Living in Orchard Park, NY
Suburb in New York
Orchard Park is a suburb in New York, home to about 30,000 people, with 772,000 living within 31 mi. Day to day, a car is essential. Life moves at a slow, calm pace, and homes are mostly houses.
Is Orchard Park a good place to live? Pros and cons
👍 Pros
- Mild summers: highs around 77°F
- Great outdoors: hills or mountains nearby
- Safe: violent crime is 0.2× the US rate (FBI 2019)
- Easy flying: BUF is 13 mi away
👎 Cons
- Cloudier than most places
- Higher taxes: about $3,080 state income tax per resident, 2.25% property tax
- Smaller job market: about 772,000 people live within 31 mi
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Key facts
Living in Orchard Park: common questions
What is the cost of living in Orchard Park?
A typical 3-bedroom home is worth about $379k, and a 3-bedroom rents for about $1,640 a month including utilities. Overall living costs are below the US average (index 96, where the US is 100).
What are taxes like in Orchard Park?
New York collects about $3,080 in state income tax per resident, and homeowners here pay about 2.25% of their home's value in property tax each year.
Is Orchard Park safe?
Violent crime is well below the national rate (0.2× in FBI 2019 data).
How are the schools in Orchard Park?
Public schools in Orchard Park test well above the US average in math and reading (2018–19 state tests, put on one national scale with NAEP), with about 14 students per teacher.
What is the weather like in Orchard Park?
Orchard Park has long, snowy winters: winter days average around 33°F and summer days around 77°F, with roughly 168″ of snow a year.
Does Orchard Park get natural disasters?
Natural disaster risk is low, mainly from flooding and cold waves: 9 federally declared disasters have hit the county since 2000, and FEMA expects about 0.43 deaths or injuries per 100,000 residents a year.
What is the nearest major airport to Orchard Park?
The nearest major airport is BUF, about 13 mi away.
How Orchard Park scores
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