City · Ontario County, New York

Geneva, New York

Geneva is a city in Ontario County, New York, part of the Rochester, NY metro area. It has 12,512 residents. Geneva, New York has a quality-of-life score of 77 out of 100 (high), ranking #3,558 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within New York it ranks #410 of 859 cities and towns. It ranks best on public EV charging ports (high), students per teacher (low) and hot days (low). It ranks worst on effective property tax rate (high), child poverty rate (high) and new business applications (low).

77High

Quality-of-life score: #3,558 of 15,651 cities and towns
New York: #410 of 859 in NY
Population: 12,512 (2020-2024)
Land area: 4 mi²
Density: 2,971.0 /mi²
FIPS code: 3628640

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 72 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

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

Safety72#4,447/15,637
Economy30#10,995/15,631
Housing54#6,955/14,977
Health70#4,725/15,609
Healthcare63#5,736/15,650
Environment85#2,248/15,453
Education68#4,974/15,649
Infrastructure75#3,903/15,650
Community60#6,302/15,651
Leisure & amenities85#2,321/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Geneva, New York ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Ontario 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

Public EV charging ports · high31.4 /10k
99/100New York 10.8 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyOntario County value
Students per teacher · low10.0×
98/100New York 12.0×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsOntario County value
Hot days · low3 days
90/100New York 3 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationOntario County value
Arts, entertainment and recreation · high7.3 /10k
90/100New York 7.5 /10kUnited States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsOntario County value
Home price to income ratio · low2.1×
90/100New York 4.9×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Gyms and fitness centers · high1.9 /10k
88/100New York 1.3 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsOntario County value

Weaknesses

Effective property tax rate · high2.48%
2/100New York 1.30%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Child poverty rate · high37.7%
3/100New York 17.9%United States 15.5%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001
New business applications · low7.6 /1k
5/100New York 15.1 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauOntario County value
Comfortable days · low22.9%
7/100New York 22.7%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationOntario County value
Hospital quality rating · low2.0
9/100New York 2.8United States 3.2Jul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesOntario County value
Mental health care shortage · high18.0
11/100New York 4.8United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationOntario County value

Trends

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

Median household incomeImproving
$44,050 (2015-2019) → $79,435 (2020-2024)
+80%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Child poverty rateWorsening
24.8% (2015-2019) → 37.7% (2020-2024)
+13 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
79.1% (2015-2019) → 91.5% (2020-2024)
+12 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
28.9% (2015-2019) → 38.6% (2020-2024)
+9.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
49.2% (2015-2019) → 41.8% (2020-2024)
−7.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Rent as share of incomeImproving
29.6% (2015-2019) → 24.1% (2020-2024)
−5.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%

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, Geneva, New York improved on 4 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 9 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.

Improved4

Household income+80%$44,050 → $79,435
Bachelor's++9.8 points28.9% → 38.6%
Rent / income−5.5 points29.6% → 24.1%
Broadband+12 points79.1% → 91.5%

Declined1

Child poverty+13 points24.8% → 37.7%

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Geneva, New York between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	18.2 min2015-2019	17.2 min2020-2024	−1.1 min	Within the margin of error	60%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.9%2015-2019	38.6%2020-2024	+9.8 points	Improved	89%
Broadband subscriptions	79.1%2015-2019	91.5%2020-2024	+12 points	Improved	70%
Child poverty rate	24.8%2015-2019	37.7%2020-2024	+13 points	Declined	9%
Effective property tax rate	2.73%2015-2019	2.48%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Within the margin of error	67%
High school diploma or higher	88.8%2015-2019	87.2%2020-2024	−1.6 points	Within the margin of error	18%
Home price to income ratio	2.2×2015-2019	2.1×2020-2024	−0.1×	Within the margin of error	83%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4552015-2019	0.4152020-2024	−0.040	Within the margin of error	80%
Median household income	$44,0502015-2019	$79,4352020-2024	+80%	Improved	96%
Poverty rate	18.3%2015-2019	16.0%2020-2024	−2.3 points	Within the margin of error	64%
Rent as share of income	29.6%2015-2019	24.1%2020-2024	−5.5 points	Improved	84%
Rent-burdened households	49.2%2015-2019	41.8%2020-2024	−7.4 points	Within the margin of error	77%
Unemployment rate	6.3%2015-2019	3.4%2020-2024	−2.8 points	Within the margin of error	88%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	6.3%2015-2019	4.5%2020-2024	−1.8 points	Within the margin of error	67%

