or snow
- 79" of snow a year
- 25 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 35 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (174 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (1,162 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 45
- 25% of households have kids
- 21% are 65 or older
- 25% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 23 min
- 5% walk or take transit to work
- 39 mi to SYR airport
- 39 mi to SYR (major hub)
- 14 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 60% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1938
- 85% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 1,204 ft
- 134 mi to the ocean
- 26 mi to a big lake
- 5 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 12 mi to the nearest ski area
- 9 mi to the nearest campground
- 42 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 195 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 40 bars within 25 mi
- 58 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 18 museums within 25 mi
- 8 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 24 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 42% of New York districts (reading)
- 5 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 11 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 104 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 4 mi to the nearest vet
- 10 mi to the nearest dog park
- 6 congregations per 10k people
- 11 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Oneida County: R+21 in 2024
- New York: D+13 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very 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