Scores by category

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

Safety47#8,330/15,637
Economy32#10,633/15,631
Housing16#12,535/14,977
Health64#5,560/15,609
Healthcare77#3,587/15,650
Environment82#2,697/15,453
Education41#9,202/15,649
Infrastructure71#4,487/15,650
Community51#7,592/15,651
Leisure & amenities63#5,757/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Distance to an airport · low8 mi
98/100New York 15 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauMonroe County value
Uninsured residents (under 65) · low1.0%
97/100New York 5.9%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010High uncertainty
Natural hazard risk · low2.8
96/100New York 12.22025Federal Emergency Management AgencyMonroe County value
Public EV charging ports · high18.2 /10k
94/100New York 10.8 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyMonroe County value
Home price to income ratio · low1.8×
94/100New York 4.9×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Students per teacher · low11.4×
91/100New York 12.0×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsMonroe County value

Weaknesses

Rent as share of income · high51.0%
2/100New York 31.2%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071At least this value: the publisher's top bracket is open-ended
Time spent in the emergency room · high255 min
2/100New York 202 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesMonroe County value
Average commute time · high26.6 min
6/100New York 32.6 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Child care cost burden · high41.3%
6/100New York 37.7%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMonroe County value
Effective property tax rate · high1.99%
8/100New York 1.30%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Comfortable days · low23.4%
12/100New York 22.7%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationMonroe County value

Trends

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

PopulationFalling
5,344 (2015-2019) → 4,987 (2020-2024)
−6.7%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
55.1% (2015-2019) → 65.8% (2020-2024)
+11 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
40.6% (2015-2019) → 51.0% (2020-2024)
+10 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
85.9% (2015-2019) → 95.8% (2020-2024)
+9.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Median household incomeImproving
$52,951 (2015-2019) → $73,314 (2020-2024)
+38%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Unemployment rateWorsening
4.7% (2015-2019) → 8.1% (2020-2024)
+3.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B23025US 3.7% → 4.0%

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, Hamlin, New York improved on 2 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 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.

Improved2

Household income+38%$52,951 → $73,314
Broadband+9.9 points85.9% → 95.8%

Declined1

Rent / income+10 points40.6% → 51.0%

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Hamlin, New York between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	29.7 min2015-2019	26.6 min2020-2024	−3.1 min	Within the margin of error	79%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.1%2015-2019	22.2%2020-2024	−2 points	Within the margin of error	16%
Broadband subscriptions	85.9%2015-2019	95.8%2020-2024	+9.9 points	Improved	59%
Child poverty rate	18.1%2015-2019	16.7%2020-2024	−1.4 points	Within the margin of error	53%
Effective property tax rate	2.51%2015-2019	1.99%2020-2024	−0.5 points	Within the margin of error	91%
High school diploma or higher	92.6%2015-2019	95.4%2020-2024	+2.8 points	Within the margin of error	67%
Home price to income ratio	2.0×2015-2019	1.8×2020-2024	−0.2×	Within the margin of error	87%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4282015-2019	0.4142020-2024	−0.014	Within the margin of error	63%
Median household income	$52,9512015-2019	$73,3142020-2024	+38%	Improved	71%
Poverty rate	11.9%2015-2019	14.7%2020-2024	+2.8 points	Within the margin of error	21%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	40.6%2015-2019	51.0%2020-2024	+10 points	Declined	9%
Rent-burdened households	55.1%2015-2019	65.8%2020-2024	+11 points	Within the margin of error	22%
Unemployment rate	4.7%2015-2019	8.1%2020-2024	+3.4 points	Within the margin of error	8%

“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 Hamlin, New York five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Hamlin, 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, Hamlin, New York itself moved +3.7 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

4,987 residents (±446)

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

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 30–39 men (+6.1 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 B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

4,987 residents (±446)

Hamlin, New York
New York share

White95%4,729
Black1.2%†58
Hispanic or Latino0.6%†32
Asian0.0%0
American Indian and Alaska Native0.0%0
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.0%0
Other or two or more races3.4%†168

