Living in Salina, NY
Small city in New York
Salina is a small city in New York, home to about 33,000 people, with 374,000 living within 31 mi. Day to day, most trips are by car. Life moves at a relaxed pace, and homes are mostly houses.
Is Salina a good place to live? Pros and cons
👍 Pros
- Affordable housing: a typical 3-bedroom home is about $174k and rents for $1,690 a month
- Mild summers: highs around 80°F
- Low natural disaster risk: 7 federally declared disasters since 2000
- Great outdoors: hills or mountains nearby
👎 Cons
- Cloudier than most places
- Higher taxes: about $3,080 state income tax per resident, 2.89% property tax
- Smaller job market: about 374,000 people live within 31 mi
- Weaker public schools: test results well below the US average
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Key facts
Living in Salina: common questions
What is the cost of living in Salina?
A typical 3-bedroom home is worth about $174k, and a 3-bedroom rents for about $1,690 a month including utilities. Overall living costs are below the US average (index 96, where the US is 100).
What are taxes like in Salina?
New York collects about $3,080 in state income tax per resident, and homeowners here pay about 2.89% of their home's value in property tax each year.
Is Salina safe?
Salina isn't in the FBI's 2019 city crime table, so Best Life Fit Me counts its safety as average.
How are the schools in Salina?
Public schools in Salina test well below the US average in math and reading (2018–19 state tests, put on one national scale with NAEP), with about 13 students per teacher.
What is the weather like in Salina?
Salina has long, snowy winters: winter days average around 34°F and summer days around 80°F, with roughly 128″ of snow a year.
Does Salina get natural disasters?
Natural disaster risk is low, mainly from flooding: 7 federally declared disasters have hit the county since 2000, and FEMA expects about 0.24 deaths or injuries per 100,000 residents a year.
What is the nearest major airport to Salina?
The nearest major airport is SYR, about 3 mi away.
How Salina scores
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