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The Southern Finger Lakes Housing Market: What Your Money Actually Gets You

$200K buys you a Victorian with original woodwork on a tree-lined street. A farmhouse with land. A real yard. Not a starter home, a real one. The Southern Finger Lakes is what happens when affordability meets actually beautiful. Prices are moving. The window is still open. READ MORE

She Swore She’d Never Move Back to Upstate New York. Then She Did.

Carol Messina swore she’d never move back to Upstate New York. Then Sweet Farm relocated to Seneca Lake and offered her a job. Two years later, she’s living in Penn Yan, running development and communications for a farm animal sanctuary, and making the case for small-town life in the Southern Finger Lakes. READ MORE

The Math That’s Moving Remote Workers to the Southern Finger Lakes

In a time when you are most likely to be able to work from anywhere, more people are running the numbers and landing in the Southern Finger Lakes. READ MORE

The Southern Finger Lakes Are a Climate Refuge. Here’s Why.

Freshwater, stable temperatures, no wildfires or hurricanes, no sea-level risk. Geography makes the case. The Southern Finger Lakes checks nearly every box researchers use when identifying places built to last through climate change. Here’s why. READ MORE

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June 13, 2026

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SoFLX Regional Profile

REGIONAL GDP
$ 10.3 B
AVERAGE COMMUTE TIME (IN MINUTES)
21.7
WINERIES &
BREWERIES
68 +
MILES OF HIKING
TRAILS
180 +
MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME
$ 64,274