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

3,544 residents (±325)

Hamlin, New York
New York share

No high school diploma4.6%†163
High school or GED31%1,085
Some college22%†762
Associate degree21%749
Bachelor's degree14%†502
Graduate degree8.0%†283

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Associate degree (+7.5 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 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

2,062 households (±227)

Hamlin, New York
New York share

Under $25k18%†377
$25k–50k15%†309
$50k–75k18%†374
$75k–100k16%†326
$100k–150k17%†350
$150k–200k10%†212
$200k or more5.5%†114

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $25k–50k (−10.2 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

2,062 households (±227)

Hamlin, New York
New York share

Own85%1,761
Rent15%†301

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

301 households (±93)

Hamlin, New York
New York share

Under $75023%†70
$750–1,00027%†82
$1,000–1,50042%†127

Home values

1,761 homes (±227)

Hamlin, New York
New York share

Under $150k57%995
$150k–250k31%†544
$250k–400k10.0%†176

Age of homes

2,129 homes (±232)

Hamlin, New York
New York share

2010 or later7.6%†162
2000–200910%†215
1980–199929%614

Size of homes

2,129 homes (±232)

Hamlin, New York
New York share

Studio1.7%†36
1 bedroom6.3%†134
2 bedrooms25%†534

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

2,287 workers (±308)

Hamlin, New York
New York share

Drive alone81%1,849
Carpool7.2%†164
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.4%†8
Bike0.0%0
Work from home12%†266
Other0.0%0

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+8.6 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 B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

2,021 workers (±354)

Hamlin, New York
New York share

Under 15 min23%†457
15–29 min30%608
30–44 min36%†726

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 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 Monroe County, the county holding most of Hamlin's residents.

Monroe County has 17,484 employer establishments, 233 for every 10,000 residents (0.94× the US rate of 248; 0.85× New York's), with 350,205 paid employees at an average annual pay of $57,124. The Census Bureau also counts 55,080 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 17,484; 55,080 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 233; US 248 · New York 274
Paid employees: 350,205
Average annual pay: $57,124; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	1,387	18.5	1.01×About typical	24,994	$23,016	210
Ambulatory health care services	1,139	15.2	0.73×Fewer than typical	18,194	$50,641	2,985
Specialty trade contractors	1,101	14.7	0.95×About typical	10,148	$71,516	2,599
Lessors of real estate	840	11.2	0.91×About typical	4,972	$59,948	5,482
Limited-service restaurants	625	8.3	1.04×About typical	11,312	$19,650	94
Services to buildings and dwellings	588	7.9	1.16×About typical	8,730	$48,573	2,125
Full-service restaurants	572	7.6	0.99×About typical	11,331	$26,073	80
Construction of buildings	560	7.5	0.99×About typical	3,854	$77,192	905
Personal care services	475	6.3	1.33×More than typical	2,096	$27,946	2,862
Management, scientific and technical consulting	404	5.4	0.80×About typical	3,151	$74,720	2,337
Religious organizations	382	5.1	0.92×About typical	2,523	$26,186	—
Offices of other health practitioners	379	5.1	0.83×About typical	1,940	$46,229	1,614

Rank places for an industry Open Monroe County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 748,957 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 $537 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Hamlin, New York: $0.11 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $537
Per resident: $0.11; US $1,994
Sole-source: 100%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; 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

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement$537100%

Top recipients

NEW YORK STATE FENCE, INC.$537100%

Spending by fiscal year

2.5KFY2017
4FY2018
81FY2019
354.2FY2020
3KFY2021
-1.9FY2025
536.6FY2026

What was bought

Construction & real property

Top industries (NAICS)

Other specialty trade contractors · 2389$537100%

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

Hamlin, New York's figures are part of those of Monroe County, NY ($1B 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: Hamlin is mostly in Monroe County.

See federal money in Monroe 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.

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

House

Joseph D. MorelleD-NY-25 · 100% of residentsWith party 97%Missed 1.9%

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.

Monroe County81100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Rochester, NY83

Other cities and towns in Monroe 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
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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