Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety83#2,666/15,637
Economy55#7,046/15,631
Housing23#11,558/14,977
Health78#3,381/15,609
Healthcare37#9,823/15,650
Environment87#1,982/15,453
Education57#6,694/15,649
Infrastructure32#10,633/15,650
Community57#6,706/15,651
Leisure & amenities43#8,940/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Bergen, New York ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Genesee County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Students per teacher · low9.4×
99/100New York 12.0×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsGenesee County value
Public EV charging ports · high23.6 /10k
97/100New York 10.8 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyGenesee County value
Homicide rate · low0.0 /100k
94/100New York 2.7 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataGenesee County value
Home price to income ratio · low1.9×
91/100New York 4.9×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Mental health care shortage · low0.0
91/100New York 4.8United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationGenesee County value
Hot days · low3 days
90/100New York 3 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationGenesee County value

Weaknesses

Effective property tax rate · high2.75%
1/100New York 1.30%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
New business applications · low7.1 /1k
2/100New York 15.1 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauGenesee County value
Average commute time · high21.6 min
9/100New York 32.6 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Hospital quality rating · low2.0
9/100New York 2.8United States 3.2Jul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesGenesee County value
Comfortable days · low23.3%
11/100New York 22.7%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationGenesee County value
Gyms and fitness centers · low0.3 /10k
11/100New York 1.3 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsGenesee County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
1,135 (2015-2019) → 1,360 (2020-2024)
+20%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Median household incomeImproving
$67,679 (2015-2019) → $88,906 (2020-2024)
+31%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Poverty rateWorsening
10.3% (2015-2019) → 14.9% (2020-2024)
+4.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
30.9% (2015-2019) → 35.2% (2020-2024)
+4.3 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
53.3% (2015-2019) → 57.6% (2020-2024)
+4.2 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
High school diploma or higherWorsening
97.1% (2015-2019) → 93.1% (2020-2024)
−4 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Bergen, New York improved on 0 of 11 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 11 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved0

No measure improved by more than its margin of error.

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 11 measures

Change of every measure of Bergen, New York between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	21.0 min2015-2019	21.6 min2020-2024	+0.7 min	Within the margin of error	40%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.7%2015-2019	30.0%2020-2024	−1.6 points	Within the margin of error	18%
Broadband subscriptions	85.2%2015-2019	87.1%2020-2024	+1.9 points	Within the margin of error	15%
Effective property tax rate	3.24%2015-2019	2.75%2020-2024	−0.5 points	Within the margin of error	90%
High school diploma or higher	97.1%2015-2019	93.1%2020-2024	−4 points	Within the margin of error	8%
Home price to income ratio	1.7×2015-2019	1.9×2020-2024	+0.2×	Within the margin of error	66%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3582015-2019	0.3812020-2024	+0.024	Within the margin of error	31%
Median household income	$67,6792015-2019	$88,9062020-2024	+31%	Within the margin of error	58%
Poverty rate	10.3%2015-2019	14.9%2020-2024	+4.6 points	Within the margin of error	14%
Rent as share of income	30.9%2015-2019	35.2%2020-2024	+4.3 points	Within the margin of error	25%
Rent-burdened households	53.3%2015-2019	57.6%2020-2024	+4.2 points	Within the margin of error	40%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Bergen, New York five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Bergen, New York in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Bergen, New York itself moved −11.4 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,360 residents (±287)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

1,360 residents (±287)

Bergen, New York
New York share

White88%1,198
Black3.0%†41
Hispanic or Latino2.4%†32
Asian3.7%†50
American Indian and Alaska Native0.0%0
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.0%0
Other or two or more races2.9%†39

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

976 residents (±225)

Bergen, New York
New York share

No high school diploma6.9%†67
High school or GED29%284
Some college20%†198
Associate degree14%†134
Bachelor's degree18%†178
Graduate degree12%†115

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B15003View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

528 households (±124)

Bergen, New York
New York share

Under $25k12%†64
$25k–50k19%†98
$50k–75k14%†75
$75k–100k12%†65
$100k–150k20%†104
$150k–200k16%†86
$200k or more6.8%†36

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $200k or more (+6.4 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

528 households (±124)

Bergen, New York
New York share

Own79%418
Rent21%†110

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

108 households (±59)

Bergen, New York
New York share

Under $75029%†31
$750–1,00040%†43
$1,000–1,50031%†34

Home values

418 homes (±92)

Bergen, New York
New York share

Under $150k34%†144
$150k–250k54%226
$250k–400k11%†46

Age of homes

541 homes (±127)

Bergen, New York
New York share

2010 or later0.0%0
2000–20091.3%†7
1980–199925%†136

Size of homes

541 homes (±127)

Bergen, New York
New York share

Studio0.6%†3
1 bedroom6.3%†34
2 bedrooms20%†106

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

758 workers (±193)

Bergen, New York
New York share

Drive alone82%620
Carpool5.1%†39
Public transit0.8%†6
Walk4.0%†30
Bike0.0%0
Work from home8.3%†63
Other0.0%0

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

695 workers (±179)

Bergen, New York
New York share

Under 15 min22%†151
15–29 min50%348
30–44 min24%†168

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Batavia, NY

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Genesee County, the county holding most of Bergen's residents.

Genesee County has 1,255 employer establishments, 216 for every 10,000 residents (0.87× the US rate of 248; 0.79× New York's), with 16,849 paid employees at an average annual pay of $49,392. The Census Bureau also counts 3,374 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,255; 3,374 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 216; US 248 · New York 274
Paid employees: 16,849
Average annual pay: $49,392; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Genesee County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Restaurants and other eating places	104	17.9	0.98×About typical	1,699	$24,321	11
Specialty trade contractors	102	17.6	1.14×About typical	454	$59,606	255
Ambulatory health care services	74	12.8	0.61×Fewer than typical	823	$50,919	187
Full-service restaurants	50	8.6	1.12×About typical	886	$23,573	7
Religious organizations	47	8.1	1.46×More than typical	216	$16,157	—
Construction of buildings	43	7.4	0.98×About typical	279	$56,204	82
Automotive repair and maintenance	42	7.2	1.44×More than typical	199	$40,739	44
Limited-service restaurants	38	6.5	0.82×About typical	675	$22,824	—
Lessors of real estate	34	5.9	0.48×Fewer than typical	91	$30,736	379
Services to buildings and dwellings	34	5.9	0.87×About typical	96	$52,938	159
Building equipment contractors	33	5.7	0.95×About typical	256	$58,531	53
Gasoline stations	33	5.7	1.75×More than typical	363	$32,129	—

Rank places for an industry Open Genesee County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 58,016 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $0 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Bergen, New York: $0 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $0
Per resident: $0; US $1,994
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

504.5FY2020

What was bought

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Bergen, New York, so they do not add up across cities.

Bergen, New York's figures are part of those of Genesee County, NY ($59M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Bergen is mostly in Genesee County.

See federal money in Genesee County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Bergen, New York is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Claudia TenneyR-NY-24 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 0.7%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Genesee County83100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Batavia, NY78

Other cities and towns in Genesee County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

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Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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