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Williamsville is a big small town of 5,469 people in Erie County, New York. It's about 8 miles from Buffalo, NY. Summer highs average 80°F and winter highs 32°F, with about 95 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $279k and rent runs about $1k a month.
5,469people
$279kTypical home
$1,404/moRent
80° / 32°Summer / winter
95"Snow
172Sunny days
166Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Big small town of 5,469
- Part of a metro area
- About 4,347 people per sq mi
- 8 mi to Buffalo, NY
- 8 mi to Buffalo, NY
- 3 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $279k (≈$1,759/mo)
- Median rent $1,404/mo
- Median household income $99k
- Property tax about 2.3% of value
- 2.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 80°F
- Winter highs around 32°F
- Somewhat humid summers (dew point 59°F)
- 172 sunny days a year (44 totally clear)
- 193 cloudy days a year
- 71 of 90 winter days are gray
- 166 days a year with rain or snow
- 95" of snow a year
- 26 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 18 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Low violent crime (264 per 100k), county-wide
- About average property crime (1,785 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 49
- 23% of households have kids
- 30% are 65 or older
- 60% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 6% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 18 min
- 4% walk or take transit to work
- 1 mi to BUF airport
- 1 mi to BUF (major hub)
- 4 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 68% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1948
- 95% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 689 ft
- 245 mi to the ocean
- 9 mi to a big lake
- 5 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 19 mi to the nearest ski area
- 7 mi to the nearest campground
- 62 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 872 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 201 bars within 25 mi
- 243 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 4 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 49 museums within 25 mi
- 32 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 2 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 48% of New York districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 4 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 73 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 2 mi to the nearest vet
- 2 mi to the nearest dog park
- 5 congregations per 10k people
- 4 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Erie County: D+10 in 2024
- New York: D+13 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Low hurricane risk
- Low tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- Moderate flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- High winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk