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A town of 965. A typical home worth about $201K.

Population
965
−0.4% since 2010
Typical home
$201K
+8.3% in a year
Household income
$46K
median
Median age
36.2
years
Jobs based here
790
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What makes Whitney Point stand out

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Small town

965 people, and everyone knows the way

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Housing

A typical Whitney Point home is worth about $201K

The typical Whitney Point home is worth about $201,000, up 8.3% in a year, 62% below the New York typical home.

$201KZillow home value

Typical home value

Whitney Point$201K
New York$527K
+8.3%
value change, 1 year
2
homes sold in May
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data CenterHousing market →
Work & commute

Most working residents commute out of Whitney Point

Most working residents leave Whitney Point for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Triangle (14%), Binghamton (13%) and Union (10%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

7%work in town

Where working residents work

In Whitney Point7%
Triangle14%
Binghamton13%
Union10%
Greene5%
16 mi
median commute distance
790
jobs based in Whitney Point
A job hub
jobs vs. working residents
Census LEHD 2023 · ACSCommute map →
Climate

Snowy winters, pleasant summers

Whitney Point has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 80°, a January night drops to 15°, and about 87 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.

87″snow a winter

Typical low → high °F

Winter18–33°
Spring34–55°
Summer56–78°
Fall40–59°
Oct 16
typical first frost
May 4
typical last frost
+1.2°
vs. the 20th-century average
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020Full climate →
Health

How healthy Whitney Point is

Whitney Point beats the New York average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 9.

32 measures vs. New York
0 better23 too close to call9 worse
What stands outWhitney PointNY
More adults with COPD8%6%
More adults with arthritis31.2%24%
More smokers14.5%11.3%
Our Lady of Lourdes Memorial Hospital
16.6 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 →
Natural hazards

Moderate risk, with inland flooding at the top

Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 41% of U.S. communities.

41risk score of 100
FEMA risk score
41Moderate riskLowerHigher
Inland floodingTornadoes
3
paid flood claims since 1978
4
federal disasters paid out here
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMANatural hazards →
Outdoors

0.8% of Whitney Point is conserved land

1.6 miles of trails across 1 parks and preserves.

0.8%conserved
Map of Whitney Point: conserved land, trails and the top places to walk
Green: conserved land · dashed: trails · numbers: the places below
0.8%
conserved · 5 of 709 acres
1.6 mi
of trails · 1.5 per sq mi
Biggest places to walkTrailsAcres
1. Whitney Point Multiple Use Area0.2 mi40
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-USParks & trails →
A job hub

Every workday, about 765 people come to Whitney Point for work

Where Whitney Point’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.

14% → Triangle Triangle 14% 13% → Binghamton Binghamton 13% 10% → Union Union 10% 5% → Greene Greene 5% 4% → Dickinson Dickinson 4% 4% → Chenango Chenango 4% Whitney Point · 7% stay
790jobs based in Whitney Point
7%of working residents work in town
16 mimedian commute distance

Census LEHD 2023

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1855 · Plan-of-Whitneys-Point-Broome-County-1855-Gifford-Wenig-g3803b-la000476 · Wikimedia Commons
Whitney Point’s story

Whitney Point in pictures

6 postcards, papers and photographs from public archives, and 1 places on the National Register.

The western terminus of NY 206 inWhitney Point, New York 2Grace Episcopal Church Whitney Point NY Feb 10
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About Whitney Point

Village in New York, United States

Whitney Point is a village in Broome County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, Whitney Point had a population of 960. It is part of the Binghamton Metropolitan Statistical Area. The name comes from Thomas and William Whitney, early developers. The village is in the southwestern corner of the town of Triangle and is north of Binghamton.

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Population
960
Area
1.1 sq mi
Elevation
958 ft
ZIP code
13862

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