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Watkins Glen is a small town of 1,725 people in Schuyler County, New York. It's about 19 miles from Ithaca, NY and 66 miles from Rochester, NY, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 83°F and winter highs 34°F, with about 52 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $205k and rent runs about $741 a month.
1,725people
$205kTypical home
$741/moRent
83° / 34°Summer / winter
52"Snow
185Sunny days
167Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,725
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 1,106 people per sq mi
- 66 mi to Rochester, NY
- 19 mi to Ithaca, NY
- 19 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $205k (≈$1,291/mo)
- Median rent $741/mo
- Median household income $50k
- Property tax about 1.9% of value
- 8.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 83°F
- Winter highs around 34°F
- Somewhat humid summers (dew point 58°F)
- 185 sunny days a year (45 totally clear)
- 180 cloudy days a year
- 60 of 90 winter days are gray
- 167 days a year with rain or snow
- 52" of snow a year
- 16 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 30 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (40 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (148 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 54
- 16% of households have kids
- 31% are 65 or older
- 28% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 4% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 22 min
- 16% walk or take transit to work
- 15 mi to ELM airport
- 64 mi to SYR (major hub)
- 60 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 52% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1938
- 92% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 463 ft
- 167 mi to the ocean
- 1 mi to a big lake
- 8 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 36 mi to the nearest ski area
- Campground in town
- 23 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 217 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 55 bars within 25 mi
- 71 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 2 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 30 museums within 25 mi
- 27 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- Farmers market in town
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 43% of New York districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 3 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 59 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- Vet in town
- 17 mi to the nearest dog park
- 6 congregations per 10k people
- 19 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Schuyler County: R+21 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