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Wellsboro is a small town of 3,437 people in Tioga County, Pennsylvania. It's about 35 miles from Elmira, NY and 100 miles from Rochester, NY, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 81°F and winter highs 32°F, with about 58 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $225k and rent runs about $933 a month.
3,437people
$225kTypical home
$933/moRent
81° / 32°Summer / winter
58"Snow
192Sunny days
142Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 3,437
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 701 people per sq mi
- 100 mi to Rochester, NY
- 35 mi to Elmira, NY
- 31 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $225k (≈$1,420/mo)
- Median rent $933/mo
- Median household income $66k
- Property tax about 1.3% of value
- 7.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 81°F
- Winter highs around 32°F
- Somewhat humid summers (dew point 59°F)
- 192 sunny days a year (51 totally clear)
- 173 cloudy days a year
- 56 of 90 winter days are gray
- 142 days a year with rain or snow
- 58" of snow a year
- 19 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 (39 per 100k)
- Very low property crime (257 per 100k)
People
- Median age 41
- 30% of households have kids
- 23% are 65 or older
- 41% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 4% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 19 min
- 9% walk or take transit to work
- 36 mi to ELM airport
- 97 mi to ROC (major hub)
- 81 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 75% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1938
- 88% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 1,339 ft
- 164 mi to the ocean
- 46 mi to a big lake
- 21 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 16 mi to the nearest ski area
- 8 mi to the nearest campground
- 4 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 19 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 9 bars within 25 mi
- Few or no coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 1 museum within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- Farmers market in town
Everyday
- Schools in the top 26% of Pennsylvania districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 1 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 40 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 12 mi to the nearest vet
- 31 mi to the nearest dog park
- 12 congregations per 10k people
- 13 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Tioga County: R+52 in 2024
- Pennsylvania: Purple — split almost evenly
Natural hazards
- 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
- Very low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk