Brutus, New York
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Population change since 2000: -6.6%
Males: 2,170 | (48.6%) |
Females: 2,294 | (51.4%) |
Median resident age: | 42.2 years |
New York median age: | 40.7 years |
Zip codes: 13166.
Brutus: | $65,934 |
NY: | $79,557 |
Estimated per capita income in 2022: $37,588 (it was $19,124 in 2000)
Brutus town income, earnings, and wages data
Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $150,062 (it was $66,100 in 2000)
Brutus: | $150,062 |
NY: | $400,400 |
Mean prices in 2022: all housing units: $208,264; detached houses: $225,118; townhouses or other attached units: $236,740; in 2-unit structures: $244,571; in 3-to-4-unit structures: $414,744; in 5-or-more-unit structures: $633,100; mobile homes: $69,131
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Brutus, NY
- 4,30996.5%White alone
- 581.3%Two or more races
- 471.1%Hispanic
- 180.4%Asian alone
- 130.3%Black alone
- 120.3%American Indian alone
- 60.1%Other race alone
- 10.02%Native Hawaiian and Other
Pacific Islander alone
Races in Brutus detailed stats: ancestries, foreign born residents, place of birth
Ancestries: English (24.5%), Irish (20.5%), German (18.2%), Italian (10.6%), United States (9.6%), French (6.9%).
Current Local Time: EST time zone
Incorporated in 1802
Land area: 22.1 square miles.
Population density: 202 people per square mile (very low).
33 residents are foreign born
This town: | 0.7% |
New York: | 20.4% |
Brutus town: | 2.8% ($1,880) |
New York: | 1.9% ($2,847) |
Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Clay, NY (19.2 miles , pop. 58,805).
Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Rochester, NY (54.5 miles , pop. 219,773).
Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Bronx, NY (205.0 miles , pop. 1,332,650).
Nearest cities:
Latitude: 43.05 N, Longitude: 76.55 W
Area code commonly used in this area: 315
Single-family new house construction building permits:
- 2022: 4 buildings, average cost: $363,500
- 2021: 4 buildings, average cost: $211,300
- 2020: 4 buildings, average cost: $190,300
- 2019: 7 buildings, average cost: $97,600
- 2018: 10 buildings, average cost: $119,200
- 2017: 4 buildings, average cost: $63,700
- 2016: 2 buildings, average cost: $117,500
- 2015: 3 buildings, average cost: $167,300
- 2014: 4 buildings, average cost: $117,300
- 2013: 1 building, cost: $180,000
- 2012: 1 building, cost: $125,000
- 2011: 3 buildings, average cost: $113,300
- 2010: 2 buildings, average cost: $132,500
- 2009: 5 buildings, average cost: $77,800
- 2008: 10 buildings, average cost: $203,700
- 2007: 10 buildings, average cost: $139,400
- 2006: 9 buildings, average cost: $99,100
- 2005: 11 buildings, average cost: $106,700
- 2004: 9 buildings, average cost: $136,200
- 2003: 11 buildings, average cost: $98,100
- 2002: 11 buildings, average cost: $113,100
- 2001: 5 buildings, average cost: $111,300
- 2000: 3 buildings, average cost: $100,000
- 1999: 8 buildings, average cost: $94,400
- 1998: 6 buildings, average cost: $63,200
- 1997: 6 buildings, average cost: $119,300
Here: | 4.2% |
New York: | 4.4% |
- Construction (8.3%)
- Health care (8.2%)
- Educational services (7.9%)
- Accommodation & food services (7.6%)
- Public administration (5.5%)
- Metal & metal products (4.6%)
- Food & beverage stores (4.0%)
- Construction (15.6%)
- Metal & metal products (6.7%)
- Public administration (6.5%)
- Truck transportation (5.0%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting (4.2%)
- Accommodation & food services (4.1%)
- Educational services (3.7%)
- Health care (13.7%)
- Educational services (12.2%)
- Accommodation & food services (11.2%)
- Food & beverage stores (6.2%)
- Social assistance (5.0%)
- Administrative & support & waste management services (4.8%)
- Professional, scientific, technical services (4.5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4.4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4.2%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair workers, including supervisors (4.2%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4.2%)
- Other production occupations, including supervisors (3.8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (3.4%)
- Other management occupations, except farmers and farm managers (3.4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair workers, including supervisors (8.2%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7.9%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6.0%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5.0%)
- Other production occupations, including supervisors (4.1%)
- Other management occupations, except farmers and farm managers (3.9%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (3.6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7.0%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6.1%)
- Waiters and waitresses (5.2%)
- Other office and administrative support workers, including supervisors (4.7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary, and middle school teachers (4.2%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4.2%)
- Registered nurses (3.7%)
Average climate in Brutus, New York
Based on data reported by over 4,000 weather stations
(lower is better)
Air Quality Index (AQI) level in 2023 was 92.7. This is worse than average.
City: | 92.7 |
U.S.: | 72.6 |
Carbon Monoxide (CO) [ppm] level in 2012 was 0.295. This is about average. Closest monitor was 18.6 miles away from the city center.
City: | 0.295 |
U.S.: | 0.251 |
Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) [ppb] level in 2021 was 0.128. This is significantly better than average. Closest monitor was 7.0 miles away from the city center.
City: | 0.128 |
U.S.: | 1.515 |
Ozone [ppb] level in 2023 was 31.1. This is about average. Closest monitor was 17.0 miles away from the city center.
City: | 31.1 |
U.S.: | 33.3 |
Particulate Matter (PM2.5) [µg/m3] level in 2023 was 9.42. This is about average. Closest monitor was 19.3 miles away from the city center.
City: | 9.42 |
U.S.: | 8.11 |
Tornado activity:
Brutus-area historical tornado activity is below New York state average. It is 78% smaller than the overall U.S. average.
On 5/2/1983, a category F3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 9.4 miles away from the Brutus town center killed one person and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.
On 5/2/1983, a category F3 tornado 17.8 miles away from the town center caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.
Earthquake activity:
Brutus-area historical earthquake activity is significantly above New York state average. It is 68% smaller than the overall U.S. average.On 10/7/1983 at 10:18:46, a magnitude 5.3 (5.1 MB, 5.3 LG, 5.1 ML, Class: Moderate, Intensity: VI - VII) earthquake occurred 127.1 miles away from Brutus center
On 4/20/2002 at 10:50:47, a magnitude 5.3 (5.3 ML, Depth: 3.0 mi) earthquake occurred 174.7 miles away from the city center
On 4/20/2002 at 10:50:47, a magnitude 5.2 (5.2 MB, 4.2 MS, 5.2 MW, 5.0 MW) earthquake occurred 172.9 miles away from the city center
On 9/25/1998 at 19:52:52, a magnitude 5.2 (4.8 MB, 4.3 MS, 5.2 LG, 4.5 MW, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 224.5 miles away from Brutus center
On 8/23/2011 at 17:51:04, a magnitude 5.8 (5.8 MW, Depth: 3.7 mi) earthquake occurred 362.7 miles away from the city center
On 1/31/1986 at 16:46:43, a magnitude 5.0 (5.0 MB) earthquake occurred 256.2 miles away from the city center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB), local magnitude (ML), surface-wave magnitude (MS), moment magnitude (MW)
Natural disasters:
The number of natural disasters in Cayuga County (15) is near the US average (15).Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 8
Emergencies Declared: 6
Causes of natural disasters: Floods: 5, Storms: 4, Hurricanes: 2, Blizzard: 1, Heavy Rain: 1, Ice Storm: 1, Landslide: 1, Power Outage: 1, Snow: 1, Tropical Storm: 1, Wind: 1, Other: 2 (Note: some incidents may be assigned to more than one category).