“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 Geneva, New York five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Geneva, 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, Geneva, New York itself moved +14.3 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

12,512 residents (±27)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69

Income

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

Household income

4,823 households (±287)

Geneva, New York
New York share

Under $25k15%727
$25k–50k19%921
$50k–75k14%657

Homes

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

Owners and renters

4,823 households (±287)

Geneva, New York
New York share

Own52%2,494
Rent48%2,329

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

Table view

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

6,016 workers (±395)

Geneva, New York
New York share

Drive alone69%4,129
Carpool9.5%†573
Public transit0.7%†

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 Rochester, 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 Ontario County, the county holding most of Geneva's residents.

Ontario County has 2,895 employer establishments, 258 for every 10,000 residents (1.04× the US rate of 248; 0.94× New York's), with 45,420 paid employees at an average annual pay of $57,842. The Census Bureau also counts 8,244 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 2,895; 8,244 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 258; US 248 · New York 274
Paid employees: 45,420
Average annual pay: $57,842; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	269	23.9	1.30×More than typical	4,009	$23,456	44
Specialty trade contractors	204	18.2	1.17×About typical	2,767	$85,586	503
Ambulatory health care services	196	17.4	0.84×About typical	1,755	$59,605	472
Full-service restaurants	117	10.4	1.36×More than typical	2,135	$25,094	20
Construction of buildings	108	9.6	1.27×More than typical	477	$63,132	209
Services to buildings and dwellings	106	9.4	1.40×More than typical	414	$57,140	372
Limited-service restaurants	103	9.2	1.14×About typical	1,500	$21,273	18
Lessors of real estate	96	8.5	0.69×Fewer than typical	320	$40,769	854
Clothing and accessories stores	81	7.2	1.99×More than typical	1,218	$21,499	80
Offices of other health practitioners	80	7.1	1.17×About typical	470	$44,521	272
Landscaping services	79	7	2.01×More than typical	289	$60,450	145
Automotive repair and maintenance	77	6.9	1.36×More than typical	425	$44,285	79

Rank places for an industry Open Ontario County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 112,374 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 $47.8K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Geneva, New York: $3.82 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $47.8K; +73% vs FY2025
Per resident: $3.82; US $1,994
Sole-source: 37%; US 30%
Single offer: 2.2%; 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

Agricultural Research Service$27.1K57%
Department of the Army$8,30117%
Food Safety and Inspection Service$4,5849.6%
Rural Housing Service$3,9878.3%
Department of Veterans Affairs$3,8978.1%

Top recipients

MODERN WOODWORKS, INC.$9,74220%
SPECTRAL EVOLUTION INC$8,31117%
HDR ARCHITECTS & ENGINEERS PC$8,30117%
GOVERNMENT SCIENTIFIC SOURCE INC$8,27517%
ILLUMINA, INC.$4,5849.6%

Spending by fiscal year

103KFY2017
66.4KFY2018
177.8KFY2019
66.5KFY2020
152.7KFY2021
341.3KFY2022
907.1KFY2023
205.8K

Top industries (NAICS)

Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing · 3345$20.9K44%
Electric lighting equipment manufacturing · 3351$9,74220%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$8,30117%
Medical equipment and supplies manufacturing · 3391$5,26911%
Other specialty trade contractors · 2389$3,9878.3%

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 Geneva, New York, so they do not add up across cities.

Geneva, New York's figures are part of those of Ontario County, NY and Seneca County, NY ($65.9M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.1% of that total.

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

See federal money in Ontario 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.

Geneva, New York is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

Senate

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County

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

Ontario County94100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Rochester, NY83

Other cities and towns in Ontario 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.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
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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Scores by category

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