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Sylvan BeachNY

A town of 881. A typical home worth about $219K.

Population
881
−0.8% since 2010
Typical home
$219K
−0.6% in a year
Household income
$57K
median
Median age
55.4
years
Jobs based here
188
A commuter town

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881 people, and everyone knows the way

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Housing

A typical Sylvan Beach home is worth about $219K

The typical Sylvan Beach home is worth about $219,000, down 0.6% in a year, 58% below the New York typical home.

$219KZillow home value

Typical home value

Sylvan Beach$219K
New York$527K
−0.6%
value change, 1 year
1
homes sold in May
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data CenterHousing market →
Natural hazards

Very high risk, with inland flooding at the top

Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 83% of U.S. communities.

83risk score of 100
FEMA risk score
83Very high riskLowerHigher
Inland flooding
41
paid flood claims since 1979
7
federal disasters paid out here
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMANatural hazards →
Work & commute

Most working residents commute out of Sylvan Beach

Most working residents leave Sylvan Beach for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Rome (11%), Syracuse (7%) and Vienna (7%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

5%work in town

Where working residents work

In Sylvan Beach5%
Rome11%
Syracuse7%
Vienna7%
Camden7%
19 mi
median commute distance
188
jobs based in Sylvan Beach
A commuter town
jobs vs. working residents
Census LEHD 2023 · ACSCommute map →
Climate

Snowy winters, pleasant summers

Sylvan Beach has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 82°, a January night drops to 14°, and about 151 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.

151″snow a winter

Typical low → high °F

Winter17–33°
Spring34–56°
Summer57–80°
Fall41–60°
Oct 5
typical first frost
May 12
typical last frost
+1.4°
vs. the 20th-century average
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020Full climate →
Health

How healthy Sylvan Beach is

Sylvan Beach beats the New York average on 8 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 11.

32 measures vs. New York
8 better13 too close to call11 worse
What stands outSylvan BeachNY
Fewer uninsured adults5.2%7.9%
Fewer adults facing housing insecurity9.8%14.5%
More adults with COPD9.3%6%
Oneida Health Hospital
9.4 mi away · emergency room
3 of 3
care shortages: primary care, dental, mental health
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSAFull health report →
A commuter town

95% of working residents leave Sylvan Beach for work

Where Sylvan Beach’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.

11% → Rome Rome 11% 7% → Syracuse Syracuse 7% 7% → Vienna Vienna 7% 7% → Camden Camden 7% 7% → DeWitt DeWitt 7% 5% → Oneida Oneida 5% Sylvan Beach · 5% stay
188jobs based in Sylvan Beach
5%of working residents work in town
19 mimedian commute distance

Census LEHD 2023

About Sylvan Beach

Village in New York, United States

Sylvan Beach is a village in Oneida County, New York, United States; in the southeastern end of the Town of Vienna. It is twenty-two miles west of downtown Rome. As of the 2020 census, Sylvan Beach had a population of 890.

From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)

Population
890
Area
0.7 sq mi
Elevation
374 ft
ZIP code
13157

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