Hospitals and medical centers near Brutus:
- CAYUGA COUNTY NURSING HOME (Nursing Home, about 5 miles away; AUBURN, NY)
- FINGER LAKES CENTER FOR LIVING (Nursing Home, about 8 miles away; AUBURN, NY)
- AUBURN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Acute Care Hospitals (about 8 miles away; AUBURN, NY)
- UNIV DIALYSIS CTR @ AUBURN (Dialysis Facility, about 8 miles away; AUBURN, NY)
- CAYUGA COUNTY CHHA (Home Health Center, about 8 miles away; AUBURN, NY)
- MERCY HEALTH AND REHAB CENTER N H INC (Nursing Home, about 10 miles away; AUBURN, NY)
- AUBURN NURSING HOME (Nursing Home, about 10 miles away; AUBURN, NY)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Brutus:
- Cayuga County Community College (about 8 miles; Auburn, NY; Full-time enrollment: 3,141)
- Onondaga Community College (about 18 miles; Syracuse, NY; FT enrollment: 8,920)
- SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (about 21 miles; Syracuse, NY; FT enrollment: 2,044)
- Syracuse University (about 21 miles; Syracuse, NY; FT enrollment: 20,717)
- Le Moyne College (about 24 miles; Syracuse, NY; FT enrollment: 3,041)
- Hobart William Smith Colleges (about 26 miles; Geneva, NY; FT enrollment: 2,476)
- SUNY College at Oswego (about 29 miles; Oswego, NY; FT enrollment: 7,550)
Points of interest:
Notable locations in Brutus: Weedsport Canal Terminal (A), Meadowbrook Golf Course (B), Riverforest Park Campground (C), Weedsport Toll Plaza (D), Bibbens Farms (E), Oakland Farms (F), Weedsport Theatre (G), Weedsport Free Library (H), Evergreen Heights (I), Weedsport Fire Department (J). Display/hide their locations on the map
Churches in Brutus include: First United Methodist Church (A), Saint John's Catholic Church (B), First Presbyterian Church (C), First Baptist Church (D), Our Lady of the Snow Parish Church (E). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Saint Josephs Cemetery (1), God's Acre Cemetery (2), Lamphere Cemetery (3), Wilson Family Cemetery (4), Bowen Cemetery (5), Helmer Cemetery (6), Crim Cemetery (7). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Skaneateles Creek (A), Putnam Brook (B), Cold Spring Brook (C), North Brook (D). Display/hide their locations on the map
Parks in Brutus include: River Forest Park (1), Graham Park (2). Display/hide their locations on the map
Birthplace of: Doctor Willard Bliss - 19TH CENTURY AMERICAN PHYSICIAN, Joseph M. Root - Congressman, Horace S. Eldredge - Politician.
