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Hoffmeister, New York.

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What it costs per month · Hoffmeister $2,755/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,478 (+116%) since Jan 2020.

Monthly payment to buy the typical home

Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.

$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 $2,500 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 New York $2,755 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 $2,500 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • New York$2,755
  • United States$1,922

Living in Hoffmeister, Hamilton County, New York

The Census does not count Hoffmeister on its own, so the figures here are Hamilton County's. Half the county's households earn more than $68,835 a year and half less; 11% of the county's people live below the poverty line. 82% of the county's homes are lived in by their owners and 18% are rented. Unemployment in Hamilton County was 3.7% in August 2026, and the county had 1.6% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Hamilton County work in schools and health care, then construction.

People 5,000 about, in Hamilton County: the Census does not count Hoffmeister on its own
Household income $68,835 the median in Hamilton County, give or take $5,478
Unemployment 3.7% Hamilton County, August 2026; 3.5% a year before
Homes 82% lived in by their owners; 18% rented

Written by AI Claude Haiku 5.5 wrote this on 22 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.

What it’s like

The place. Hoffmeister sits in Hamilton County in the Adirondack country of northern New York, where winters are colder than most of the country and snow is a large part of the year. Summers turn warm, and the land is well suited to people who enjoy time outdoors. Across the county, most homes are lived in by their owners, and the population is older than in much of the country.

Work. Across Hamilton County, most working people are employed in schools, hospitals and social care, building trades, government, or restaurants, hotels and entertainment. Jobs in the county were slightly fewer last year than the year before, while unemployment has come down over the past year.

Things to do. Indian River runs in or beside the town, and Metcalf Lake and Honnedaga Lake are each a short drive away. These are the best-known waters close by, and they make a good start for anyone who likes to spend a day on the water.

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  • 2,423households
  • 58.1median age
  • 33%of adults have a degree
  • 11%below the poverty line
  • 23 mintypical commute
  • 14%work from home

What people in Hamilton County work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care22%
  • Building trades15%
  • Government14%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment12%
  • Shops (retail)11%
  • Transport, warehouses and utilities5%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Hamilton County had 1,608 jobs in 2025, 1.6% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 26° and 6°; warmest in July, 75° and 54° 0° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 26° 6° F M A M J J 75° 54° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 26° and 6°; warmest in July, 75° and 54° 0° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 26° 6° F M A M J J 75° 54° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 26° and lows near 6°; warmest in July, with highs near 75° and lows near 54°. About 158 inches of snow and 50 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Old Forge weather station, 20 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Hamilton County

  1. Indian Lake Central School DistrictSchool district45FTE
  2. Lake Pleasant Central School DistrictSchool district45FTE
  3. Wells Central School DistrictSchool district39FTE
  4. Long Lake Central School DistrictSchool district36FTE

School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

FEMA rates every natural hazard here relatively low or very low.

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Hamilton County, against the rest of the country; all of them together, very low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Hamilton County.

Hoffmeister home values

Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

Not enough data to draw this yet.

Market heat, inside the city limits

Homes for sale

Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.

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Zip codes with a Hoffmeister address

A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Hoffmeister — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.

Zillow publishes no zip-level series with this city on the address.