Skaneateles is waiting for its first neighbor
Every town starts quiet. Join Skaneateles, say hello, and every post, reply and fact you add earns karma and warms the town up.
Every post, reply and helpful vote fills the heart. It always reflects the last 30 days.
What kind of neighbors does Skaneateles have?
Read from the town’s members and the Census. The page puts what stands out first.
38 in every 100 people in Skaneateles are 65 or older
Skaneateles changed by +3% from 2010 to 2020. Population: about 2,503 (2025 Census estimate). Across NY, 54 in 100 households own their home; here, 76. Home workers make up 26 in 100 workers (NY: 15).
Median age 57.9 (NY 39.8).
About 80 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±2.9 points).
Counted by household.
Adults 25 and older.
The commute averages 21 minutes each way.
Ways to pitch in
Karma is how Skaneateles says thanks. The ladder’s higher rungs unlock editing the handbook.
Start the first group in Skaneateles
A group gives neighbors a reason to come back. It takes 30 seconds.
What Skaneateles’s neighbors have built
1 contributions so far, one patch each.
Neighbors are members whose home town is Skaneateles or who have posted here. Karma counts contributions across TownRatings: a post +5, a reply +2, a confirmed guide fact +10, an old photo +10, a confirmed place +10. “This month” counts only what was added in Skaneateles in the last 30 days. Town Love is a rolling 30-day score of posts, replies and helpful votes, weighted toward many voices. Who lives here: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020-2024; rounded to 100 people.