Drinking water stations with addresses in Brutus that have no violations reported:
- OWEN ORCHARDS (Population served: 25, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
This town: | 2.5 people |
New York: | 2.6 people |
This town: | 66.9% |
Whole state: | 63.5% |
This town: | 10.3% |
Whole state: | 6.8% |
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
This town: | 9.1% |
Whole state: | 14.6% |
This town: | 3.4% |
Whole state: | 7.4% |
55 people in other noninstitutional group quarters in 2000
7 people in homes for the mentally retarded in 2000
For population 15 years and over in Brutus:
- Never married: 23.7%
- Now married: 56.4%
- Separated: 4.2%
- Widowed: 5.2%
- Divorced: 10.5%
For population 25 years and over in Brutus:
- High school or higher: 84.9%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 15.4%
- Graduate or professional degree: 5.7%
- Unemployed: 4.1%
- Mean travel time to work (commute): 22.0 minutes
Here: | 9.5 |
New York average: | 14.2 |
Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results
Religion statistics for Brutus, NY (based on Cayuga County data)
Religion | Adherents | Congregations |
---|---|---|
Catholic | 23,937 | 10 |
Mainline Protestant | 6,462 | 38 |
Evangelical Protestant | 2,886 | 31 |
Other | 502 | 5 |
Orthodox | 150 | 1 |
Black Protestant | 119 | 1 |
None | 45,970 | - |
Food Environment Statistics:
This county: | 2.12 / 10,000 pop. |
New York: | 4.13 / 10,000 pop. |
Cayuga County: | 0.25 / 10,000 pop. |
New York: | 0.06 / 10,000 pop. |
Here: | 0.50 / 10,000 pop. |
New York: | 0.92 / 10,000 pop. |
Here: | 3.50 / 10,000 pop. |
New York: | 1.68 / 10,000 pop. |
Here: | 7.25 / 10,000 pop. |
New York: | 8.82 / 10,000 pop. |
This county: | 8.0% |
New York: | 8.2% |
Cayuga County: | 25.6% |
New York: | 23.8% |
This county: | 12.2% |
New York: | 15.6% |
Strongest AM radio stations in Brutus:
- WHEN (620 AM; 5 kW; SYRACUSE, NY; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WSYR (570 AM; 5 kW; SYRACUSE, NY; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WWLF (1340 AM; 1 kW; AUBURN, NY; Owner: WOLF RADIO, INC)
- WFBL (1050 AM; 2 kW; BALDWINSVILLE, NY; Owner: BUCKLEY BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WHAM (1180 AM; 50 kW; ROCHESTER, NY; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
- WDCW (1390 AM; 5 kW; SYRACUSE, NY; Owner: KIMTRON, INC.)
- WNSS (1260 AM; 5 kW; SYRACUSE, NY; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WAUB (1590 AM; 1 kW; AUBURN, NY; Owner: AUBURN BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WACK (1420 AM; 5 kW; NEWARK, NY; Owner: PEMBROOK PINES, INC.)
- WSFW (1110 AM; daytime; 1 kW; SENECA FALLS, NY; Owner: AUBURN BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WGY (810 AM; 50 kW; SCHENECTADY, NY; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WPIE (1160 AM; 5 kW; TRUMANSBURG, NY; Owner: PEMBROOK PINES ITHACA LTD. N.A.)
- WHCU (870 AM; 5 kW; ITHACA, NY; Owner: EAGLE BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
Strongest FM radio stations in Brutus:
- WPHR (106.9 FM; AUBURN, NY; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WMHR (102.9 FM; SYRACUSE, NY; Owner: MARS HILL BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
- WBBS (104.7 FM; FULTON, NY; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
- WZUN (102.1 FM; PHOENIX, NY; Owner: GALAXY COMMUNICATIONS, L.P.)
- WYYY (94.5 FM; SYRACUSE, NY; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WLLW (99.3 FM; SENECA FALLS, NY; Owner: AUBURN BROADCASTING, INC.)
- W251AK (98.1 FM; NEDROW, NY; Owner: PATHWAY COMMUNITY RADIO, INC.)
- WCNY-FM (91.3 FM; SYRACUSE, NY; Owner: THE PUB. B/C COUNC. OF CEN. NY, INC.)
- WSEN-FM (92.1 FM; BALDWINSVILLE, NY; Owner: BUCKLEY BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WNTQ (93.1 FM; SYRACUSE, NY; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WCOV-FM (93.7 FM; CLYDE, NY; Owner: FAMILY LIFE MINISTRIES, INC.)
- W278AH (103.5 FM; SYRACUSE, JAMESVILLE, NY; Owner: CALVARY CHAPEL OF THE FINGER LAKES, INC.)
- WWHT (107.9 FM; SYRACUSE, NY; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WNYR-FM (98.5 FM; WATERLOO, NY; Owner: LAKE COUNTRY BROADCASTING, INC.)
