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Wynantskill is a small town of 3,487 people in Rensselaer County, New York. It's about 8 miles from Albany, NY and 81 miles from Hartford, CT, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 84°F and winter highs 33°F, with about 55 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $293k and rent runs about $1k a month.
3,487people
$293kTypical home
$1,200/moRent
84° / 33°Summer / winter
55"Snow
208Sunny days
127Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 3,487
- Part of a metro area
- About 1,020 people per sq mi
- 81 mi to Hartford, CT
- 8 mi to Albany, NY
- 4 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $293k (≈$1,850/mo)
- Median rent $1,200/mo
- Median household income $109k
- Property tax about 1.9% of value
- 2.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 84°F
- Winter highs around 33°F
- Somewhat humid summers (dew point 60°F)
- 208 sunny days a year (54 totally clear)
- 157 cloudy days a year
- 50 of 90 winter days are gray
- 127 days a year with rain or snow
- 55" of snow a year
- 15 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 25 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (124 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (1,007 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 48
- 27% of households have kids
- 22% are 65 or older
- 40% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 7% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 25 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 9 mi to ALB airport
- 9 mi to ALB (major hub)
- 6 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 77% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1959
- 96% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 394 ft
- 96 mi to the ocean
- 75 mi to a big lake
- 8 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 19 mi to the nearest ski area
- 6 mi to the nearest campground
- 43 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 742 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 76 bars within 25 mi
- 223 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 4 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 55 museums within 25 mi
- 35 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 4 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 33% of New York districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 5 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 25 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- Vet in town
- 2 mi to the nearest dog park
- 5 congregations per 10k people
- 3 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Rensselaer County: Purple — split almost evenly
- 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