A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Corfu$2,020/mo

Typical home $275K (Zillow) · tax rate 2.53% · or rent about $800/mo · Housing →

Mina$1,240/mo

Typical home $194K (Census) · tax rate 1.37% · or rent about $1,271/mo · Housing →

The difference: $780 a month, about $9,300 a year, between Corfu and Mina.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Life in each

Mina gets 151 more inches of snow a year

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

CorfuMina

Snow a year74″225″

January low16°F —

July high80°F —

Growing season (days)165d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)32nd 13th

Outdoors & history

CorfuMina

Trails—4 mi

Conserved land—0.4%

Settled1868 —

Archive photos6 —

Community

CorfuMina

Library hours a week35 hrs 22 hrs

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Where they are

88 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

CorfuNY MinaChautauqua County

Corfu ↔ Mina88 miles apart

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs New York average

CorfuMina

People

Population 695Lowest 937Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -2.8%Highest NY: +4.2% -9%Lowest NY: +4.2%

Median age 46.4±11.1Highest 17% above NY 45.8±7.9Lowest 15% above NY

Corfu and Mina are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 23.3%±9.4Lowest NY: 20.5% 24%±5.5Highest NY: 20.5%

Mina and Corfu are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 20%±8.8Highest NY: 17.9% 18.5%±2.3Lowest NY: 17.9%

Corfu and Mina are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 25.2%Highest NY: 40.2% 19.7%Lowest NY: 40.2%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.5%±2.7Highest NY: 7% 2.5%±2.5Lowest NY: 7%

Corfu and Mina are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $76,250±$22kHighest 11% below NY $75,000±$12kLowest 13% below NY

Corfu and Mina are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $161,700±$27kLowest 62% below NY $194,400±$46kHighest 54% below NY

Mina and Corfu are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Rentmedian gross, monthly $800±$207Lowest 51% below NY $1,271±$308Highest 22% below NY

Mina and Corfu are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Property taxmedian, yearly $4,095Highest 38% below NY $2,667Lowest 59% below NY

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 34.1%±9.6Highest NY: 52.1% 31%±62.9Lowest NY: 52.1%

Corfu and Mina are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 6.3%Lowest NY: 14% 13.4%Highest NY: 14%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 84.5%Lowest NY: 54.3% 87.2%Highest NY: 54.3%

Typical home builtmedian year 1953Lowest 6 yrs older than NY 1970Highest 11 yrs newer than NY

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 23 minLowest 29% below NY 24 minHighest 27% below NY

Work from home 2.1%±2.2Lowest NY: 14.9% 12.8%±9.6Highest NY: 14.9%

Mina and Corfu are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 1.7%Lowest 8%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 15.8 miLowest 16.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.54Lowest 1.32Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Batavia (9%)Ripley (11%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in MinaFew work in Corfu

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 6.1%Highest 0.4%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 0.8 miLowest 4.0 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.8 miHighest 0.1 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 16.2Highest 2.1Lowest

New York average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

Deciding?

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Corfu vs Mina

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $780 more a month in Corfu

Mina gets 151 more inches of snow a year

88 miles apart

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