- W251AJ (98.1 FM; MELROSE PARK, NY; Owner: FMX BROADCASTING)
- WDWN (89.1 FM; AUBURN, NY; Owner: CAYUGA COUNTY COMM. COLLEGE)
- WLTI (105.9 FM; SYRACUSE, NY; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WFLK (101.7 FM; GENEVA, NY; Owner: MB COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WYXL (97.3 FM; ITHACA, NY; Owner: EAGLE BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WBXL (90.5 FM; BALDWINSVILLE, NY; Owner: BALDWINSVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DIST.)
TV broadcast stations around Brutus:
- WCNY-TV (Channel 24; SYRACUSE, NY; Owner: PUBLIC BROADCASTING COUNCIL OF CENTRAL NEW YORK)
- WSTM-TV (Channel 3; SYRACUSE, NY; Owner: WSTM LICENSE SUBSIDIARY, INC.)
- WSYT (Channel 68; SYRACUSE, NY; Owner: WSYT LICENSEE L.P.)
- WNYS-TV (Channel 43; SYRACUSE, NY; Owner: RKM MEDIA, INC.)
- WIXT-TV (Channel 9; SYRACUSE, NY; Owner: CENTRAL NY NEWS, INC.)
- W48AO (Channel 48; AUBURN, NY; Owner: SONNY PERSAD)
- WSPX-TV (Channel 56; SYRACUSE, NY; Owner: PAXSON SYRACUSE LICENSE, INC.)
- WTVH (Channel 5; SYRACUSE, NY; Owner: WTVH LICENSE, INC.)
- W54AK (Channel 54; AUBURN, NY; Owner: SONNY PERSAD)
- W11BP (Channel 11; SYRACUSE, ETC., NY; Owner: RENARD COMMUNICATIONS CORP.)
- WTVU-LP (Channel 22; SYRACUSE, NY; Owner: RENARD COMMUNICATIONS CORP.)
- WOBX-LP (Channel 35; SYRACUSE, NY; Owner: METRO TV, INC.)
- WBLZ-LP (Channel 13; SYRACUSE, NY; Owner: RENARD COMMUNICATIONS CORP.)
- WSTQ-LP (Channel 14; SYRACUSE, NY; Owner: FEDERAL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- W51BA (Channel 51; SYRACUSE, NY; Owner: RENARD COMMUNICATIONS CORP.)
- W30AJ (Channel 30; SYRACUSE, NY; Owner: JOHN MESTER INCOME FAMILY TRUST)
- WMBO-LP (Channel 60; SYRACUSE, ETC., NY; Owner: METRO TV, INC.)
- WNDR-LP (Channel 18; SYRACUSE, NY; Owner: METRO TV, INC.)
- W40BJ (Channel 40; DEWITT, NY; Owner: RENARD COMMUNICATIONS CORP.)
- W69AN (Channel 69; UNION SPRINGS, ETC., NY; Owner: SONNY PERSAD)
- National Bridge Inventory (NBI) Statistics
- 24Number of bridges
- 285ft / 87.0mTotal length
- $46,274,000Total costs
- 127,819Total average daily traffic
- 20,376Total average daily truck traffic
- New bridges - historical statistics
- 11910-1919
- 11940-1949
- 81950-1959
- 31960-1969
- 41980-1989
- 31990-1999
- 32000-2009
- 12010-2019
- 53.3%Utility gas
- 23.4%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
- 14.6%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 4.9%Electricity
- 2.9%Wood
- 0.9%Coal or coke
- 54.6%Utility gas
- 21.2%Electricity
- 19.4%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
- 3.5%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 0.5%Wood
- 0.5%No fuel used
- 0.3%Other fuel
Brutus compared to New York state average:
- Median house value significantly below state average.
- Unemployed percentage significantly below state average.
- Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- Renting percentage below state average.
- Length of stay since moving in significantly above state average.
- Number of rooms per house significantly below state average.
- House age significantly below state average.
- Number of college students below state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher below state average.